Financial Minds: Philip Deakin, Connect Group

Location

Jubilee Campus, Nottingham, Room B52, South Building

Date(s)

Friday 17th February 2017 (16:00-18:00)

Contact

This event is free and you are welcome to colleagues from your organisation but please contact Amrit Judge (Associate Professor in Finance) to book a place for each person attending:

E: Amrit.Judge@nottingham.ac.uk
T: 0115 9515259

Description

Overview of a listed company's Financial Reporting cycle

We invite you to hear special guest speaker Philip Deakin, Group Head of Finance at Connect Group plc. Connect Group plc is a specialist distribution business with £1.8b of revenues and a listing on the London Stock Exchange. Philip is responsible for Group Financial Reporting, Group Tax, Group Treasury and Group FP&A. Prior to this role, he had been CFO at Dun & Bradstreet (Benelux). He is a Fellow of the Institute Chartered Accountants and qualified with PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Philip will give a practitioners overview on how a listed company prepares and presents its Annual Financial Report to investors and lenders.  It will provide an opportunity to consider some of the current topics in financial reporting, treasury and tax.  There will also be a discussion of the implications of Brexit for the Connect Group Plc.  Main topics discussed during the seminar will include:

• Typical financial reporting timetable at year end and the key stakeholders involved
• Preparation of financial statements =>  Audit => Board approval => Prelim announcement
• Overview of the Annual Financial Report and the key components:
  • Strategic Report
  • Principal Statement of Risk
  • Remuneration Report
  • Audit Committee
  • Audit Report
  • Financial Statements & Notes
• The role of the Treasury function in managing risk, complexity & compliance
  • Debt facilities & interest swap hedging
  • Liquidity & counter party risk
  • Forex risk management
• The role of the Tax function in managing risk, complexity & compliance
  • OECD BEPS (Base Erosion & Profit shifting)
• Implications of Brexit for Connect Group Plc

About Financial Minds

'Financial Minds' is a series of finance-themed lectures for alumni and students run by Nottingham University Business School. We invite senior people working in finance and related roles to talk about a variety of current financial topics. Events are open to Business School and University alumni, students, and staff as well as visitors from business and industry. These events are an opportunity to gain a unique and inspiring insight and meet people from the business and University communities.

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