Rob Horne Email & Phone Number

Hampshire, England, United Kingdom

Basingstoke

• Responsible for Corporate, Education and Theatre Solutions Business Group P&L and associated montly reporting and forecasting. Leading the annual Budget process. Provision of relevant and meaningful data analyses to.
• Successfully implemented Distribution Channel stock and sell-out analysis, directly contributing to improved sales
• Introduced product performance analysis for greater insight into product sales, pricing and profitability and… Show more Responsible for Corporate, Education and Theatre Solutions Business Group P&L and associated.
• Introduced product performance analysis for greater insight into product sales, pricing and profitability and highlighting lower performing models, resulting in clear corrective action plans Show less

Basingstoke

• Full ownership of European Information Systems function Budget and ongoing reporting to CFO, Regional CIO and management team. Assessment of capital expenditure proposals.
• Delivered all financial aspects of the transition and integration of a separate Business Unit (approx. 200 people) into the Global IS organisation
• Transformed monthly reporting, introducing clear cost variance analysis and tracking vs. Budget to support successful delivery of 5% cost reduction target

Newbury

• Led project to drive improvements across the Enterprise Commissions payment and query resolution processes. Partnered with internal Commissions and Sales teams and with external Dealers to understand issues and.
• Delivered >90% reduction in Commissions query backlog
• Reduced incoming query volume by >60% via analysis of root causes

Newbury

• Primary Finance partner for the Customer Services & Operations Leadership team.
• Financial lead on renegotiation of outsourcing contract resulting in £1m p.a. savings
• Delivered KPI and insight reporting deck to senior management

Newbury

• Key finance partner for Group CIO and IS Leadership team, governing European Budget and related reporting. Finance lead on business case preparation and review.
• Delivered business case supporting renegotiation of key outsourcing deals driving >£100m savings
• Successfully designed and implemented IT Capex Prioritisation analysis
• Implemented Opex analysis enabling clear benchmarking and cost saving opportunities across European markets

Newbury

• Aug 2009 to Apr 2010Finance Manager, Vodafone Group IT
• Finance lead supporting commercial renegotiation of Group-wide IT outsourcing contracts Apr 2007 to Aug 2009Finance Analyst, FP&A Vodafone Group Technology
• Delivered financial insight to CFO and CTO, shared cost saving best practices across local markets and drove improvements in capital allocation and investment appraisal processesSept 2005 to Apr 2007Commercial.
• … Show more Aug 2009 to Apr 2010Finance Manager, Vodafone Group IT
• Produced monthly reporting to IT Directors and implemented robust IT spend governance Show less

Bermuda

Audit Manager on a number of key insurance company annual audit assignments

Southampton, United Kingdom

Audit Manager across a variety of company audit assignments including manufacturing, pensions and not for profit organisations