Rob English

Experience

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  UHY Hacker Young

  Dec 2009 - Sept 2013

  Audit Senior

  • Planning and leading audits under UK GAAP and IFRS of listed and private companies from a wide range of industries, including Regulated Financial Services, Property, Telecommunications, Shipping and Chemical Distribution.• Preparing and finalising client's statutory financial statements encompassing the completion of consolidations of group accounts, including those with foreign subsidiaries.• Supervised and led audit engagements with teams of up to nine people, including mentoring and motivation of staff, driving the teams to meet challenging deadlines;• Performed financial statement audits in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), UK Generally Accepted Accounting Practice (UK GAAP) and International Auditing Standards;• Produced financial statements in accordance with IFRS and UK GAAP;• Prepared consolidated financial statements, incorporating subsidiaries and branches in multiple currencies;• Provided technical advice and guidance to clients, recommending accounting treatment and disclosure for financial statements;• Produced the key ‘points for partner’ document and the letter to management detailing audit findings and controls weaknesses, potential impacts and recommendations;• Documented client systems, requiring an understanding of end-to-end processes for detailed presentation;• Created the audit plan by identifying high risk areas and implemented strategies of tackling them;• Attended audit closing meetings which involve discussing the accounts and audit issues and where possible identifying and reporting on further value adding opportunities for the client;• Directly liaised with clients, managers and partners of the firm;• Ensured audit field work was completed within the budget and acted as the link between the audit manager and the client Show less

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  First Mortgage Services

  Nov 2013 - Dec 2015

  Senior Financial Accountant

  Key responsibilities• Managed team of 4, including allocation of workloads & review of work performed• End to end finance function from journal entry to cost centre analysis for management reporting• Responsible for month-end close under IFRS & US GAAP• Led external & internal audits & prepared year-end reporting requirements including statutory accounts• Consolidated groups (9 entities, 2 currencies) for statutory & management reporting• Point of contact for the Group reporting team in the USA, the FP&A team in Sydney, the offshore team in India, the operations team in New Zealand & other stakeholders• Managed Blackline balance sheet reconciliations, including review & account assignment• Critically assessed systems in place & implemented process improvements• Managed offshore journal preparation by Indian team, reviewing journals & ensuring none were missed• Managed payroll function upholding full confidentiality• Prepared & lodged GST (VAT), FBT & payroll tax filings• Excellent working knowledge of Oracle, Hyperion Financial Management (HFM), Blackline, GL Wand & SmartviewKey achievements• Identified & executed improvements to month-end process resulting in the close timeframe reducing from 4 days with heavy overtime to 3 days with no overtime• Managed critical cash-flow concerns by creating & maintaining a cash-flow template for weekly management reporting• Led the roll-out of Blackline online balance sheet reconciliations & its subsequent offshoring to India, training both the Sydney team & the Indian team• Led the offshoring of journal preparation• Had a key role in the implementation & UAT of new accounting system upgrades (HFM & Oracle) & aided with subsequent training & process improvements in their day-to-day usage• Prepared technical papers for Management & Board on accounting for lease incentives, new acquisitions & new Group loans• Developed strong Excel skills, including index/match, INDRIECT, v/hlookup, sumifs & pivot tables Show less

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  RBC

  Apr 2016 - May 2024

  Wealth Management, Insurance and Investor & Treasury Services financial projectsKey responsibilities• Finance lead for executing key business strategic changes, including core subledger replacement and the integration & exit of purchased & migrated businesses• Responsible for running Finance projects & ensuring on-time, high quality delivery, including the delegation & monitoring of tasks across large project teams• Created & led FP&A team of 4 people, with responsibility for Wealth Management British Isles management & Head Office reporting, as well as being the Business Partner for the Banking, Credit, Investment Management, Trust & Custody businesses• Designed management packs for monthly / quarterly reporting and ensured their regular completion & presented them to Business Heads, Operating Committees & Boards• Designed revenue models & presentation decks for forecast, plan & five-year outlook and ensured accuracy of forecast at consolidated, business & legal entity views and presented the results to Senior Management• Ran forecasting & modelling for capital adequacy regulatory reporting (ICAAP stress testing), working with Business Heads to model likely impacts of various shocks and presenting the findings to Senior ManagementKey achievements• Led Finance workstream on a strategic project to fully exit a region, including forecasting all costs, benefits & breakeven time; presented the forecast to Senior Management and tracked actuals against it• Led Finance workstream on two strategic projects to integrate purchased businesses, including systemsintegration, scoping of core sub-ledger replacement and SOX compliant end-to-end process mapping• Utilised sound business knowledge to create forecast models for 5-year plans & capital adequacy regulatory reporting, and presented results to Business Heads & Senior Management• Created full P&L forecast working files to enable easy & accurate updates & review, including automated upload file creation Show less Finance Business Partner & FP&A Manager, Wealth Management (Brokerage & Asset Management)Key responsibilities• Key Finance point of contact for Global Asset Management & Brokerage wealth management businesses• Partnered with the Business to advise & provide Finance subject matter expertise to support business strategy & project execution• Finance representative at management meetings, including presenting at board & operating committee meetings• Responsible for forecast, plan & five-year outlook, including close collaboration & engagement with Heads of Business & other key stakeholders• Responsible for weekly revenue reporting, monthly management financials & quarterly board packs• Drove efficiency & accuracy gains by identifying areas for improvement & developing automated templates with built in control checks• Utilised detailed knowledge & understanding of the business to provide business training to Finance teams• Escalation point for Financial Controllers where value can be added by the Business Partner• Assisted Financial Control & Regulatory Reporting teams to ensure accurate financial & statutory reporting• Excellent knowledge of IBM Cognos TM1, Oracle PeopleSoft EPM & PerspectivesKey achievements• Worked with the Business to calculate product profitability & recommended pricing structure• Created many automated templates to improve efficiency & accuracy of financial reporting, saving many days of Finance team members’ time every month, e.g., converting a highly manual two-day task into a fully automated five-minute task with improved accuracy• Led UAT for business project, assessing & conveying the impact to Finance’s management reporting• Organised & hosted a fireside chat with APAC CFO with over 300 attendees Show less Financial Control, Wealth Management (Brokerage, Asset Management & Trust) & Capital MarketsKey responsibilities• Managed team of 5 people, including the allocation of workloads & review of work performed• Responsible for 3 legal entities, effectively multi-tasking to manage conflicting priorities & tight deadlines• Focused on process improvement to improve efficiency & enhance control• Responsible for accurate & timely month-end close, statutory reporting & business tax computation• Performed P&L and balance sheet flash reporting, presenting to Hong Kong Head of Finance• Responsible for balance sheet reconciliations & attestations for local & Head Office reporting• Worked with Statutory Transfer Pricing team to ensure all cross border / entity allocations were compliant with tax & transfer pricing rules & were fully documented• Created & managed occupancy cost allocation model• Direct communication with Hong Kong Head of Finance for rapid escalation of issues• Liaised with internal & external auditors & provided information required for the auditsKey achievements• RBC Star Performer, being awarded a place on RBC’s Annual Conference for the top 1% of employees• Created & maintained processes for record keeping & journal support to ensure robust audit trail• Actively identified tasks & processes that could be offshored to the Centre of Excellence in Malaysia• Managed all Finance matters for India Representative Office, including the office closure• Created occupancy cost model to scope the impact of office relocation, working directly with APAC CFO, COO & Business Heads under NDA• Established payment authorisation limit matrix Show less

  • Associate Director, Financial Projects & Process Improvement

    Sept 2022 - May 2024

  • Associate Director, Finance Business Partner / FP&A Manager

    Nov 2018 - Aug 2022

  • Manager, Financial Control

    Apr 2016 - Oct 2018
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  A&O Shearman

  Feb 2025 - now

  FP&A Senior Manager