Ralph Bohmer
Verified Expert in Management Consulting
Management Consulting Expert
London, United Kingdom
Toptal member since June 2, 2021
A fellow of the ACCA, Ralph is a natural leader and strategic thinker, having helped grow businesses in the services, investment, and property sectors from the ground up. He has excelled in executing complex equity, debt, and property deals to suit individual projects and entities. An expert in the automation of processes, Ralph enjoys consulting with clients worldwide to help develop their accounting function so it provides precise, concise data for efficient decision-making.
Career Highlights
Education Highlights
Certification Highlights
Case Studies
Registry
Performance Reporting
Consolidation
Expertise
- Automation
- Consolidation
- Financial Analysis
- Financial Modeling
- Financial Reporting
- Performance Management
- Restructuring
- Three-statement Modeling
Work Experience
Financial Controller
Binding Solutions Limited
- Oversaw the overhaul, automation, and consolidation of the entire accounting system.
- Simplified the group structure to shed necessary costs.
- Steered the company successfully through its 1st audit, including consolidating, valuing, and recognizing its complex financial instruments.
- Constructed the company's 3-way financial model for budgeting, cash flow management, and fundraising.
Director
buuda Business Management
- Served as virtual CFO to a PPE startup, assisting them in creating and managing their finance department.
- Helped the PPE startup in their fundraising by advising on deal structures.
- Restructured the tax affairs of a top UK entertainer to reduce his tax bill by 30%.
- Created a rapidly growing advisory firm, providing a wide range of advisory services to the UK market.
- Managed the firm's accelerating growth and established its internal tax and accounting advisory processes.
Financial Controller
C2 Capital
- Structured property and equity deals with values ranging between $3 million and $100 million, developed investor disclosure documentation and collaborated to raise the required funds to settle on investment acquisitions.
- Hired and trained the finance team to produce high-quality and efficient internal reporting. Developed all finance processes to drive down processing times through automation, such as monthly accounts completed within four days.
- Established the investor relations team, defining the investment registry processes, creating performance reports, and integrating fund reporting with financial reporting.
- Liaised with the capital team, lawyers, lenders, and brokers to settle all of the group's properties to date, with deals ranging from $3 million to $45 million.
- Increased efficiencies by decreasing the complexity of ownerships within the group, restructuring debt burden into equity, and renegotiating interest rates down 4-6%.
- Created and launched the employee share scheme for the group.
Firm Accountant
Bentleys
- Overhauled financial procedures and automated processes. Enhanced productivity and reduced timescales of monthly accounting process from three weeks to 1.5 weeks.
- Project managed a cloud accounting migration from Excel into MYOB. Improved efficiency and functionality of the firm’s data. The greater detail in reporting led to better terms from lenders.
- Implemented receivables financing software into the firm, allowing the firm to access funds locked up in aged receivables.
Senior Manager
Tax Agility
- Managed all operations and staff while supervising a personal portfolio of 250+ clients, primarily creative startups and property developers.
- Streamlined operations and formalized processes, enabling each client manager to take on an extra 100 clients, driving up revenue per employee.
- Project managed complex UK tax disputes with HMRC and rectified these to the satisfaction of all parties.
- Led sales pitches with potential new business, increasing turnover by 20% in 12-months.
Education
Diploma in Commercial Law and Tax Law for Tax Agents
Applied Education - Australia
Honours Degree in Finance and Management
University of Cape Town - Cape Town, South Africa
Certifications
ACCA | Association of Chartered Certified Accountants
Association of Chartered Certified Accountants
Certificate for Financial Advisers
IFS School of Finance
Investment Administration Qualification
Chartered Institute of Securities Investments
Skills
Finance
Accounting, Forecasting, Taxation, Financial Reporting, Financial Management, Property Investment, Financial Advisory, Performance Reports, Financial Modeling, Three-statement Modeling, UK GAAP, CFO, Cash Flow, Fundraising, Debt Restructuring
Output Software
Microsoft Excel
Industry Expertise
Financial Services, Early-stage Startups, Venture Capital
Geographic Expertise
Australia, United Kingdom, South Africa
Data & Analysis Software
Intuit QuickBooks
Other
Finance, Management, Tax Accounting, Performance Management, Xero, Equity, Financial Analysis, Advisory, Startups, Feasibility Studies, Settlements, Treasury, Fund Accounting & Administration, Microsoft 365, Restructuring, Small & Medium-sized Enterprises (SME), Automation, Alternative Investments, Client Services, SaaS, Virtual CFO, Analytics, Business Models, Business Modeling, Software as a Service (SaaS), Administration, Statistics, Marketing, Corporate Law, GAAP, IFRS Financial Reporting, Microsoft Power BI, Commercial Law, Australian Tax Law, Investments, MYOB, Deal Structuring, Consolidation, Financial Controlling, Audits, Economics, Metals & Mining
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