Commercial property investment company with a wide portfolio of property throughout Yorkshire including multi-tenure mill conversions and office park developments.

Multi awarding winning property development group specialising in high quality residential mill conversions and architecturally cutting edge new build apartments. £70m development at Victoria Mills, Shipley 449 apartments complete with retail, restaurant, bar and recreation facilities in a fully landscaped secure environment. Turnover £20m, 40 employees.ResponsibilitiesMulti-disciplinary function reporting to owner directors, responsible for all administrative and accounts staff. Roles included finance director fully responsible for accounting function, management and statutory accounts, audit, cashflows, payroll, subcontractor and supplier payments, debt collection, VAT, PAYE, CIS, taxation. IT including implementation of new hardware and software Direct liaison with the bank funder and undertaking of on-going build cost monitoring against budget, end of day projections and development profit targets.Close working relationship with several legal practices on construction contracts, apartment conveyances, sale completions, land purchases, commercial tenancies and employment issues.Management of apartment and commercial rental portfolios, rent invoicing and collection.Financial modelling and appraisal of new schemes including both residential and commercial opportunities.AchievementsRe-structured from a construction into a property investment company to survive the downturn. Negotiated and implemented the re-finance of business with a new funder to secure the continuation of the group.Set up the Vivo serviced apartment business which comprises 35 units turnover of £500kpa.Developing the letting and management of the property portfolio of a further 60 commercial and residential units from a standing start to secure a further income stream of £500k pa.Controlling costs through close involvement with the construction team and bank monitor during the 5 year build programme to ensure the project was delivered on time and to budget.

400 bed, 10 home, nursing and residential care home group, Turnover £7m, 350 employees. The portfolio of homes, which included specialist disabled and challenging behaviour units, was being rationalised through the modernisation and closure of smaller residential homes and expanded by the acquisition of homes and a major on-going new build programme.ResponsibilitiesHead office role reporting directly to the owners and responsible for all staff employed at headquarters. Full responsibility for accounting function, payroll, supplier payments, debt collection, management and statutory accounts, cashflows, taxation, PAYE. Centralised production and analysis of management information on the performance of each of the homes. In charge of maintenance and implementation of IT throughout the group. Direct liason with bank funders reporting performance of the group, securing finance for new build programme and monitoring construction spend accordingly.AchievementsImplemented the replacement of the outdated accounting and payroll packages withSage Line 100 and Sage Payroll Professional. This streamlined the production and enhanced the quality and detail of the financial information and facilitated staff efficiencies at head office by replacing the existing paper timesheet and cheque payment systems.Project managed the installation of the Cool Blue centralised billing and MI system. This incorporated network links to homes providing real time details of resident occupancy and staff cover through the introduction of electronic clocking in.Reviewed and rationalised the methods used by the group in securing the construction of new homes which had previously resulted in serious cost overruns and build quality issues. Set up a complete new construction team to achieve new builds on time, on budget and to specification. This improvement was instrumental in securing the continued support and full bank finance for the build programme.

50% shareholding in office furniture, office refurbishment, shop and bank fit out company incorporating a specialist joinery manufacturing facility Turnover £3m, 35 employees. ResponsibilitiesFinance director full responsibility for accounting function, payroll, supplier and subcontractor payments, debt collection, management and statutory accounts, cashflows, taxation, PAYE, CIS, VAT, employment issues, company secretarial, insurance.On-going liaison with bank, factoring company and other external stakeholders.Sales and project management responsibility for a variety of office furniture and shop fit out schemes. Contractual, valuation and payment responsibilities working with construction companies on all the major joinery contracts undertaken by the company.AchievementsNegotiated and implemented the successful MBO of the contracting business when the original family business was sold in 1995. Trebled turnover by expansion of the customer base to include national retailers and major construction companies building health and fitness clubs throughout the UKImplemented fully networked computer systems between manufacturing and administrative sites to improve budgetary control of work in progress and closer monitoring of tender costings and submissions.