Stuart FREARSON, CFO

Stuart FREARSON

CFO

Current Technology Entreprises, LLC

Location
United Arab Emirates
Education
Master's degree, Advanced IT
Experience
34 years, 4 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :34 years, 4 Months

CFO at Current Technology Entreprises, LLC
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • My current job since January 2013

Financial Management and Reporting, Group Accounting and Consolidation, Budgetting, Treasury and Cashflow management, IT, Pricing and profitability, Monthly closure and reporting, Finance and logistics. Finance function creation, Team management and development, Policies procedures and standards, IFRS / US GAAP, MIS tools, IT / Financial Project and Change Management, ERP Systems Implementations, Business review and improvement, KPIs, Compliance Regimes and Governance, SOX compliance, Third party liaison, Stakeholder management.

Finance Director at BNP Paribas Asset Management (Atisreal real estate subsidiary)
  • United Kingdom
  • April 2009 to December 2012

Implementation of new reporting and financial systems. Putting in place the changes after purchase of the (U.K.) company by the (French) bank and reporting to head office. FSA regulation, IFRS, etc. MS Dynamics GP v10 Financial and Accounting System, Business Objects (XI) for reporting, Cartesis Magnitude for statutory reporting and consolidation.

Senior Finance Projects Manager at Air Products, Inc.
  • United States
  • January 2007 to March 2010

1. Implemented B2B purchasing system and reporting dashboard (SAP BW).
2. Implemented and deployed SAP Travel Management FI sub-module and automated transaction feeds for new Europe-wide corporate credit card provider. New accounting and reporting procedures, change management, new finance team.
SAP FI / CO (ECC 5.0), TM sub-module, automated feeds from Europe-wide credit card provider (ABN Amro). Mercator, bizTalk, Remedy help desk. MS Project, MS Visio, MS Office, usual networks and tools.

Finance Manager and Project leader at SIEMENS Business Services Ltd
  • Germany
  • September 2005 to December 2006

Siemens SBS are outsourcing specialists. We harmonised and documented financial and reporting procedures - amongst a network of U.K. clients.
SAP R/3 FI / CO, distributed environment, extensive local bespoke packages, MS Project MS Visio, usual office tools and networks

Risk Manager at Protiviti Inc. (assignments at Ford Motor Co, Orangina Schweppes, EnerSys France and others).
  • United Kingdom
  • March 2005 to September 2005

Protiviti Inc. (assignments at Ford Motor Co, Orangina Schweppes, EnerSys France and others).

Sarbanes-Oxley projects - documentation, testing and remediation in FMCG environments.

SAP R/3 (FI/CO, SD/MM), AS/400s, bespoke packages, Lotus Notes database, usual MS Office tools and networks, MS Visio.

Finance Director at BackLite International, Inc.
  • United Arab Emirates
  • March 2003 to February 2005

Finance Director, setting up offices and infrastructure from scratch, IT support and staffing, training, procedures, best practices, group restructuring to service Mid-East sites.
Greenfield site office set-up, hiring, training, IT environment setup, financing plan with banks, accounts inc. consols. to IAS / IFRS for audit by KPMG.
Win 2000, Outlook Express, MS Office, Tally Gold, IE, firewall etc. Review of Lawson package.

Financial Project Manager at Basell, N.V. (Shell and BASF)
  • Belgium
  • March 2004 to August 2004

Project Controller for migration project (website to interactive Portal with transaction capabilities of selected clients). www.basell.com.
Financial and project control, Project mgmt., Testing.
Website work by Vignette, Inc., MS SQL Server 2000, transaction support SAP R/3 4.6c. MS Project, MS Excel, usual Office tools, SAP¨BW.

Senior Consultant, Financial Modelling and Reporting at Principal Investment Banks in the City of London
  • United Kingdom
  • March 2002 to February 2003

Setting up team for consultancy practice, Financial model & forecast writing and auditing,
Team Creation, Financial Modelling. Defence Sector, Oil & Gas, PFI Projects.
Excel & VBA, SQL Server 7.0, Business Objects, Cognos, datawarehousing;

Finance and Admin Director at Alexander and Alexander, Inc.
  • United States
  • January 2001 to February 2002

Finance & MIS Director, Paris office, for this major City Financial Services (Insurance) Company. Preparation and control of statutory reporting, Financial and analytical support for the sales function, Ensuring the integrity of the general ledger and financial statements, both management and statutory, Compliance with company policies and GAAP, Coordinating monthly close and submission of monthly consol. reporting to Group, Salary and commission reporting for the office, Outsourced payroll, Reporting and declarations of all local taxes, payroll, turnover, etc.

For full career to date please request a c.v. in Word format or other. SF at DMI Consultants / Frearson & Co.
  • United Kingdom
  • January 1990 to December 2000

stuart underscore frearson at hotmail dot com For full career to date please request a c.v. in Word format or other. Thankyou.

Education

Master's degree, Advanced IT
  • at South Bank University
  • October 1992
Diploma, FCA
  • at Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales
  • July 1989

Fellow Chartered Accountant

Bachelor's degree, Maths and Physics
  • at St. Andrews University
  • July 1986

Hons. B.Sc (2(i)) in Maths and Physics

Specialties & Skills

Microsoft Excel
Business Systems Implementation
Microsoft Office
Financial Management and Accounting
 Financial Management
 Business & Systems Analysis
 Financial / ERP and Related Systems implementation
 Web-based MIS, Financial modelling
 Audit, Assurance, SOX Compliance and Testing

Languages

Arabic
Beginner
French
Expert
Swahili
Intermediate
Portuguese
Beginner

Memberships

ISACA
  • Certified Information Systems Auditor
  • July 2003
ICAEW
  • FCA (English Fellow Chartered Accountant)
  • July 1989
Association Francaise d'Audit Informatique
  • Adherent
  • March 1990
British Computer Society
  • Member
  • April 1990
British Institute of Management
  • Member
  • February 1991

Training and Certifications

Extensive courses in, e.g., financial reporting, accounting, taxation, man management, manufacturer (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 1990
Valid Until:
December 2012