Stuart Wetherall Email & Phone Number

London, England, United Kingdom

• Forecasting, reporting and other partnering tasks (2023 development expenditure of around £25m).
• Produced the 6-year financial plan for the business unit, with analysis of development and construction expenditure, partnering with cross-functional teams.
• Produced monthly analysis of spend against Budget, and presented to the business unit team.
• Delivered a range of improvements, including successfully reworking the Ireland cost tracker to align with SAP, and enhancing the validation of Budget numbers.
• Delivered spend decision support, cash management for Joint Venture projects, and recruitment and training of new team members.

Staines

• Performance reporting and financial forecasting for Spirit Energy’s consolidated operations (annual revenues of over £1.7 billion).
• Produced the monthly Business Performance Report showing results against target for key financial and non-financial measures. Designed and implemented changes which accelerated delivery by 2 working days, and improved.
• Demonstrated company and personal value of “care” for others, resulting in a colleague buying me a gift for going out of my way to help him with a financial forecast.
• Successfully introduced use of SharePoint, delivering an improved collaboration experience.
• Delivered analysis of performance against Annual Incentive Scheme targets, enabling Board decisions on Scheme pay-out levels.
• For the annual Financial Plan and quarterly reforecasts, modelled cashflow scenarios to assess going concern, and produced analysis of operating cost performance.

Frimley

• Financial forecasting and monthly performance reporting for Hyster-Yale’s EMEA Lift Truck operations (annual revenues of over $700 million), managing 2 qualified accountants.
• Delivered Annual Operating Plans, quarterly reforecasts, and monthly performance reporting for the Senior Leadership Team of the EMEA Region, and the Group’s Corporate Headquarters.
• Led the Finance team’s delivery of all key tasks, including objective setting, regular review meetings, annual performance appraisals, and recruitment of new team members.
• Successfully covered my line manager’s role for several months during a period of extended absence, receiving “commendable” performance ratings.

Staines, United Kingdom

• Financial forecasting for Centrica’s gas storage operations (annual revenues of over £120 million).
• Award Winner, “Outstanding Performance” for rebuilding the planning & forecasting systems.
• Delivered long-term and short-term financial forecasts, with on-time, high-quality delivery maintained despite a challenging period of change due to a reduction in storage capacity.

Reading, United Kingdom

• Annual budgeting and monthly forecasting for the Group’s Exploration and Production segment (annual pre-tax profits of over US$4 billion, around 60% of the Group).
• Budgeting and forecasting – delivered forward projections on production, profit margins, and other key metrics to senior management, including the Board. Clearly articulated the headlines and performance drivers.
• Received excellent feedback on robust, timely delivery in a demanding, wide-ranging role.
• Identified and implemented process improvements, for example the streamlining of forecasting analysis, leading to significant time savings across the Group.
• Developed a new work stream for a move from quarterly to monthly forecasting.
• Appointed deputy to the Forecast Manager, covering his work in holidays and other absences.

Reading, United Kingdom

• Preparation of analysis and proposals on the strategic direction of the UK Upstream Asset.
• Drafted a revision of Exploration Strategy which resulted in approval of over $100 million of investment and 8 Government applications in the 27th Offshore Licensing Round, with value creation potential of over $1.
• Prepared key presentations for the Department of Energy & Climate Change, enhancing relationships and understanding of the Group’s activities and investment levels in the UK.
• Line managed staff on “Graduate Placement” schemes, including coaching and appraisals.

Reading, United Kingdom

• Budgeting, forecasting, month-end reporting, investment proposals, and invoicing, for a group of gas & oil fields with annual pre-tax profits of over £250 million. Finance lead on a cross-functional team.
• Performance rated “Top 20%” employee and “Best in Class Business Partner”.
• Successfully negotiated external Joint Venture partner budgets, resulting in cost savings of over £2 million.
• Supported investment decisions for capital expenditure of over £30 million, with estimated incremental profit of over £15 million.
• Recruited and managed contract staff, and coached junior invoicing staff.

Reading, United Kingdom

• Management accounting for the UK Upstream Asset Group (annual pre-tax profits of over £1 billion).
• Delivered month-end close, including budget variance analysis and commentary writing.
• Led the UK Upstream Finance team in the Group-wide project to implement new budgeting software and processes, successfully ensuring Group and Asset requirements were met.
• Prepared Statutory Accounts for UK subsidiaries, completed with full auditor sign-off.

London, United Kingdom

• Cost and headcount business partnering for Corporate Functions, such as Investor Relations and Tax, leading a team a 6 Finance staff.
• Supported Functional owners in budget management and robust month-end close.
• Led the Finance team’s delivery of all key tasks, including objective setting, regular review meetings, annual performance appraisals, and recruitment of contract staff.

Guernsey, United Kingdom

• Accounts preparation for offshore trusts and companies managed for private clients, and implementation of a new accounting system, leading a team of 8 Finance staff.
• Designed and executed a project to clear the inherited backlog of accounts preparation work and implement a new accounting system. All milestones successfully achieved, enabling additional invoicing of over £1 million.
• Led the Finance team’s delivery of all key tasks, including recruitment of 3 new team members, objective setting, regular review meetings, and performance appraisals.
• Received outstanding feedback from line management on project design and delivery.

Guernsey, United Kingdom

Audit and accounting services for a range of clients, including banks, hotels and garages.