Speaker: Andrew Maher, Senior Manager, Commercial Excellence, Ernst & Young

Contract management is increasingly being prioritised as organisations realise the effects that a poorly planned process has on their organisation.

• Is the contract business critical and meeting your needs?
• Will following the precise terms of the contract lead to lower costs or higher revenues?
• Is the best possible commercial value delivered from the contract?
• What are the potential risks and how can they be mitigated?
• Is the contract being managed effectively and what managerial improvements could be introduced?
• Do existing quality control/assurance processes cover all key aspects of performance and what new processes  should be added?

Andrew recently joined Ernst & Young's Commercial Excellence team following 10 years working with KPMG UK where he was a Senior Manager specialising in contract management and compliance reviews. Andrew is a qualified accountant with 13 years experience in auditing and Contract Risk Services including numerous contract management and compliance reviews throughout EMEA.   Andrew is experienced in managing global programmes and individual projects of contract management and compliance reviews for a wide range of clients.   His experience includes reviews of contracts including: Facilities Management,Fleet Management, HR Outsourcing, Marketing and Advertising and Temporary Labour across a range of industries including oil and gas, consumer markets, media and telecommunications. Andrew has audited all the various pricing mechanisms within contracts including complex cost plus, pass through costs, time, unit and most favoured customer rates.   On one review Andrew managed he delivered in excess of €10m of cash savings to the client on an annual spend of just over €100m.