Rhiannon Thomas (Bfp Aca) Email & Phone Number

London, Gb

Setting up a new bank.

London, Gb

Auckland, New Zealand, Nz

Argenta is a Pharmaceuticals manufacturing and development company where I worked on budgets, process improvement and systems implementation.

London, Gb

Implementation and testing of Anaplan (new budget & planning system).

Melbourne, Victoria, Au

Management accounts, audits, board reporting, financial statements, daily cash management, regulatory returns, payroll, budgets and analytics.

London, England, Gb

> FP&A Manager- Creation of the new FP&A function in the business and redesign of the budgeting process.- Data analytics (product analysis, employee cost projections, loss / recovery ratios). - Reporting monthly results and analytical commentary to the US parent.>Project Manager – Set up, design, build and management of the Anaplan system (finance planning tool). - Production of a user manual. - Member of the Office Move Committee and sole management of all budgets and finances relating to the project, including build cost capitalisation strategies, 10 year cashflows and scenario analysis for each potential property.

London, Gb

- Responsible for all areas of financial reporting for 15 business units across 4 jurisdictions in Europe (including financial statements, management accounts, audit, payroll, treasury, board papers, tax and VAT returns). - Set-up of outsourcing to a shared service centre in India as part of a business-wide transformation project to scale up the business, including all aspects of training, Six Sigma process documentation, function improvement and reporting of service level KPIs. - Review and documentation of internal controls following implementation of the new general ledger and invoicing/expenses system as well as designing a new controls framework for payments (approx. 60 payments per day). - Evaluation of product profitability and reporting of the results to relevant business leaders. - Analysing potential business acquisitions for the Mergers & Acquisitions team by designing business case scenarios and assessing their cashflows and contributions to the group over a 5-year period.- Presentation and review of annual budget packs and mid-year forecasts to the CEO and business MDs.- Creation of strong, trusting relationships through business partnering by co-ordinating with the 15 Underwriting MDs as well as with HR, IT, Bordereaux, Credit Control, Data, Marketing, Payroll, Operations, Group and the Board. - Managing a team of up to 4 people in UK and reviewing the work of 7 people in India responsible for financial reporting.

London, Gb

> Commercial Reinsurance & ILS Department> Captives Department- Headed up the reinsurance and accounting teams of up to 7 people in Guernsey and India for Kelvin Re Limited. - Managed the set-up of the team including processes, controls, external relationships and recruitment. Tender, selection, implementation and testing of a new policy admin system. - Responsible for all aspects of financial reporting (audit, financial statements, management accounts, treasury and tax) as well as performance analysis for treasury investments (such as hedge funds, money market funds and fixed deposits). - Management of underwriting and investment performance analysis and subsequent presentation to stakeholders. - Expense budgets and cash flow forecasts.- Review of insurance contracts for accounting and data entry purposes including facilities, industry loss warranties, excess of loss contracts, collateral and various types of whole account and variable quota shares. - Preparation of the annual business plan for submission to the client’s rating agency along with the solvency calculations for regulatory reporting. - Development and monitoring of expense budgets and cash flow forecasts to account for complex insurance products such as variable quota shares and inwards/outwards collateral. - Attendance at the Board and Risk/Reserving Committee meetings, documentation of minutes and review of board papers. - Creation / maintenance of key documents such as the Business Risk Register and the KPI metrics for accounts reporting. - Setting up and leading the Bangalore Accounts Committee which was a quality control and communication project to standardise the accounts processes across the business and improve the quality of training and reporting within the teams in India. - Contributing to senior management strategy meetings and daily reporting to the investors.

Chicago, Illinois, Us

> Real Estate & Infrastructure Funds Financial Reporting Department > Private Equity Accounting Department- Review of client management accounts, financial statements and management of the audits for a portfolio of up to 70 clients in the Real Estate. - Attendance at board meetings to present the financial results of the funds.- Review of required tax submissions and the implementation of procedures manuals for each fund.- Outsourcing project to Ireland. - Member of the Financial Resource Requirement Review Committee which reviewed the adequacy of capital within each fund (as per regulatory requirements) and conducted training sessions for people on the required calculations. - Management of up to 6 people across 4 jurisdictions.

London, Gb

- Provided financial reporting, tax, budgeting, cash management, audit and financial analysis to the group for up to 10 jurisdictions worldwide.- Calculation of initial/trail commissions and management fee rebates on life assurance platforms. - UK GAAP, IFRS and multi-currency group consolidations. - Capital adequacy calculations for the Guernsey regulatory commission- Selection and implementation of a new commissions system.- Documentation of controls and reporting procedures for the accounting, commissions and tax functions. - Supervision of 2 people.

Gb

> Audit Department (3yrs)- Hedge funds, property funds, captive insurers, investment companies, trusts, private equity, group consolidations, UK GAAP, IFRS, US GAAP, interim reviews, re-sign work, controls work, multi-location audits, client take-on procedures, private equity valuations and distributions work. - Supervised 10 people in India during audit of 1,100 funds for a top 3 Australian bank.> Tax Department (3yrs)- Tax compliance (personal and corporate returns), tax audits (provision and clearance), tax advisory (new tax regimes, restructuring, due diligence on acquisitions).