Manager Management

Oliver Price

Email: *********@********.***

Address: *** **** ******, *** **

City: New York

State: NY

Zip: 10028

Country: USA

Phone: 644-***-****

Skill Level: Management

Salary Range: 110

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Job History / Details:

Oliver G. Price, ACA

929 Park Avenue, Apt 8C, New York NY 10028

Email: *********@********.*** Phone: 646-***-****

Career Experience:

Liberty Global (1) Manager, Mergers & Acquisitions

June 2011 to August 2012

Achieved an Outstanding Individual Performance Award within 6 months of joining the M&A team, within the same timeframe I took responsibility for running my own transactions

Worked on a variety of M&A projects within the cable television, media & telecommunications sectors, with deal size from $5m to $10billion+ companies

Evaluated opportunities across a diverse geographic base; from the Caribbean to Eastern Europe, with primary focus on Western Europe

Produced analysis and presentations for key decision panels within LGI (Investment Committee, Board meetings, CEO). My analysis and recommendations directly led to:

Accepting an offer for a $100m+ Business Unit at the price my analysis suggested

Making offers on multiple targets

Walking away from existing ongoing projects

Built and developed the business plan for a $600m target entity that was successfully acquired in June 2011. This required efficient sorting of the target's trial balance (> 1,300 account lines) and converting into a Business Case. The acquisition plan I originated is now company Long Range Plan

Conducted reviews of business plans for a wide variety of potential targets, coaching local teams and corporate strategy department with regards to modelling and presentation

Conducted valuation analysis for opportunities, applying wide range of valuation techniques, including maintaining group impact analysis model

Coordinated and drove processes on a daily basis, including;

Management of due diligence and all documentation preparation

Management of all internal resources and external advisors as required for each deal

Structuring and management of deals and subsequent negotiating positions - including negotiation of extremely favourable and unusual terms surrounding the transaction for a distressed target

Produced and coordinated marketing materials for potential disposals including market and competitor analysis, economic/country overviews as well as company performance, strategy and outlook

Prepared additional materials on an ad hoc basis, including co-ordinating training materials for non M&A executives and presentations for industry summits

Conducted modelling and forecasting for initiatives, including commercial appraisal of projects

Responsible for day-to-day management, coaching and training of management trainee in M&A team

Liberty Global (1)

Manager, Financial Planning

October 2006 to June 2011

Promoted to Manager end 2010, prior to this I worked as Analyst within Financial Planning

Achieved highest performance rating in department for two consecutive years (2009-2010)

Responsible for development, maintenance and presentation of group liquidity Long Range Plan. Working with the major stakeholders (c. 10 divisions within the group, as well as strategy, treasury and tax departments) to model the group's cashflows over a forecast period of 10 years

Preparation of liquidity section for the group's ratings agency presentations: In 2009 we achieved a ratings upgrade from both S&P and Moody's despite the unfavourable economic climate

Implemented the first complete review of group's foreign exchange risk, coordinating results with treasury department and senior management for effective foreign exchange risk management

Responsible for preparation and analysis of liquidity information required for monthly scorecard

Developed time efficient adjusted budget and prior year rebased liquidity models that could be easily maintained outside of an accounting system (due to the limitations of the accounting system)

Co-ordinated reviews of group working capital performance

Review of bank covenant reporting and responsible for forecast leverage analysis

The role required use of both US GAAP and IFRS

The team was created in 2005, giving me the opportunity to help set up of new projects and processes and to influence our approach. Working in a new department meant I had to be pro-active in building contacts and building credibility with our key stakeholders

Responsible for day-to-day management, coaching and training of management trainee

KPMG

Audit Associate

Sept 2003 to Sept 2006

Specialised in Information, Communication and Entertainment clients

Major clients: BMG Music Publishing, Chrysalis Plc (Music Division), Datamonitor plc, London 2012 Olympic bid, Capital Charities, Royal Opera House

Experience focused on media clients, including royalty accounting for music clients

UK GAAP and IFRS statutory auditing for all clients, one Sarbanes Oxley project and regulatory reporting for the International Olympic Committee

Assisted in graduate recruitment

Intern roles:

KPMG, Corporate Recovery

Oct 2002 to Nov 2002

Ernst & Young, Corporate Finance

July 2001 to Aug 2001

IT Skills

Advanced knowledge of Excel, PowerPoint and Word

Regular use of external databases, industry and equity research

Hyperion Financial Management

Professional Development

London Business School Nov 2011

Advanced Corporate Finance (Intensive 1 week course)

Education and Professional Qualifications:

ACA (Association of Chartered Accountants)

Qualified Sept 2006

Trained with KPMG London achieving first time passes

University of Bristol, UK

1999-2002

BSc Economics degree class 2:1

Eastbourne College, UK 1993-1998

A Levels: 2 As (Maths and Physics) 1 B (Economics & Business Studies)

10 GCSEs: 4 A*s, 5 As and 1 B. Plus Additional Level Maths: A.

1. Liberty Global "LGI" is the 2nd largest cable company in the world (after Comcast), listed on the NASDAQ Global Select Market. LGI Operates in 13 countries across Europe and South America and through its content division operates 56 channels. LGI has 22,000 employees servicing 20 million customers, generating annualised revenues in excess of $10bn

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