Wayne Baker Email & Phone Number

Bristol, United Kingdom

- Specialist contractor for Finance, Risk, Investment Operations and Pension Projects for Corporate Pension Schemes/Funds.- We help by providing resource for any short term pains, as well as longer term resource per client requirements, could be a certain number of days a week commitment, or by way of dedicated number of days per month for Schemes needing.

Leatherhead

Contract Finance, Risk and Projects Specialist at Unilever Pension Scheme

Bristol, United Kingdom

Short term client projects including:- Custodian Request for Proposal and recommendation- Operational Risk Assessments- Transition Management Request for Proposal- Client proposals- Budgeting and Forecasting for team

Bristol, United Kingdom

Wayne Baker (Pensions & Finance) Consulting offers short-to-long term interim pensions and finance consultancy to SMEs and Corporations. Our extensive experience allows us to address any current challenges you may face, and bridge the gap between role fulfilment and strategic development of operations, helping to evolve and shape your finance & pension.

London, United Kingdom

• Specialist position created to review the finance processes, structure and target operating model to support the in house pensions team
• Completed a review of the accounting system and recommended implementation of Aviary
• End to end review of all processes that finance complete and interact with member services, significant efficiencies in process delivered
• Delivered headcount reductions as part of review
• Initiated and completed review of custodian, resulting in change in operating model and restructure in custodian, performance measurement and compliance into one delivery from custodian (previously three separate.
• Covered the Finance Manager role as well, managing the finance team

Bristol And London

• Financial accounting and reporting for all the Group Pension Schemes
• Manage audit relationship including approval of audit plans, engagement, fees, audit report, and resolution of Trustees Report and Financial Statements
• Manage the completion of tax and regulatory returns
• Manage relationships with outsourced financial arrangements, including regular reviews of service/performance
• Control the costs of all Group Schemes and prepare regular reports
• Provide financial support, information and analysis, regarding the investments, for Trustees, including monitoring compliance with the Statement of Investment Principles, ongoing due diligence of investment manager.

• Managed the control and valuation of the Non Linked Funds under Management and the development and implementation of all accounting and valuation systems.
• Signoff daily life and pensions unit priced funds.
• Controlled derivative usage including instrument Futures and Swaps in both equity and interest rate markets.
• Valued, controlled and accounted for derivatives and derivative products.
• Valued and maintained margin loan agreements to reduce counter-party exposures.
• Input to product design and control of financial engineering, involving close liaison between marketing actuarial and third party suppliers.