David Sproston Email & Phone Number

Stoke-on-Trent, England, GB

• Five-year tenure as Group Finance Director to the Portmeirion Group, an AIM listed global homewares business with 2023 revenue in excess of £100m. The Group has two manufacturing sites in the UK, a ceramic site in.
• Executive Group board member, sit on PLC Group board;
• Responsible for all aspects of financial control and sit on all subsidiary boards around the world, including Company liaison for retirement benefit pension scheme;
• Direct reporting lines for Group, UK and North America finance teams – overall team of 20+ individuals;
• Overall responsibility for Stock Exchange reporting including Group accounts, preliminary announcements and management of external broker relationships including analyst forecasts;
• Responsible and directly manage all external financial relationships – audit, tax, banking, insurance and stock brokers;

• Key elements of role and responsibilities:
• Member of Senior Leadership Team responsible for Group financial reporting, management of the external audit and tax relationships, preparation of all Group and subsidiary financial statements, tax compliance including.
• Management of the Group retirement benefit scheme, preparation of management information, review of internal control systems, management of the Group’s treasury and hedging functions and preparation of budgets and.
• Managed a Group and UK team consisting of 15 heads which encompasses financial reporting, finance, treasury, costing, sales ledger, purchase ledger and administration functions. Key achievements in role:
• Enhanced Group’s financial reporting and annual report process, implementing full IFRS disclosures and audit liaison;
• Project managed Group acquisition of Spode and Royal Worcester brands (2009) which helped grow Group revenue from c£32m in 2008 to £51m in 2010, including bank finance for cost and working capital.

Worldwide, OO

Employed as Audit Manager after rapid promotion from Audit Semi-Senior and 18 months as an Audit Assistant Manager. During this time I managed a range of clients, including a number of listed PLC’s, major subsidiary entities reporting to group parent companies, large limited companies and small owner-managed entities due to my strong background in.

Barnet, GB

Employed as Audit Semi-Senior at accounting practice based in Barnet, Hertfordshire. I began my ACA studies and was quickly promoted following a year of accounting and audit experience and strong results in my first set of ACA examinations. This role gave me a strong background in the basics of accounting, including preparation of accounts from trial.

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Mathematics And Management

4 A-Levels, Mathematics, English, History And General Studies