Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom
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.
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.
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.
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.
Working within the Banking team, I managed a portfolio of audit clients which focused on the mortgage market and securitisation-funded businesses.
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.
I took part in a summer internship working in the Stockbroking industry.