Cate Hulme Email & Phone Number

United Kingdom

London, GB

fin-house fuels start-ups, scale ups and SMEs with awesome finance teams, providing an embedded solution tailored to business needs, with a value-adding, sustainable and scalable finance team on your side, helping to grow you business.#morehumanlessaccountant

Manchester, GB

At ValueLights our commitment is as clear today as it was the day we opened our doors back in 2009, to become the go-to people for lighting for homeowners, business owners and the lighting trade. Ambitious? Certainly. Doable? Without a doubt. We’re already well on the way. It’s something we’re achieving together - with our customers, with our ‘bend over.

Manchester, GB

After 20 years experience as CFO of a number of e-commerce businesses; from start up, through high growth phase, flotation and exit, I understood that there was no affordable software package available for online retailers that provided the functionality needed to manage the unique requirements of a multi-channel, multi-currency, multi-warehouse online.

Providing the skills and expertise of a motivated, driven, commercially and operationally minded FD on a part-time or interim basis to SMEs, experienced in growth and turn-around situations, specialising in retailCommercially focussed with strong operational skillsSkilled in raising both debt and equity fundingManagement of cost reduction projectsCorporate.

New York, NY, US

As part time CFO I am responsible for working capital management and operational effectiveness and efficiencies within purchasing, logistics and warehousing. This has involved implementation of systems from scratch for stock management and logistics as well as finance.Over the last 2 years we have acheived over 200% revenue growth and reinvested profits.

• This was a 6 month contract to review operations with a view to growing the business through other channels, achievements including
• Process review to improve efficiency and effectiveness through the business, including - reorganisation of warehouse, logistics and systems to enable drop shipping facilities - development of reports and processes for.
• Development of sales staff; through structured, targeted customer contact
• Product range review

Starting my online cake business fulfilled a childhood dream, having grown up with a master baker for a nana, leading to a successful sale 3 years later.Delighted to have founded Quirkeee Cafe as a fabulous place to meet and make friends while enjoying our own-brand tea and coffee and homemade food. As I am a long term lover of cakes I decided to spread.

Montgomery is the leading UK retailer of curtains, manufacturing in the UK and working with leading retailers on a concession basis, with 130 stores and white label websites, including Debenhams, House of Fraser and Homebase.Responsibilities - manufacturing - factory based in Chester employing 75 staff, manufacturing over 1,100 made-to-measure items per.

Manchester, GB

British manufacturer of competitively priced and high quality fitted and free-standing furniture.

Ewloe, Wales, GB

• Tactical Solutions is an extremely fast-paced field marketing business working in partnership with manufacturers and retailers, with 40% growth to £20m revenue. Responsibilities
• Ownership of core operational and support processes to ensure 300 field sales staff could work efficiently and effectively
• Developing superior financial and management reporting standards to improve both Internal and external financial reporting, in line with all stakeholder requirementsAchievements
• overhaul of finance reporting bringing a 20 working day close cycle down to 5, within 2 months
• channel reporting to give each individual business unit director a detailed P&L as well as clear focus across the business on revenue growth with profit
• 15% cost reduction through supplier negotiation and design and implementation of improved IT systems, in addition to outsourcing data entry

• Responsibilities
• Consultancy for 2 struggling businesses requiring immediate focus on working capital and review of existing systemsAchievements
• Initial role was to review working capital requirements for a importer of lighting products from the Far East, and to advise management and Burdale. Unfortunately I was brought in too late and although the business.
• My second role was at a jewellery manufacturer with gross margin issues and I implemented strong stock control systems and processes, enabling the business to be turned around.
• I was then offered various roles with Burdale backed businesses, including Managing Director, Operations Director, Business Development Director, however these all required permanent relocation which wasn’t possible.

SL7 1EY, GB

• eXpansys sells leading consumer technology to end users and corporates on a global basis, online and through contact centresResponsibilities
• Management and financial reporting for all companies (including UK, US, Hong Kong, China, France, Sweden, Australia)
• Working capital management through supplier negotiation, cash management and tight credit control
• Refinancing including equity issue, loans, overdraft and letters of credit
• Negotiation of all operational contracts, including courier, insurance and credit card processing
• Inbound and reverse logistics including 5 warehouses globally

GB

• Responsibilities
• Assurance Senior Manager focussing on middle market clients, managing a £700k portfolio of 20 business mainly owner managed within technology, manufacturing and construction with turnover ranging from £1m to £340m
• Leading a cross line of service team targeting AIM listed companies
• Advising clients regarding business strategy, changing group structure and implementing new IT systems amongst other issues
• Due diligence and MBOs, review of projection for financial assistance of acquisition and preparation of statement of accounts and cash flow projections as part of corporate recovery work for clients
• Assisting clients in changing systems and reporting to enable reporting under IFRS

London, GB

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