My role encompasses -Investment appraisal – I’ve acquired over £500m of sites for residential and mixed-use development leading on all finance matters including obtaining lender approvals, advising on tax and structure of corporate purchases, and preparing and presenting a concluding development appraisal to enable a prompt decision. Corporate treasury - I've refinanced our revolving facility 8 times taking it from £50m to £130m, renegotiating covenants and utilising term loans and swaps to manage borrowing capacity and interest rate risk. I lead on all agency correspondence.Business plan - I manage borrowing requirements and land spend budgets by producing a rolling, monthly 5-year forecast saving significant non-utilisation fees by matching our borrowing facilities to peaks and troughs in activity. Audit – I lead on going concern, work in progress, long-term contract profit-take and shared equity debt valuation. My analysis supported on-time sign-off of our 2019 accounts as the audit industry struggled to cope with going concern in the wake of COVID uncertainty.Joint Ventures – I lead on financial reporting for a number of joint ventures including negotiating exit valuations, designing and producing board packs and KPI dashboards, liaising with employer’s agents & managing surveyors and dealing with ad hoc reporting for partnerships with RSL’s, high net worth individuals and other developers. The relationships and systems that I've built have enabled us to partner with a variety of organisations concurrently in a cost-effective manner.

FCHC is responsible for procurement, supply, maintenance & management of the heat and hot water supply to several thousand residents of the redeveloped former Guinness factory in Park Royal, NW London.As the Finance Director I was responsible for -Purchase of gas and electricity on the wholesale markets. My first experience of this coincided with unprecedented inflation due to the Ukraine war, requiring negotiation with supply agents and detailed analysis of rates and market projections to secure the best price whilst mitigating risk for our residents. Setting charge-out rates to management companies. By improving analysis of cashflow and capital expenditure I was able to mitigate steep energy price rises by identifying unrealised efficiencies in the maintenance and capital works budgets. Securing government grants and awards to support decarbonisation of our network whilst reducing costs to residents. We were able to secure 50% grant funding for efficiency improvements to heat supply, increasing project ROI by 97%.Signing off the annual accounts and corporation tax return.

Fairview is a privately-owned housebuilder operating in London & the surrounding counties with a focus on purchasing and developing unconsented land. Reporting to the Group Finance Director my role encompasses financial planning and analysis, corporate financing and treasury, business valuation, corporation tax planning, site & business acquisitions.Taking sites from landbuyer appraisal through to post-planning maximisation of consent, it is my responsibility to ensure that the business takes decisions that maximise profit and ROI on all investments. This is done by working with and challenging operational departments & by the provision of accurate financial modelling of their input at formal & informal site reviews. I work closely with the Group Finance Director, our solicitors and banks to secure the best terms for the Group's finance facilities and appraise off-balance-sheet financing options such as joint ventures where they are a more appropriate project finance option.Other key responsibilities -Reporting to external auditors and valuers regarding WIP and site valuations.Valuing a large shared equity debt portfolio including the computation & setting of appropriate balance sheet provisions & all necessary liaison with external auditors regarding this debt.

Barratt Homes is Britain's largest housing developer, creating communities from purchase of land, through planning, to construction, and selling more homes each year than any other developer in the UK. The London division that I worked for led the company in terms of cash & profit generated & was an industry-leader in the delivery of innovative solutions to the challenges of funding, building & selling housing developments in the capital.Key responsibilities:Managing the quarterly presentation of a rolling 5-year business plan & interim monthly 3-year plans.Preparing divisional consolidated financial accounts & corporation tax pack, & dealing with both internal & external audits of this information.Managing cashflow in the division, setting spend budgets for the Commercial department, maintaining a rolling weekly 6-week cashflow forecast & preparing adhoc cashflow analysis around key trading updates.Attending monthly valuation meetings to review & challenge development projections & ensure appropriate margins are taken across contracts.Creating & ensuring compliance with robust internal controls.Restructuring a finance department following 5 redundancies.Managing a team of 7.Project-managing the rollout of new Commercial valuation software (I-Comms) & a new Finance package (COINS OA), providing direct support & training to staff & arranging internal & external training courses.Mentoring ACCA & AAT students.

Media Ten were a relative newcomer to the publishing & events industry when I joined them, but during my year there I watched them explode onto the scene, scooping numerous industry awards, creating & revitalising ever-bigger events with their own brand of expertise.Key responsibilities: Helping a rapidly expanding company to manage the transition from a small company to a major player in the events & publishing industries.Key Duties : Installing & developing new systems (Including SAGE & Webexpenses), improving management reporting, budgeting for events & publications, ensuring positive cashflow was maintained during expansion.This role gave me solid exposure to a very sales-driven company in a fast-moving & ever-evolving media industry.

The Kier Group is a major international building & civil engineering contractor.Key duties: Preparation of management & financial accounts for divisional board & Plc Head Office.Project managing implementation of new IT systems, including COINS finance package, e-trading & a move towards a paperless office. Providing systems training for finance staff across a number of divisions & acting as a 1st point of call for support issues.Creating & improving internal controls for another regional division to ensure their compliance with internal & external audit requirements.Preparation & submission of VAT returns.