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London, Gb

London, England, United Kingdom

 Successful implementation of financial strategies, processes and relevant KPI’s and analysis to drive 25% top line growth and nearly 40% profitable growth with the objective to significantly increase the current valuation of the business within two years. Led the expansion into North America and Europe managing multiple currencies through US dollar and Euro forward contracts. Renegotiated manufacturing supplier costs whilst outsourcing customer services, accounting, warehousing and setting up foreign bank accounts to materially reduce the cost base and increase the business margins. Introduced budgets, cash flow analysis, product margin analysis, forecasting, monthly reporting and KPI reports. Raised unsecured funding lines with Fintech organisations such as Ebury, Worldfirst, and Pay4 which each have monthly reporting requirements.

London, United Kingdom

Responsible for all aspects of Commercial Finance which includes reporting; budgeting; forecasting; the datawarehouse; profitability; pricing and bid approvals; business case sign offs for new products and deputising for the Financial DirectorResponsible for developing and managing a team of 5 qualified / part qualified accountants and 2 datawarehouse / Business Information systems analysts in two UK locations Strong advocate of introducing new financial tools to aid decision making. Introduced the Spotfire Business Information tool to transform revenue reporting and introduced an Activity Based Costing tool to highlight customer and product profitability with huge successAll Mergers, acquisitions and strategic alliance responsibilities

London, England, United Kingdom

- Drive the delivery of Colt's transformation programmes and the associated company's financial, commercial and related operational objectives.- Responsible for driving budgets, forecasting processes and quality business insight to support the delivering of their financial commitments.- To develop, introduce and manage initiatives and propositions through improved business practice and governance.

3 parts to my current role : 1.Mergers, Acquisitions & Alliances Manager, 2.Head of Business Information Systems 3. Activity Based Costing Manager.Mergers & Acquisitions RoleFinancial evaluation of Merger & Aquisition candidates which are in line with both short-and long term strategic objectives. During Due Diligence identify current and future financial risks including those considerations in the valuation, through the use of scenario planning models under various conditions.Integration planning and execution which involves the creation of Policies and Procedures for the combined entity and an assessment of new management reporting structure and processes.Post-Deal assessment and to ensure that the value-drivers identified during due diligence are maintained throughout the integration plan and deal life cycle.Head of Business Information SystemsHead of a team of 4 responsible providing the business with key Management Information reporting via financial systems and the Cognos data warehouseActivity Based CostingImplemented a financial tool to report on customer and product profitability through activity based costing modelling.

Mba, Business, Strategy & Marketing

Acma, Accountancy & Finance

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