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Hire VytautasVytautas Bautrenas
Verified Expert in Finance
Finance Expert
Location
London, United Kingdom
Toptal Member Since
August 22, 2016
Vytautas is a finance manager at Santander, a global bank with $1.5 trillion in assets. Before Santander, he provided full financial support to a £80 million business, at a leading global e-tailer. He excels at providing insightful performance analysis/research, from high-level valuations to product-specific P&Ls, as well as building decision support tools. Freelancing allows him to leverage skills gained from CFA and CIMA qualifications.
Career Highlights
Finance Manager
Santander UK plc
Assistant Management Accountant
Daisy Group plc
Education Highlights
Certified Management Accountant (CMA)
Chartered Institute of Management Accountants
Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Level 2
CFA Institute
Bachelor's Degree
The University of York
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Work Experience
Finance Manager
2016 - PRESENT
Santander UK plc
- Reports and analyzes credit provisions across all of Santander UK plc business units (customer asset balance c. £200 billion).
- Benchmarks and analyzes the fee income of all of Santander UK - includes discovery of income generating opportunities.
- Supports the Santander UK plc finance director and financial controller with ad hoc financial analyses and projects.
- Analyzes Santander UK annual budget (net income c. £1.5 billion) and the sensitivities to key economic assumptions.
- Supports the implementation of the IFRS 9 accounting standard from a finance point of view which includes a major methodology change for the calculation of credit provisions (balance c. £1 billion).
Focus areas: Valuation, Financial Modeling, Profitability Analysis, Non-performing Loans (NPL), Projects, Competitor Analysis & Profiling, Automation, Process Improvement, Budgeting, P&L Analysis, Financial Controlling, Financial Analysis
Finance Management Information & Planning Analyst
2015 - 2016
Santander UK Corporate & Commercial Bank
- Consolidated and controlled M/E income reporting across the SCCB product teams (revenue c. £600 million).
- Produced monthly SCCB management packs and P&L commentary.
- Liaised with central finance concerning groups, statutory, regulation and ad hoc reporting.
- Collaborated actively on projects within department and across finance function.
- Leveraged relationships and led initiatives to resolve issues and to improve communication.
- Performed large-scale data manipulation and contributed data process expertise.
Focus areas: Competitor Analysis & Profiling, Automation, Process Improvement, Executive Presentations, Board Presentations, Projects, Regulatory Reporting, Three-statement Modeling, P&L Analysis, Financial Controlling
Assistant Accountant, Beauty & Technology Services Divisions
2013 - 2015
The Hut Group
- Performed commercial reporting and analysis for a leading global online beauty retailer.
- Supported the financial data process within the finance/purchasing/sales divisions in a highly-transactional, fast-paced, big-data environment—including P&L analysis and pricing decision support.
- Indirectly managed the purchase ledger, sales ledger, stock and fulfilment functions (c. 20 colleagues).
- Did project accounting and was a finance business partner for technology services contracts including Nintendo, the Daily Mail, and Unilever.
- Liaised with 3rd parties and internally to maximize financial benefits and supported operations.
- Supported non-finance managers in new projects/initiatives.
- Performed intra-month P&L forecasting.
- Performed balance sheet accounting for 8 legal entities.
Focus areas: Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A), Financial Controlling, Business Partnerships, Project Accounting, P&L Analysis, Pricing, Reporting
Assistant Management Accountant
2012 - 2013
Daisy Group plc
- Maintained and reconciled the fixed asset register (capital spend £6 million per annum); started CapEx project accounting.
- Performed bank reconciliation (500,000 transactions per annum); completed a reconciliation process overhaul.
- Managed and reported expenses accounting (£15 million per annum); liaised and reviewed with non-finance budget holders.
- Automated and prepared KPIs for the Daisy Retail monthly board meetings; provided ad hoc support to managers.
- Maintained end-to-end responsibility for JV management accounts (£10 million per annum): responsible for full set of accounts production; provided oversight over purchase ledger & billing; VAT returns; was the point-of-contact for any accounts related matters.
- Supported the Retail head of finance with monthly results collation and reporting.
Focus areas: Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), Automation, Process Improvement, Microsoft Access, Microsoft Excel, Project Accounting, Management Accounting
Education
2011 - 2015
Certified Management Accountant (CMA) in Accounting
Chartered Institute of Management Accountants - Manchester, UK
2010 - 2013
Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Level 2 in Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management
CFA Institute - London, UK
2008 - 2011
Bachelor's Degree in Economics, Econometrics, & Finance
The University of York - York, UK
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