Olu Obileye Email & Phone Number

London, Gb

United Kingdom

OOB offers high quality business and financial professional services. Expertise include: Strategic, Operational and Financial Planning; Management Reporting and Financial Analysis; Business Transformation and Integration; M&A Due Diligence; Risk Management & Financial Control; Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) & Business Intelligence (BI) Implementation; Project Management; Outsourcing; Contract Management; Development of Business Plans; Coaching, Facilitating, Mentoring, Training and Talent DevelopmentAchievements include:- Organisation Structure analysis for a life sciences company in CEE- Feasibility of implementing an integrated HR/Payroll system for a major not-for-profit organisation- Conducting a comprehensive workshop on Strategic, Operational Financial Planning, Management Reporting and Analysis for an Investment Company - Consulting (Finance, Outsourcing, Contract Management) at Daiichi-Sankyo, a major Japanese pharmaceutical company

Gerrards Cross (Uk)

• Led the successful completion of the 2012 budget process • Provided leadership and guidance on Finance to Executive Management and Board of Directors• Played a leading role in the design and development of the Strategic and Operational plans • Redesigned the structure, processes and systems of the Finance function• Collaborated with Corporate HQ, to define and implement global financial processes• Provided guidance and support for the Indian subsidiary• Led the implementation of key projects: Office Expansion and Travel Management and Purchase to Pay• Developed the Legal Operations function • Expanded the Outsourcing function to include Strategic Procurement and collaborated on a number of global initiatives

Joined Actavis in August 2006 as Director of Financial Planning and Analysis and was promoted to VP of Group FP&A within six months. I report to the Group CFO and manage a team of 10 including 3 Directors who are my direct reports. Accomplishments include:• Financial planning and modeling on the €4 billion funding and capital restructuring• Valuation modeling and financial due diligence on company, portfolio and product acquisitions • Weekly, monthly and quarterly financial management reports and updates to facilitate Executive Management and the Board of Directors decision making• Business forecasting :Revenue, Earnings and Cash-flow• Global implementation of standard costing in 20 manufacturing plants• Implementation of global financial systems, business data warehouse and process champion for European SAP implementation

Oxford, United Kingdom

Led a team of 60 including 6 direct reports in the UK, Italy, Germany and India. Achievements include:• Financial integration following the merger of Novartis and Chiron• Financial control, budgeting, forecasting and Long Range Planning processes• Pan-European shared services feasibility• Implementation of and compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley• Quarterly and annual US GAAP accounting & reporting process (10Q, 10k MD&A)• Board member, UK Pension Trustees • Evaluation of the JV buy-out in India

• Re-engineered finance function, introduced effective policies, controls and integrated staff into the local, global, cross-functional and business teams • Developed value creation models to assess the NPV of R&D projects and guided management on prioritising resources• Mapped major finance and sourcing processes, implemented key initiatives which improved business effectiveness and productivity• Delivered financial analysis for decision making on the structure & location of the European commercial operations• Introduced corporate risk management strategy including the evaluation, selection and administration of appropriate insurance policies, broker and underwriters• Project-managed and implemented Oracle financials from business case to going live in Europe • Delivered European supply chain strategy and global procurement solutions • Developed cash forecasting process and management of funding requirement• Led financial evaluation of business restructuring and divestment including multi million $ assets realization• Managed IT, Facilities and HR during business closure period

Following the acquisition of Clairol by P&G from BMS, I worked for the world's largest consumer products company and helped integrate Clairol into the P&G family. • Managed sales, marketing, distribution and logistics functions 2 markets: Israel and Lebanon • Provided financial leadership and support to General Managers in EMEA • Managed post acquisition integration of finance and business operations in over 20 EMEA countries• Collaborated with 10 market development organizations and the European global business units to deliver financial solutions for business decision making• Designed and managed post acquisition supply chain solution to avoid business interruption • Provided guidance (post-acquisition) to management for solving complex distributor contractual issues

• Led all aspects of financial strategy, budgeting, planning, accounting and control for BMS' $60 million T/O business in over 20 countries• Developed financial analysis for the global re-launch of a $100 million brand• Developed channel profitability analysis to guide management focus and A&P resource prioritisation• Led the cross-functional & multinational Productivity for Growth Team to achieve savings of $7 million • Assisted in the due diligence work on the successful $5 billion divestiture of Clairol to P&G• Developed and managed developed high calibre staff (trained two accountants to full qualification)• Implemented Foreign currency risk management in Spain & Greece saving $2 million• Coordinated business logistics: sales forecasting, production scheduling, distributor inventory tracking, credit control and complex advertising and promotion modelling/disbursements.

• Managed all aspects of financial planning, reporting, analysis and control including budgeting, forecasting, long range plans, accounting, reporting and balance sheet management for the Middle East, Mediterranean Europe and African markets• Evaluated and advised management on the successful business entry into Turkey in 1999. Year 1 T/O = $3 million followed by profitability in Year 2• Led the region's working capital management team and achieved significant improvement in DSO, DOH and DPO • Managed the financial evaluation and implementation of over 20 New Product launches in 15 countries • Developed and managed ran the highly successful and acclaimed Finance for Non-Finance Managers' Program

Mba, Management

Acca

Bsc, Economics