Advisor on business operations, tax and other compliance obligations to US companies opening in the UK.
Guildford, United Kingdom
- Current
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- Leading Consultant at The Dyer Partnership Ltd.
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- Marketing Partner at The Dyer Partnership
- Partner at The Dyer Partnership
- Controller at County NatWest Investment Management
- Controller, later COO at Sphinx Limited
- Audit Senior at Arthur Andersen
- Education
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- Qualified Chartered Accountant
- Exeter University
- The Judd School, Tonbridge, Kent
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Mark Dyer’s Summary
Financial executive with 25 years' experience gained in commercial companies and public accounting firms provides a turn-key accounting, taxation and corporate administration service for US companies who are establishing a presence in the UK and onwards to other Europe countries.
Our company provides a complete backoffice system to set up UK companies and then meet financial control and administration tasks.
Mark Dyer’s Specialties:
Consulting on planning for the flow of transactions between USA and UK and meeting the requirements of VAT and other taxation authorities.
Speaking in straightforward terms to convey complex concepts and situations simply.
Helping companies to prioritise the tasks required to open a branch or subsidiary in the UK, and then execute those tasks to minimise risk and effort in putting the infrastructure in place.
Mark Dyer’s Experience
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Leading Consultant
The Dyer Partnership Ltd.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Accounting industry)
December 1999 — Present (9 years 8 months)
Advisor to US companies who have, or are setting up, operations in the UK and elsewhere in Europe. Working with those companies and their USA based advisors to ensure that the company:
- complies with local legal and tax obligations
- understands the commercial culture in the UK
- effectively manages accounting and other company administration.
Led the firm's expansion into providing a turn-key accounting, taxation and corporate administration service for US companies establishing a presence in UK and onwards to other Europe countries. By initially specialising in companies headquartered in Denver and Boulder Colorado and travelling to meet companies and their advisors in person we grew this division to the point where in 2004 we sold the rest of our firm to focus on providing this service.
Expanded our activities from Colorado into Austin, Texas and Silicon Valley during 2004. -
Marketing Partner
The Dyer Partnership
(Partnership; 11-50 employees; Accounting industry)
September 1994 — December 1999 (5 years 4 months)
Changed roles in the partnership to become responsible for business development in light of the de-regulation of advertising and promotion in the UK public accounting profession. Implemented various programmes including public speaking, PR, direct mail, telephone solicitation, using external consultants and the firm's own resources. In June 1995 I launched www.netaccountants.com, the UK's first interactive webite with accounting, tax and other business advice topics. Later that year we were chosen by the UK Government's Department of Trade and Industry as one of 10 companies to case study as to the effective use of IT by small businesses.
As a result of the profitable new work gained the firm grew from 9 people to 22 in this period. -
Partner
The Dyer Partnership
(Partnership; 1-10 employees; Accounting industry)
April 1989 — September 1994 (5 years 6 months)
One of 3 partners in a 'general practice' firm of Chartered Accountants which served clients in North Hampshire and Surrey. My focus was in advising Small and Medium Sized Enterprises which were owner-managed, using the real-life commercial experience and technical skills gained in previous roles.
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Controller
County NatWest Investment Management
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Investment Management industry)
December 1986 — April 1989 (2 years 5 months)
This was the division of NatWest Bank that managed investment portfolios for institutional investors, using investment teams in the major financial centres worldwide. NatWest, in common with other banks and organisations was reorganising to take advantage of the de-regulation of financial services in the UK - 'Big Bang'. This was a developmental role to improve financial reporting and control in a division that Natwest had formed by acquiring various other organisations. The role required extensive knowledge of financial accounting, management reporting, budgeting and cooperation with divisional controllers from all other parts of the newly formed NatWest Investment Bank.
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Controller, later COO
Sphinx Limited
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)
November 1984 — November 1986 (2 years 1 month)
Sphinx Limited was set up to publish and distribute software using the (then) newly available UNIX operating system. The company received funding from the VC division of Olivetti, Abingworth plc and Alan Patricof Associates (now APAX). I joined in the company's early stages and was responsible for setting up financial accounting and corporate reporting procedures; later my role broadened in this extremely fast growth start-up.
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Audit Senior
Arthur Andersen
(Partnership; 5001-10,000 employees; Accounting industry)
August 1981 — November 1984 (3 years 4 months)
Within this public accounting firm my specialist area was audit and advisory services to companies in manufacturing. Starting immediately after University in the London office, I was offered the opportuntiy to become one of the first members of a new office opened in 1984 in Reading to serve companies in the Thames Valley 'technology corridor'.
Mark Dyer’s Education
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Qualified Chartered Accountant
1984 — 1984
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Exeter University
BA (Honours) in Accountancy Studies , Accountancy, Finance, Tax, Operational Research, Economics, Corporate and Commercial Law , 1978 — 1981
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The Judd School, Tonbridge, Kent
1971 — 1978
