ICAEW

University of Leeds

CFO at Stride.VC

Stride.VC

Chief Financial Officer

- Fund Establishment and legal negotiations for bespoke SMA's and subscription facilities
- Run ValCo and Valuation Process
- FP&A including Group Budgets, Fund Performance, IRR and Carry modelling
- Head FA function, including team of 4 and presenting accounts/audits at Board level
- Tax Reporting and Investor Queries Lead
- Responsible for FX Strategy and Treasure Functions including investor cashflows and debt facilities.

Pemberton Asset Management Group

Director - Fund Controller

-	Establishment on new investment funds including LPA analysis, administrator on boarding, review of marketing materials, fund and investor modelling, bank and prime broker selection, process design and design of reporting outputs.
-	Selection and Management of Fund Administrators, Cash Managers
-	Treasury Responsibilities including Hedging, Cash Forecasting and budgeting
-	Managed the audit process for US GAAP and UK GAAP entities and co-ordination of Tax reporting with external tax provider including K-1’s.
-	Devising FX hedging, distribution, investment strategy of the investment fund including negotiating ISDA/CSA’s and potential credit facilities.
-	Design of Funding Strategy processes including Investment Criteria, Investment Controls and on going Portfolio Management.
-	Implementation of eFront Portfolio Tool.
-	Process overhaul and automation from front to back including related processes in origination subsidiary.
-	Investment Management and Reporting such as multiples and IRRs.

Omni Partners LLP

Fund Accountant

-     Managing UK reporting process, including preparation of accounts, statutory filings, arranging and managing the audits, reporting performance to Blackstone and managing day to day financial operations of seven UK Property Companies,
-	Managing the audit of parent company consolidated audit, including leading the audit process from engagement to sign off
-	Preparation of consolidated group accounts from TB’s provided by foreign subsidiaries
-	Management of the accounts payable and receivable functions
-	Preparing monthly management accounts and ensuring data integrity and financial accuracy of SAGE accounting package.
-	Consolidation of portfolio reporting including multiple currency portfolios.
-	Analysis and monitoring of business wide and portfolio corporate costs for cost effectiveness.
-	Debt Covenant forecasting and setup of new covenant reporting from agreements. Includes quarterly managing compliance.
-	Selecting and assisting with implementation of new Consolidation and Accounting System
-	Managing Italian reporting process in a similar manner to UK reporting.
-	Calculation of quarterly consulting and asset management fees including annual true up fees.
-	Managing of third party administrators and bookkeepers for overseas portfolios.
-	SSRS reports for System Implementation and use of SAGE 50 including designing upload templates
-	Acquisition Balance Sheets on Purchase – Audit, Review and liaising with seller’s representatives over accounting policy.
-	Managing a junior book keeper, including task management and progress feedback

LogiCor (The Blackstone Group)

Group Accountant

-	Maintaining accurate cash flow forecasts including leverage utilisation to meet investment funding requirements and efficiently use Investor commitments including recycling of cash flows and Investor Cash flows.
-	Quarterly Fund and Compliance Reporting including responding to audit queries.
-	Managing third party administrators and key suppliers including banking relationships.
-	Ensuring effective utilisation of leverage to meet strategic needs of each fund.
-	Engaging with Execution Team to manage new deal funding.
-	Currency and FX management to enable effective cash management.

Coller Capital

-	Management of $180m Canadian Healthcare Venture Portfolio including management of the Investment Manager, budgets, 3rd Party Luxembourg Administrators and orchestrating the Audit process. 
o	Management of relationship between Investment Manager, Bank, Custodian and 3rd Party Organiser
o	Analysis of quarterly Financial Statements
o	Attendance of Advisory Board meetings
o	Approval and Payment of Invoices including Invoice Analysis for recurring fees (such as admin fees)
o	Management of Luxembourg Audit
o	Managing Cash Flow of the Investment Vehicle
o	Understanding of individual assets and monitoring progress towards key milestones.
o	Initiated the Liquidation of Investment Vehicle
-	Quarterly Presentations on fund performance and highlighting significant drivers of value add.
-	Management of an investment into a $160m European Hedge Fund including interpretation of complex underlying financial tools.
-	Calculation and reporting of NAV/IRR/Multiple at both Investment and Fund Level.

Ross Waide