Adele Farquharson Email & Phone Number

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.

Listed skills include Financial Strategy Development, Financial And Management Accounting, Clear Financial Leadership, Project Management, and 38 others.

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  West Leeds Girls High School