Leanne Blackmer

Experience

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  KPMG South Africa

  Mar 2005 - Mar 2008

  Senior Accountant

  Auditor in charge of high-profile asset management audit clients responsible for planning and managing the audit to completion.Key Responsibilities• Gaining an understanding of clients and their business,• Front to back management of audit, including deadline management and supervision of junior staff• Identifying reportable items or weaknesses within the enterprise and preparing a management report for the client’s senior management

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  Deutsche Bank

  Apr 2008 - now

  Key financial advisor and trusted partner to the Corporate & Investment Bank Operations and Control division, providing financial analysis, reporting, planning, forecasting, and partnering with the global lead to deliver against tough cost challenges.Key Responsibilities• Finance Lead, with a team of 18 people across London and Pune. • Was responsible for setting up the division, ensuring the team had the right skillsets and staffing levels.• Holds the division to account on their financial plan and management of their cost base.• Drives all regular cost related finance processes, including month end close, transfer pricing, purchase order reviews, cost allocations and a robust control environment, as well as responsible for all Planning & Performance Management including, Flash, Forecast, Plan and Balance Scorecards• Required to provide the DB CFO a financial update monthly and held to account on the financials by the Management Board member responsible for Corporate & Investment Bank Operations and KYC (Know Your Client) Show less OutlineFinancial Manager for Bank-wide KYC Operations, supporting the global lead with financial analysis, reporting, planning, forecasting and a key advisor to the business.Key Responsibilities• Working together with global operations leads and overall head of function for monthly reporting, forecasting and annual planning and as a trusted partner to the KYC Function• Holding the business to account on their budget, including being included in the vendor approval chain• Finance submission in to the BaFin on a quarterly basis• Facilitating a review of the methodology used to allocate KYC costs in to the front office divisions via a cross-divisional working group• Presentation of the bank wide KYC financials to the Steerco which includes four Board Members• Implementation of process improvement and increased focus on controls across the team• Working with the KYC function to identify ways to reduce costs whilst not jeopardizing the KYC regulatory deliverables Show less Key financial manager for the Global Transaction Banking Operations and Technology department, supporting the global lead with financial analysis, reporting, planning and forecasting.Key Responsibilities• Working together with global operations leads and overall head of function for monthly reporting, forecasting and annual planning• Presenting monthly financials at senior management meetings• Providing financial analysis and investigation for senior operations, technology and front office stakeholders• Review and finance sign-off for technology projects prior to commencement of the project• Training and management of team, including team extension based in Pune• Implementation of process improvement and increased focus on controls across the team Show less Finance manager for EM Financial Planning and Analysis, reporting directly in to EM CFO and working directly with senior front office stakeholders, including global head of business and global COO.Key Responsibilities• Worked closely with business management on cost budgets and forecasting of revenues• Review and preparation of financial reporting, working closely with the offshore Mumbai team• Key finance contact when DB exited several Emerging Market countries. This required working across divisions, understanding the intricacies of DB systems and looking at ways to reduce costs• Responsible for Transfer Pricing globally for EM• Financial Manager for one of the EM trading desks, which required daily review of revenues and its drivers• Worked directly with the CFO on the wind-down of the DB Commodities business and monitoring of the headcount and cost reductions in early 2014 Show less Financial analysis and planning for the Equity Derivatives trading desk as required by finance and front officeKey Responsibilities• Co-ordination of annual planning process and subsequent monthly tracking and review• Analysis, documentation and implementation of process improvement initiatives across divisions• The development of a forecasting model for Equity Derivatives and subsequent variance analysis• Global co-ordination of balance sheet analysis for the finance director and the business • Analysis of legislative impact on the bank’s financial statements• Management of graduates and their work allocation• Selected as a trainer and role model for the Analytics training developed by Oliver Wyman, which included training staff in Mumbai as part of the off-shoring initiative Show less Independent production, review and management of Emerging Market and Index Structured P&Ls and Risk in the Equity Derivatives area.Key Responsibilities• Daily P&L production and discussion with desk• Training and continued management of staff from Manila and Bangalore• Contribution to the design and implementation of validation and control procedures in the new finance environment, including presenting to, and training of colleagues within Equity Derivatives.• Manager of the Index Structured team and the relationship with the desk, while manager was on secondment for three months. 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  • Financial Planning and Analysis Director

    May 2021 - now

  • Know Your Client (KYC) Operations Financial Manager, Vice President

    Sept 2019 - Apr 2021

  • Corporate and Investment Bank Operations Financial Manager, Vice President

    Mar 2017 - Sept 2019

  • Emerging Markets Debt Financial Manager, Vice President

    Jan 2013 - Feb 2017

  • Strategy and Planning for Investment Bank Finance, Assistant Vice President

    May 2012 - Dec 2012

  • Equity Derivatives Finance Analytics, Assistant Vice President

    Oct 2009 - Apr 2012

  • Product Control for Equity Derivatives, Associate

    Apr 2008 - Sept 2009