Providing interim & assignment-based services across different industries and sectors. Able to work at strategic level all the way to transactional level and cross boundaries seamlessly. Hands-on approach and straightforward.

Lead the divisional finance team & member of senior mgmt team for £450m+ Turnover OEM Engineering business. Global sales across UK, Europe, Asia-Pacific, the Americas, Africa.Work side by side with the MD to ensure that the business was on target and address business and financial issues across the piece, managing risks and delivering opportunities.Identify market potential at market pricing to determine the optimum sales growth globallyReview commercial deals and campaigns… Show more Lead the divisional finance team & member of senior mgmt team for £450m+ Turnover OEM Engineering business. Global sales across UK, Europe, Asia-Pacific, the Americas, Africa.Work side by side with the MD to ensure that the business was on target and address business and financial issues across the piece, managing risks and delivering opportunities.Identify market potential at market pricing to determine the optimum sales growth globallyReview commercial deals and campaigns against a backdrop of market share, market development, market penetration, and production capacity.Review business case for New Products and the ensure product timing and commercial assumptions were achievable.Formulate the 5 year Strategic plan and the evaluate the scope for manufacturing, sales, growth.Run the annual budgeting process for the whole P&L, Balance Sheet, Cash, Working Capital.Prepare monthly detailed forecasts of the whole business at product level and ensure alignment to the latest plan and review/mitigate any risks and opportunities.Review all Capital investment for returns and challenge assumptions.I was responsible for the management accounts and annual accounts and the processes that supported their delivery to a tight schedule.Operate financial control over expenditure and ensure that anticipated cost savings are delivered.I developed a Risk Register in order to assess all business risk and to prioritise resources. Manage a monthly cost update to identify and understand all cost movements across products.I would use modelling and value-based analysis to determine whether the business was aligned to handle certain orders, and the impact upon profit margins and unit costs. I delivered financial training to over 60 non-financial managers. Show less

£180m turnover for North West Regions covering over 1 million customer contracts. Lead area team to deliver financial consultancy fto the area management team.Focus the management team on meeting budgets and the control cycle.Driving P&L performance and the KPI's of income, costs, and the cost drivers (productivity, quality, input costs). This was achieved via a genuine understanding of how the P&L could be impacted upon by different activities and by how much. Ensured… Show more £180m turnover for North West Regions covering over 1 million customer contracts. Lead area team to deliver financial consultancy fto the area management team.Focus the management team on meeting budgets and the control cycle.Driving P&L performance and the KPI's of income, costs, and the cost drivers (productivity, quality, input costs). This was achieved via a genuine understanding of how the P&L could be impacted upon by different activities and by how much. Ensured management information was fit for purpose and developed KPI trackers to assist.Support financial understanding and improvement using monthly reviews, the identification of potential improvements, and sharing best practice.Provide root-cause analysis to identify cause and effect of engineer technical knowledge and consequences.Detailed review and understanding of customer pricing and monthly income.Review the impact and cost of advertising campaigns in relation to customer growth.Manage the introduction of new products and ensure that costs are reasonable and investigate any regional discrepancies.Analyse customer gains/losses trends and communicate movements to regional managers.Responsible for annual budget cycle, monthly forecasting and alignment to the strategic plan.Leading role in transforming finance (processes & services) and employee engagement.Use What-if analysis for decision-making such as labour planning. Developed a business contingency plan to replace existing contractors and to in-source.I delivered financial training to all managers and supervisors within the region. Show less

£400m turnover Chemicals/Textiles raw material disribution across UK & Ireland. Member of senior management teamResponsible for accounting, reporting, budgeting, product & customer profitability, financial systems.Supported divisional director and management team with quality commentaries and presentations.SAP implementation, development of reporting requirements, Integrate mergers and acquisitions into financial systems and reporting.

Finance graduate trainee with Leyland Daf, working across all areas of finance over 2 years.Part of small Finance team within an MBO to form Leyland Trucks.£200m turnover of commercial trucks for UK and European markets.Responsible for budgeting, forecasting (production, sales, stock, capital), annual stock take, Capex approval/monitoring.Received a quality award for lowest ever books v physical stock difference.Initiated credit approval and control, debt analysis and… Show more Finance graduate trainee with Leyland Daf, working across all areas of finance over 2 years.Part of small Finance team within an MBO to form Leyland Trucks.£200m turnover of commercial trucks for UK and European markets.Responsible for budgeting, forecasting (production, sales, stock, capital), annual stock take, Capex approval/monitoring.Received a quality award for lowest ever books v physical stock difference.Initiated credit approval and control, debt analysis and recovery following MBO.Financial control for £2m international asset disposal project.Developed, tested and implemented Oracle Systems. Show less