Profile
Oliver Colling (Associate Director)
Oliver Colling leads our Financial Management and Effectiveness
practice, part of Restructuring, Advisory and Implementation
Services
Experience
Oliver joined us at Grant Thornton in 2008. Previously he headed
up Capita's financial management consultancy practice and also
worked with KPMG where he led a number of major global finance
transformation initiatives within blue chip clients. Key clients
Oliver has worked with in his career include Anglo American, BP,
Vodafone, Centrica, Shire, John Laing, Dairy Farmers of Britain,
Jobcentre Plus, Birmingham City Council, and the National Audit
Office
With 20 years experience in finance transformation, the design
and implementation of finance shared services, planning, budgeting
and forecasting and performance reporting and measurement, Oliver
has overseen the rapid growth of Grant Thornton's financial
management team and the development of our leading edge
propositions. Oliver is also a regular commentator on key issues
for the CFO with his views appearing in the Financial Times,
Accounting & Business and Money Marketing
Oliver's expertise covers:
- Natural resources; Telecommunications; Financial Services
- Pharmaceuticals; Manufacturing; Retail
- Infrastructure; Central and Local Government
Qualifications