David A Colclough

Experience

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  Touche Ross

  Jan 1985 - Jan 1990

  Audit Senior
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  Price Waterhouse Coopers

  Jan 1990 - Jan 1992

  Corporate Tax Specialist
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  Matalan

  Jan 1993 - Jan 1997

  Group Financial Accounting Manager
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  United Utilities

  Jan 1997 - Jan 2002

  Divisional Financial manager, Contract Solutions
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  Barclays Bank

  Mar 2003 - Apr 2005

  Senior Financial Analyst / CIO Enable

  CIO Enable provides financial management and IT processing and planning services across the whole Barclays Group to ensure that business objectives are met. Barclays are currently spending £1,000m annually on operating IT activities with a further £200m investment on numerous IT Projects.Redesigned new financial reporting formats, improved data quality utilising SAP for reporting IT Project Portfolio financial information (2004 £200m) to Group, Divisional committees, managed 3 staff directly, and 6 more indirectly.Prepared annual forecasts, budgeting, and business planning on a 5 year rolling cycle in liaison with Project Finance accountants and Project Managers. Restated 2005 onwards for IFRS transition. عرض أقل

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  Sportech plc

  May 2005 - Nov 2005

  Interim Financial Reporting Manager

  Carried out full IFRS review of all companies within the group and produced the IFRS restated Group Financial Statements and Notes, for all periods from first IFRS adoption date, released to the Stock Exchange September 2005.Prepared the half-year consolidated accounts, and produced the IFRS adjusted Interim Financial Statements and Accounting Notes as announced to the Stock Exchange September 2005, liasing with external auditors. Prepared the Consolidated Financial reports monthly, and all Group Board Papers. Managed 4 staff directly and 3 indirectly عرض أقل

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  GUS PLC

  Jan 2006 - Aug 2006

  Interim Group IFRS Financial Reporting Accountant

  Working with the Group Financial Reporting Manager, the GUS London Finance team and Investor Relations team, covering the planning and execution of the relevant deliverables for the March 2006 year-end, the first IFRS compliant year-end for the Group.Prepared Group consolidations at year-end from receipt of divisional data through to production of all IFRS primary statements, the Annual Report and summary financial statements including liaison with external auditors in their work thereon. عرض أقل

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  Tremco Illbruck Ltd - Manufacturing

  Sept 2006 - Apr 2007

  Interim Financial Controller

  Working with the UK Finance Director, reporting to the ultimate parent company, the US blue chip RPM Inc., via the European HQ in Cologne. Covered the successful relocation of the Finance function to Wigan from Slough in December 2006, responsible for all financial reporting deliverables, recruitment and training of new team of 11, and man management of old team during period of handover.

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  AJ Bell Holdings Ltd

  Jun 2007 - Aug 2007

  Interim IFRS Project Manager

  Performed a full IFRS review on all group companies, produced the IFRS restated group financial statements and all disclosures, going back 2 years for both full year and half year disclosure and supporting notes. Worked closely with the auditors and UK Finance Director to prepare all financial statements and notes for use in future flotation prospectus and other public documents in 2008.

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  PZ Cussons plc

  Aug 2007 - Dec 2007

  Interim Group Financial Reporting Executive

  Principal activities are the manufacture and distribution of soaps, detergents and toiletries in Europe, Asia, Australia and Africa. Prepared and reviewed monthly Group consolidated Financial packs for the PLC Board and responsible for the consolidation and review of subsidiary budgets, 5 year plans and forecasts.

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  Electricity North West Ltd (formerly United Utilities Electricity plc)

  Feb 2008 - Jun 2009

  Interim Financial Reporting Manager

  Privately owned after the sale in December 2007 by United Utilities, Electricity North West Ltd manages the distribution of electricity in the north west of England. Under banking covenant compliance after the takeover, adopted IFRS for the first time in preparing the March 31 year-end Group Financial statements .Prepared and reviewed holding company financials, IFRS Group consolidation data and full year IFRS compliant Group financial statements. Prepared banking compliance documentation for the Group in line with Banking Facility Agreements and Step plans/flow diagrams and documentation for refinancing structures and shareholder distributions/bank payments and liaised with the Treasury manager / Senior Finance / HSBC on interpretations and banking facility compliance. عرض أقل

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  Davenham Group plc

  Oct 2009 - Jun 2010

  Interim Group Financial Controller

  The Davenham Group plc is a provider of finance and bridging loans to the SME sector. Reporting directly to the FD managed the Finance function, produced all Board packs, divisional financial statements, monthly Banking covenant compliance statements, Insurance documentation.Prepared the Consolidated Group Interim Statement released to the Stock market in March 2010, liasing with external auditors PwC.Managed finance team of 5 qualified and part qualified.

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  Cooperative Banking Group plc

  Dec 2010 - May 2013

  Finance Manager

  Coop Bank is an ethical high street provider of financial services to both retail and corporate customers, product offering increased having merged with the Britannia Building Society in 2009.The aim of the role was to lead the Coop Bank reporting team and provide a first class financial accounting and control function. To be reponsible for all system data integrity between source systems and the accounting system and to provide accurate and controlled data for the bank, work with other business areas and assist on relevant projects regarding upgrades and integration of the two businesses. Assist with the production of Interim and year end statutory and regulatory financial reports for all Coop entities, liasing with external auditors/consultants as appropriate. Produced monthly financial management information for the Coop Bank. Managed a reporting team of 5 qualified or part qualified accountants. عرض أقل

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  Pets at Home

  Jan 2014 - Jul 2014

  Interim IPO and Group restructuring Project Manager

  The Pets at Home Group is the UK’s leading specialist pet food and accessories retailer (over 350 outlets).In March 2014, the company was floated on the stock market via an IPO valuing the business in excess of £1 billion. In parallel with the IPO, the Group had instructed Deloitte (London) to provide planning on a 3 step Group restructuring programme, and also manage a refinancing of Group long term external and shareholder debt.Worked with Deloitte Corporate Finance, Deloitte Tax London teams to ensure the 3 stages of the Group restructuring plan were understood, documented and implemented to deadline. Detailed the IPO accounting entries through all Group companies, leading on from the Funds flow information from Deloitte, in accordance with IFRS. Prepared consolidation entries and liquidation positions for all Group companies for inclusion in the due diligence and the post IPO year end consolidation process at March 2014.At all times through the process, worked with the Group’s solicitors, Simpson Thatcher and Bartlett LLP (London), and KPMG (Group auditors) to ensure their understanding of the processes and all documentation was reflecting the correct position at all times through the workstreams. عرض أقل

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  RSA

  Oct 2014 - Mar 2016

  Interim Solvency II / Group consolidation accountant

  The Group’s principal activity is the transaction of personal and commercial general insurance business. The Group writes business in over 130 countries. Under European regulation is currently preparing systems and processes to comply with Solvency II rules, due for implementation in 2016.Assisted with the development of the Group IFRS reporting processes and systems to meet Solvency II reporting needs, liaising with Group Solvency II development team.Contributed to financial reporting deliverables within the UK consolidation team, including internal / external audits, reports, forecasts and reviews.Contributed to the quarterly balance sheet reporting and year end deliverables for the UK consolidation team including preparatory work for statutory returnsDelivered quarterly the return on capital allocation calculations for all lines of business, and forward forecasts based on the 3 year plan, liaising with the UK planning manager as required عرض أقل

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  Brammer plc

  Aug 2016 - Dec 2016

  Interim Refinancing Project Manager

  The Group is a European wide distributor of industrial maintenance, repair and overhaul products to global customers in numerous sectors. The business was looking to raise finance via a rights issue to pay down external debt, whilst refocusing the business via a strategy review. A private equity bid from Advent International and a delisting of the business has curtailed the rights issue and financial reporting work streams.Project Manager for Finance input into the prospectus for the Rights Issue, liasing with Legal to collate deliverables, updating the wider Finance team as appropriate.Assisted the Treasury Manager and linked the Prospectus information with the Bank waivers and refinancing work streams.Developed Working Capital Information, KPIs and monthly reportingDeveloped Kerridge Financial systems to enable transfer of Group companies from Excel/Cognos to KerridgePerformed technical reviews and developed board papers for impact of various new IFRS’s on the business, liasing with PwC as appropriate.Completed Statutory accounts for several Group Companies to deadline, and other ad hoc requests as appropriate. عرض أقل

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  Citation Professional Solutions

  Jan 2017 - Mar 2017

  Interim Senior Finance Manager

  Citation had recently been acquired by HG Capital and provided senior financial resource through year end alongside the FC in the absence of the CFO.

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  AJ Bell

  Apr 2017 - Feb 2018

  Interim Finance reporting manager

  AJ Bell recently floated on the London stock exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250. It provides online investment platforms and stockbroker services to clients who manage their own SIPPS and personal pensions.Reported half year and full year financial statements and accompanying informationReported quarterly regulatory and FCA compliant reportsInvolved in early stages of IPO preparation and due diligence

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  Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)

  Nov 2019 - Feb 2020

  Interim Financial reporting manager

  An arm's length body of the Home Office, responsible for delivering disclosure and barring services on behalf of the Government. - Ensured timely production of monthly financials, and associated reconciliations - Managed the interim audit visit of the National Audit Office, satisfying all information requests in a timely manner - Provided advice on significant accounting issues, in particular calculations on transition to IFRS16 Leases, reviewed at Board level and by NAO - Managed the commissioning of the Annual Report, building relationships with stakeholders - Managed a team of 8 staff, mostly part qualified accountants عرض أقل

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  Amplifon UK

  Aug 2020 - Apr 2021

  Finance Manager