Rob Coates linkedin.com/in/rob-coates-accamba
■ Career history: Chief Management Accountant, IMI Critical Engineering, UK
Finance Manager GTO RtR, National Grid Plc, UK Group Management Accountant, IMI Plc, UK Group Financial Analyst, IMI Plc, UK ■ Education highlights: Executive MBA, Warwick Business School, UK ACCA, Kaplan, UK BSc, Mathematics, University of York, UK
■ Nationality: British
■ Languages:
English (native)
■ Career achievements: Led and delivered a group wide Forecast Simplification project, developing minimum viable product aligned to all stakeholder needs and deployed within nine months, achieving 90% reduction in data entries per cycle and time-saving of eight to 10 days per annum per site. Overhauled sector and segmental reporting to provide clarity of sales and orders by market for commercial teams, improving accuracy and reducing processing time by circa 5,000 man-hours per annum across the Division. Improved accuracy of cash flow forecasting across UK regulatory businesses to target reduction in interest expense of circa £10 million per annum on short-term borrowings.
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