Simon Walker
Senior Director - Finance & Strategic Initiatives - Emeai @Sherwin-Williams
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WORK HISTORY
Senior Director - Finance & Strategic Initiatives - Emeai @Sherwin-Williams
Finance : Continue to partner with Corporate Finance on the planning, design & implementation of Finance Transformation Initiative. Provide Financial support, direction & leadership to the commercial operations. Lead M&A Finance Integrations. Develop Finance Talent in the EMEAI region.Strategic Pricing : Lead & Direct EMEAI Pricing Team to drive structural improvements in Pricing Discipline & improved execution of Price, ensuring value delivered to customersM & A Integrations: Support Due Diligence, Lead Integration processes & best practices, ensure critical \"must haves\" & day 1 readiness; co-ordination of acquisition workstreams, timelines and proforma synergy tracking & executionROS Projects - Lead & Co-ordinate execution and collaboration across teams; Value Creation Initiatives; Drive Simplification; Support Operations & Distribution optimization projects;
EDUCATION
The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants
ACMA, CGMA, CIMA Qualified Accountant
EU Business School
Master of Business Administration (MBA), Major in International Business
Aston University
Bachelor of Science (BSc), International Business & Modern languages (French)
SKILLS
ABOUT SIMON WALKER
Senior Group Finance Director with extensive experience in the coatings, manufacturing, distribution & construction sectors in both financial and operational leadership roles. Commercially focused mindset with broad sector experience focused on driving change to deliver business objectives. Effective communicator at all organization levels; Highly developed interpersonal skills when working with customers, and internal / external stakeholdersMulti-site, multi-national responsibility with extensive experience in business turnaround, restructuring and long term profitability improvement. Developing & Delivering Strategic Plans with Leadership Team. Full Commercial support to the Selling & Commercial Teams, including strategic price increase strategies Full P&L Responsibility, Turn Arounds & Restructuring, Working Capital Improvements, Post Acquisition Integration, Restructuring, Change Management
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