Stuart Cathrow Email & Phone Number

London, Gb

FTSE 250 Chemicals Group.Deputy CFO role, with line management responsibility for all external and internal group reporting, budgeting, forecasting and treasury operations, including global team of c.150.Oversight for global shared service centres in US, Europe & Asia, including post-acquisition transformation programmes.Managing all external treasury relationships (bond, bank group, UKEF facility, ratings), including leading presentations to credit committees and credit rating agencies.Class 1 disposal, RCF refinancing, covenant resets, new factoring facilities, bond updates.Member of various committees, including Executive Risk Committee, Executive Sustainability Steerco Committee, global pensions & benefits governance committee.Member of Reporting & Analytics steerco, driving digitisation & process improvements.Global R&R lead for SAP-4HANA rollout.

London, Gb

Wide-ranging executive role with strong commercial aspects. Oversight of FP&A activities for global division (t/o £800m). Management of all regional finance teams in Europe, America, Middle East, including European regional shared service centre, and global credit control. Managing up to 75 peopleKey member of divisional executive, driving forward strategy for the division. Part of due diligence team for successful global acquisition of Omnova Solutions Inc. Managed remote integration of Omnova FP&A team. Steerco membership for various integration and transformation activities Stakeholder involvement in global roll-out of new ERP system (SAP 4-HANA)

London, Gb

Evolving, wide-ranging role including Group Finance, technical accounting, tax and treasuryManaging Group Finance team, overseeing monthly management reporting & consolidation, group financial budgeting and five-year plan process & monthly site forecastsTechnical lead on implementation of new accounting standards.M&A financial, tax and treasury lead for seven significant acquisition targets, including three successful acquisitions totalling £240mProviding strategic input to direction of group treasury, with regular involvement with external banks on operational and financing issues, and advising Group Board on key issuesManaging corporate ratings progress for debut bond issuance, from initial “beauty parades” to documentation, roadshow and “Go/No-Go”€440m group refinancing achievedLead role in tax planning and tax projects globally across the group. Managing Tax Compliance for the UK groupProject managing implementation and global roll-out of new group reporting software (SAP BPC 10)

Gb

Responsible for various aspects of reporting to US PE ShareholderManaging 5-year rolling financial plan for the groupPart of refinancing team for financial restructuring of all the group’s debtsPart of site review team for annual budget round.Variety of ad hoc projects.Group tax manager

Gb

Part-time role, dealing with Submission of UK tax returns of the groupLiaison with site FD’s & FC’s to deal with queries and problems

Leading inner-city church congregation of approx 60 people.Responsibility for strategic direction of church, regular meetings and community activitiesRegular public speaking in a variety of settingsArranging and running local election hustings with senior politiciansWebsite creation and maintenanceCreation of large annual community festival with over 2000 attendees, including negotiation with local council, fund-raising, liaising with local community groups, and recruiting and managing a team of over 100 local volunteers.

Gb

Leading Central/Group accounting team of 6-7 people for large PE print group.Managing group monthly reporting & analysis process, and year-end reporting process.Final technical sign-off and advisory for accounting policies across the GroupGroup tax managerRegular due diligence activity (as target company)High-pressure, complex, fast-paced corporate culture

Supervising head office finance department for FTSE 250 Group. Management and statutory consolidations of worldwide subsidiaries Managing domestic and international tax issues for the group, including Planning, supervising and implementing group reorganisations, financing and other tax structuresSubsidiary operational reviews for Audit CommitteeRoll-out of group-wide internal controls reporting system

Chartered Accountancy

Ma, Engineering