Allan Estevez

Broad financial, management accounting and operations experience gained at Vodafone, BT (British Telecommunications) and EDS (Electronic Data Systems). Operated at both FD/Controller and Head of Finance/Business Partner/CFO levels. Shown significant progression in complex environment. Strong completer with both strategic and tactical skills. Background in financial accounting, costing, product sales, consulting services, business process outsourcing and IT services/facilities management. Able to establish strong bonds with operational and business leadership. Experience across small, medium and large trading units. Managed numerous finance and operational delivery teams in the UK and Globally. Significant change management to reduce finance staff headcount. Implementation of ‘offshore’ finance support centre. Risk based approach to finance staff allocation against business activities. Stresses and strains of managing growth, change and attrition. Proven team building and motivational skills. Firm approachable manner that gets the message across without intimidating or excluding suggestions made by team members or peers. Delivery orientated. Strong service contract background, taking on ultimate responsibility for all finance issues and accounting controls across multiple Global contracts. Contract review packages for use at Board level. Statutory accounts sign off. Balance sheet control. Local and US GAAP expertise. Revenue recognition. Cross border fx. Systems Implementation. Policy and procedure setting. Group consolidations. Outsourcing of some finance work to a third party. Cash and debt management. Subsidiary integration. Extensive business finance knowledge and management accounting experience. Personal interaction with customers and suppliers to secure contracts and resolve contractual issues. Directly driven business profitability. Business performance reviews, long term contract accounting, business planning, value review boards. New business analysis, budget and man time rate setting. Contract start-ups and close downs. Head office reporting. Sales order processing and stock control. Significant ad hoc business-related project work eg worked on BT’s 2009 profits warning and calculated £1.6BN adjustment. FP&A reporting. Bringing reduced but more focused MI. Operating as a business partner to Service Integrators and Channel Partners market unit. Dealing with complex issues. Operational role from 2009-13, driving Business Improvement through the creation and use of standard solutions to common service contract issues, ranging from Headcount Productivity Management (including off shoring), Cost Assurance tools, Revenue Assurance tools, Solution re-design, product mix optimisation, and migration off third party suppliers on to in house product and services.

Broad financial, management accounting and operations experience gained at Vodafone, BT (British Telecommunications) and EDS (Electronic Data Systems). Operated at both FD/Controller and Head of Finance/Business Partner/CFO levels. Shown significant progression in complex environment. Strong completer with both strategic and tactical skills. Background in financial accounting, costing, product sales, consulting services, business process outsourcing and IT services/facilities management. Able to establish strong bonds with operational and business leadership. Experience across small, medium and large trading units.

ACMA (first time passes 1997)

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• Date of Birth: 11/18/1973
• Nationality: British/Spanish

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