Michael Snelson Email & Phone Number

Bristol, England, Gb

Bristol, United Kingdom

Bristol

Leading the Accounting Team comprising of 80 FTE and budget of £5m. The team has responsibility for all statutory, regulatory and group reporting requirements for the UK based heritage Friends Life elements of the Aviva Group with an asset base of c£100bn. I have lead this team through a large scale integration ensuring employee engagement; defined and communicated team strategy and outcomes; identified and delivered cost savings; improved effectiveness and understanding of controls; improved understanding and efficiency of processes; successful delivery of significant change and integration activity; supported Business Planning / Forecasting; and managed the expectations of stakeholders through clear communication.Post integration (Aug17), acting as Group IFRS 17 Impacts Lead, assessing the financial and strategic implications of IFRS 17 on the group.

Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

Leading a team covering IFRS Consolidation, Analysis & Capital and Non Life AccountingThis team has significant input to and / or ownership of all key Group Reporting deliverables across each key metric. It works closely with the Actuarial Analysis team throughout the analysis of surplus process by providing core accounting inputs, calculating Shareholder Net Worth and reconciliations between metricsThis team is the linkage between the wider Life Accounting team and the ICA / SII team, the Commercial Finance teams and the Group Finance team

Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

Forward planning and process improvement of Finance activities to enable an understanding of the critical path, interdependencies and key deliverables across all metrics and through a number of differing accounting, actuarial and tax teams Developed relevant tools and improved reporting to enable clear communication of delivery progress and risks to key stakeholders across the Group Leading both formal process governance and troubleshooting forums to ensure safe and timely deliver of results to GroupSecondment to lead a project team that successfully delivered a significant and time pressured restructuring programme in Finance, including documenting of business case; planning, managing and oversight of Senior Management Team, HR, Communication and Consultation Managers; and regular communication with key stakeholders

London, United Kingdom

Senior management of large multi disciplinary due diligence teams in pressured, often cross border, transaction environments​​Act as primary client contact to key transaction leaders (client, lead advisors, banks, PE investors) throughout transactions to ensure high quality of deliveryPresentation of key findings to partner, client senior management and other key transaction leaders ​Broad financial services industry knowledge across a spectrum of banking, insurance and asset management in both the UK and emerging marketsSeven month secondment to the Asset Protection Agency (an executive agency of HM Treasury) – selected above other peers after successful engagement with HMT to establish the Asset Protection Scheme, a key financial stability measure employed during the banking crisis.Transaction experience expanded into South West corporate and commercial (non-FS) market after relocating to Bristol in January 2011

London, United Kingdom

Success at fostering essential client relations with key members of staff Day-to-day management of large audit teams of up to 10 people with regular interaction to partner level ACA qualification Special projects: Prepared report analysing financial data for the DTI as part of a Deloitte projects ​Consulting project; IAS 27 implementation project for FTSE 250 client VC/Private Equity Division