A fully qualified, commercially focused, Director of Finance and Operations with extensive experience of leading financial and business strategies in order to facilitate and deliver short and long term company plans. A team player with excellent interpersonal skills who has demonstrated the ability to influence key decision makers at the highest levels. A determined, resilient, self-starter, who is flexible, adaptable and can remain calm and think both clearly and pragmatically under pressure.AchievementsParker Merchanting (Division of Rexel UK Ltd)* Turned around company loss to possitive EBITA through project management of sales growth and opex reduction, exceeding EBITA target by 1.34%.* Developed and implemented budget/forecasting tool which enabled benchmarking of branches to drive cost savings of 6.4% and performance management through detailed variance analysis.* Reshaped the business to reduce opex by 38.7% over 5 years while maintaining customer service.* Set up and managed the development of a centralised national customer service centre for the business with 40 employees, transacting over 2000 sales orders per day.* Established a new business venture (School wear) from initial idea, business case presentation and funding approval through to supply chain, marketing, sales and projected first year EBITA of 13.3%.Mowlem Construction Plc* Four challenging promotions whilst training and qualifying as a CIMA Accountant.* Successful financial integration of three acquisitions to enable consistent reporting.* Improved accuracy of contract accruals through training non finance operations managers in cost control and interpretation of financial information.* Developed new processes to improve interim and year end submissions, providing full audit trail and detailed tax schedules / analysis to back up corporation tax calculations.* Reviewed processes of purchase ledger and managed implementation of new improvements and controls.