Daniel Stroud

Experience

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  Chancellors

  Jan 2002 - Jan 2003

  Graduate Trainee Accountant

  Experience gained includes: bank and balance sheet reconciliations, Purchase Ledger, Sales Ledger, budgeting, forecasting, and VAT returns.

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  The AA

  Jan 2003 - Jan 2005

  Finance Analyst

  Provided finance support to the Centrica Fleet department by providing regular and ad-hoc analysis and management information.

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  Bunzl Plc

  Jan 2005 - Jan 2007

  Management Accountant (Bunzl Catering Supplies)

  Managed all aspects of business costs and Nominal Ledger transactions including accruals, fixed assets, prepayments, inter-company transactions, nominal journals and the authorisation of external payments. Responsible for designing and producing monthly and year-end management information packs for senior management.

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  Legal & General

  Jan 2007 - Aug 2016

  Setting-up from scratch, and running, a divisional finance, strategic planning and management accounting capability for the highly complex With Profits Business Unit.Managing the operational finance aspects of the With Profits fund closure and strategic financial plans and actions resulting from that closure. Responsible for the management and direction of the Finance, Underwriting and Strategy functions in a division managing multi-billion pounds of investors’ assets. Finance business partner to a division responsible for a number of complex financial products. An advisor on all finance and strategy matters, assisting in decision making at all levels up to and including MD.

  • Operational Finance Director (With Profits)

    Apr 2013 - Aug 2016

  • Head of Finance and Strategy (Workplace Savings)

    Jan 2009 - Apr 2013

  • Senior Finance Manager (With Profits)

    Jan 2007 - Jan 2009
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  The Nursing and Midwifery Council

  Aug 2016 - Mar 2018

  Head of Financial Planning and Analysis

  Directing the Management Accounting and Financial Planning and Analysis functions in the National regulator for approximately 700,000 UK Nurses and Midwives, with a turnover of circa £100m per annum.Delivering an organisation-wide finance business partnering capability, identifying and implementing management information and reporting enhancements and improving engagement and co-operation between Finance and the business.

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  University of Law

  Mar 2018 - Mar 2022

  Head of Financial Planning and Analysis

  Directing the Management Accounting and Financial Planning and Analysis functions in a privately owned and highly reputable Higher Education Institution with multiple campuses, an International footprint and a rapidly growing annual turnover well in excess of £100m. Identifying and delivering finance and business process improvements, expanding the finance business partnering reach and capability, introducing and delivering a fully stakeholder-engaged integrated business and financial planning cycle and working closely with key stakeholders, up to and including the Main Board, to embed financial awareness and deliver critical analysis and insight to influence and enhance decision-making across the business. Show less

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  Rathbones Group Plc

  Mar 2022 - now

  Head of Finance Insight (Funds & Advice)

  Delivering financial leadership, as part of the divisional executive and Board teams, providing enhanced insight in business performance and strategic finance business partnering for the Asset Management, Trusts and Advisory business areas of Rathbones Group Plc.