Chris Adams

CFO at Together

Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom

About

An experienced and motivated finance professional with a track-record of building and leading effective teams. Experience across a range of financial services, working in the mortgages industry for the past six years with prior experience in banking. Delivery-focused and with a straightforward style and skilled in managing stakeholders at all levels including Board-level.

Experience

  • Together - loans, mortgages & finance (9 yrs 4 mos)
    • Chief Financial Officer
      Oct 2024 - Present · 1 yr 10 mos

    • Group Finance Director
      Aug 2021 - Sep 2024 · 3 yrs 2 mos

      Full responsibility for the Group Finance function in a large private mortgage business with extensive group structure. Group ExCo member, Group Board attendee, Group Risk member, ALCO Chair and reporting into the CEO.

    • Interim Group Finance Director
      Sep 2020 - Aug 2021 · 1 yr

  • Treasury Risk Manager at The Co-operative Bank plc
    Sep 2014 - Apr 2017 · 2 yrs 8 mos

    Working in a second-line risk team providing assurance and challenge over all aspects of Liquidity and Funding and Capital Risk, including oversight and assurance over the ILAAP and ICAAP, responsibilities for regulatory reporting and attendance at relevant risk forums.

  • Deloitte UK (7 yrs 1 mo)
    • Manager, Financial Services Group
      Oct 2013 - Sep 2014 · 1 yr

      Joined as a graduate in 2007 and qualified in September 2010. I was fast-tracked to Manager in 2011. I worked across a range of financial services clients, predominantly in the North West, on audit and assurance engagements and supporting with due diligence and M&A and acting as a financial instruments specialist in the region.

    • Manager - Banking and securitisation
      Sep 2012 - Oct 2013 · 1 yr 2 mos

      Working within the Banking team, I managed a portfolio of audit clients which focused on the mortgage market and securitisation-funded businesses.

    • Audit Manager, Financial Services
      Sep 2007 - Aug 2012 · 5 yrs

  • Secondee at The Co-operative Banking Group
    2012 - 2012 · Less than a year

    Seconded to work on a major UK banking transaction, working with the purchasing bank. My role was to assist finance with modeling, drafting of SPA clauses, fair valuation of assets and liabilities and technical accounting assistance on a significant purchase of branches from a large UK bank. This also involved communicating these complex issues in an appropriate style to senior management and the Board.

  • Summer Intern at WH Ireland
    Jun 2006 - Aug 2006 · 3 mos

    I took part in a summer internship working in the Stockbroking industry.