United Kingdom
Finance professional with 20 years' experience across financial reporting and control within the finance and investment banking, private equity and impact investment sectors. Passionate about leveraging my finance, accounting and leadership skills to improve the lives of others, I am seeking opportunities to advance my career in a dynamic and growth-oriented company. Highly motivated with strong management experience, I enjoy using my advanced analytical skills to problem solve and create momentum to drive successful delivery.
• Performed management accounting function for pioneering boutique impact investment firm, responsible for all finance processes and projects within the operations department including provision of cross-functional investment and fund accounting information • Delivered management reporting pack for monthly Senior Management Team including KPIs, risk metrics, YTD progress tracking, identification of material cost drivers and revenue stream trends, variance commentaries and financial forecasting models for budget process. • Oversaw key financial processes including administration of all payments and expenses, processing of all purchase and sales invoices and liaising with suppliers and other internal and external stakeholders to ensure consistently smooth and accurate level of monthly reporting and data integrity and enhanced reporting through Xero accounting software. • Led continuous development of financial reporting and analysis to support the evolving needs of the business and senior management decision-making. • Responsible for reconciliation of management fee invoice calculations, liaising with fund administrators and maintaining effective partnership with auditors to enable swift, timely resolution of queries with no significant adjustments required. • Provided key cross-functional support and information and reporting requirements to Operations, Investment and Client Relationship teams to report on the financial performance at WHEB and fund entity level with the ability to tailor content to knowledge levels of target audience. • Executed preparation and timely and accurate delivery of financial reports to a wide variety of internal and external stakeholders, including regulatory FCA and VAT returns.
• Managed projects as key Finance team member of rapidly growing private equity fund to streamline reporting and administration of investment portfolio and SPV’s, including the development and set-up of more efficient, qualitative reporting processes. • Developed and set up monthly and quarterly reporting processes to enable Finance team to run these for the firm’s fast increasing portfolio of transactions and SPV’s with greater efficiency and quality output from the Sage Intaact accounting software • Led transactional support across the firm’s investment 50+ SPV’s, responsible for payments, bank postings, reconciliations, production of monthly management information in addition to calculation, review and posting of investment returns and valuation information. • Enhanced accounts payable and payments processes to handle rapidly expanding number of transactions and deals, significantly reducing time spent on daily and monthly tasks. • Established strong relationship with company and fund administrators to ensure correct information recorded, including responsibility for filing of corporate documents to Companies House and HMRC • Responsible for providing data analysis and cashflow forecasting to the business to drive the financial modelling and booking of a wide range of complex trades and financial products • Coordinated timely and accurate preparation of SPV and fund interim financial statements as primary contact with External Audit.
Operational ownership of Finance team responsible for all Commerzbank London subsidiaries and SPV’s used by multiple Front Office units to model and book wide range of financial instruments
Managed team responsible for impairment reporting for all London entities, Financial Head Office Reporting for London Subsidiaries and support of Asset Solutions & Structured Finance business, engaging with Front Office, CFO, Audit, Tax, Treasury, Legal, Regulatory, Compliance, IT and HR
Supported Asset Solutions and Structured Finance business as primary Finance contact to coordinate and deliver month end cycle including regulatory reporting and board meeting pack preparation