David King

Experience

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  Stanley Security Solutions

  Mar 2000 - Oct 2007

  Within the Security business I led the Finance function, including business intelligence, audit, tax, statutory, management accounts, forecasting, accounts payable, credit control and treasury. I also acted as Finance BPO who led the transformation from a decentralised organisation with multiple admin offices to a centralised finance function running on a new SAP ERP. Within the Security Solutions business, my role was CFO for the Africa region and part of a dynamic executive management team, contributing to strategic and operations decisions whilst managing the Finance, IT and Warehouse functions.I led the transformation from a decentralised to centralised organisation with new Shared Service Center and new ERP solution to support the business.

  • Financial Controller - UK

    Feb 2005 - Oct 2007

  • Chief Financial Officer (South Africa)

    Mar 2000 - Feb 2005
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  Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. Europe

  Oct 2007 - Apr 2011

  IT Finance Manager - Europe

  In this Fortune 500 company, I headed up the European IT Finance Centre of Excellence, leading the roll-out of the SAP global template and best of breed applications, supporting Group and local business units.I worked with senior finance leaders across Europe, US and Canada, including European Financial Shared Services to transform their businesses with SAP solutions.

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  Techtronics Industries

  Apr 2011 - Jan 2013

  SAP Program and Applications Director

  TTI consumer brands include VAX vacuum cleaners, Ryobi, AEG and Milwaukee power tools.I led the Finance transformation project across Europe, Middle East and Africa for the tools division, led by the development of a pan-European, multi-language SAP solution design and Shared Service function for 18 countries. I was also responsible for coordinating the maintenance and support of finance applications such as business intelligence, HFM consolidation and other finance applications. Show less

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  The Birchman Group

  Feb 2013 - Oct 2017

  Finance Practice Lead

  Birchman is an international consultancy and SAP partner who provide consulting services, solution delivery and managed support services to many of the world's leading organisations.As Finance Practice Lead, I offered project and solution architecture leadership with up-to-date knowledge of the latest SAP S/4HANA Cloud and On-premise solutions. With extensive transformation experience working within finance and business functions across Europe, US, Canada and Africa, I helped drive value and transformation using SAP solutions, through a deep understanding of business processes, SAP best practice and collaboration in Mining, Manufacturing, Retail and Fashion industries. Show less

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  Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.

  Nov 2017 - May 2021

  Director, Global Finance Delivery

  SBD had 54k employees, revenue in excess of $14bn pa and operated in 60 countries. I led the global finance solution delivery capability across multiple SAP ERPs and best of breed applications within this FMCG manufacturing organisation. Leading finance solution architecture, maintaining and enhancing finance processes across multiple platforms and delivering a SAP Central Finance (CFIN) project which was used as the System of Record.

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  PwC UK

  Jun 2021 - Jun 2023

  Director, Consulting

  I led projects for global organisations, leading S/4HANA solution architecture, delivery and change programmes. Focused on large scale business and finance transformation, including SAP Central Finance (CFIN), supporting organisations with solution design, harmonising data models and adoption of best practices to support new target operating models (TOM).

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  Project Seagrass (Charity)

  Jun 2023 - now

  Member of Board of Trustees

  In the last 40 years, we’ve lost one third of seagrass meadows globally. Since 2013, Project Seagrass has been committed to reversing that trend, working to conserve seagrass to ensure that the benefits it provide communities are sustained now and for the future. By bridging community, research and action, we can save the world’s seagrass!https://www.projectseagrass.org/

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  Merlin Entertainments

  Sept 2023 - Oct 2024

  Head of Global Finance Programmes

  I led the finance systems strategic direction, budgetary control, solution design and finance project delivery. I worked with both finance teams and IT to ensure alignment across the organisation, including developing business cases and return on investment to support prioritisation and resource planning, solution architecture and leading Microsoft and Oracle programmes.

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  Lonza

  Dec 2024 - now

  Global Process Owner - RTR

  Lonza is one of the world’s largest healthcare manufacturing organizations, helping pharmaceutical, biotech and nutrition companies to bring their treatments to market. United by a vision to bring any therapy to life, Lonza supports customers with a combination of technological insight, world-class manufacturing, scientific expertise, process excellence and innovation. Lonza's work enables customers to develop and commercialize their therapeutic discoveries, allowing their patients to benefit from life-saving and life-enhancing treatments. Show less