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Reading, Reading, United Kingdom

Twyford, England, United Kingdom

Bracknell, England, United Kingdom

Lead the Finance Team at Towelrads looking after the Distribution Division, eight companies turning over approx £70m

Stratton Audley, Oxfordshire

Memoria finds new sites for crematoria based on need, via demographic studies obtains planning permission and then builds and runs the facility. Nine operational with one being built. Financed via bank loans and EIS funding from Rockpool, requiring Excel models predicting the performance of each facility to acquire funding. Each facility was funded separately having different shareholders/funders. Also started new industry disrupter Low Cost Funeral Ltd which now turns over £335k per month within first two years of operation and is the industry leader with major contracts with Co-op for direct funeral delivery.Key Achievements:• Established Monthly management accounting routines for all ten sites, Head Office and Low Cost Funerals. Produced to tight deadlines including KPIs, variance analysis and commentaries• Developed the CRM system for Low Cost Funerals to allow telephone calls to produce a sale while gathering all the legally required data for cremation• After producing the accounts for two sites on my own, I built the team from having part time contract employees into a four person, full time team delivering a comprehensive service to the business• Producing multiple models for different scenarios at each potential site, with different funding profiles quickly and efficiently to take advantage of opportunities in a competitive marketResponsibilities• Business Partnering with Directors and site managers• Lead audit/tax process• Intercompany transactions and consolidation eliminations• Group accounts• Monthly Cashflow forecasting• Systems development within finance and the operational software• Company secretarial duties for Head Office• VAT return for Head Office• Manage three staff (Finance Manager and two clerks for AR and AP)• Produce business models for prospective sites and monitor spend against the build budget

We provide part-time finance director services, to SMEs which have grown to a point where the MD needs high level financial expertise.Often the catalyst for our involvement is a problem, cash flow difficulties or losses; a potential lender is asking for information that is not readily available, or the business has grown so rapidly that the MD needs help in strengthening the financial controls.We have solid contacts with a broad network of businesses/ advisers in the Thames Valley, from banks to accountants, and often call on them to support our clients.We act as a valued resource, providing workable solutions for financial problems, helping avoid the financial pitfalls common to most SMEs.At all times we deliver a professional service that is effective and flexible, tailored to meet the requirements and budget of the business.In all The FD Group's dealings with our clients we use the Financial Pillars concept which we have developed to show clients what we can do to drive your business forward to meet your goalsMy colleagues and I are currently looking for clients in the Thames Valley/SEast. I'm looking for forward thinking owner managers who want to take their business to the next level. S/he probably already have a Finance Department which they manage themselves, but have no one to introduce processes that suit their business. They have realised that by devolving ownership of the function to their part time FD they can claw back 15% of their working lives, giving them six weeks a year more on the parts of the business at which they excel. They probably have between 10 and 50 employees depending on their industry and turnover somewhere between £1m and £15m. they recognise that our money back guarantee gives them the peace of mind they require when working with a new partnerIf you are thinking about employing a finance director then you should read our free paper on 'How to recruit a finance director' available from our home page

OneScan is Ensygnia's revolutionary patented system that allows you to make simple, fast, secure transactions on your mobile by scanning a code with a mobile app. We have a granted UK Patent (GB2481663 B) & further UK & international patents pending for scanning a visual code (not just QR) to log-in, register, pay or shop.The solution is what we regard as a visual equivalent (NFV) of the Near Field Chip (NFC) technology used in contactless payments yet with wider applications. Our approach has all the utility of NFC without the requirement for retailers to deploy new hardware and with the added ability for the consumer to use the service inside or outside of a retail environment. All Ensygnia needs is any pc or tablet screen, a smartphone and our app.Our solution also extends that functionality beyond payments and into simple registration and log-in for the corporate and consumer worlds.Ensygnia’s complete set of solutions have been designed to allow us to deliver end-point security and make any device on any network safe and secure on-the-fly, and to allow users to easily use any device without having to enter their personal credentials or financial information.

YouBloom plc is a start up social net working site for musicians. Quickest description is that it is MySpace where the band earns money, not just MySpace. We have leading industry professionals involved Jeff Stewart, Nigel Grainge and Bob Geldof. Raised €500k during 2009 from the UK market and the Irish Government grant body Enterprise Ireland to launch the site in US and UK. Involved preparing IM, business plans and taking these to prospective investors/grant bodies.Sold assets of original company to Irish plc based in Dublin. Now revamping site for launch in 2010 with a song contest and TV programme to support the site

Savortex Limited is set to revolutionise the hand dryer market. Its dryer uses compressed spinning air (Vortex) to dry the hands in washrooms, allowing less than a kilowatt of energy to produce a drying cycle of less than 15 seconds at competition beating sound levels. The next best competitor uses around 1400 watts to produce similar results. Trial units are being placed in 40 washrooms early in 2010 with shipping to clients to begin in April 2010.We have changed our bankers, put in place factoring arrangements to assist in our cash flow and produced forecasts to drive the business in 2010 and beyond. We have in place our exit strategy in 2014.

Head of Management Reporting T/O £723mBT’s C&SI business. Activities are business consultancy, complex programme management and custom systems design, development and mgmtAchievements• Replaced forecasting/budgeting spreadsheet system with OLAP tool (TM1), which I selected, designed, implemented and maintained• Delivered consolidated monthly mgmt accts to deadlines. Reduced the timetable by 3 days and forecasts by seven days, also reducing staff from 6 to 2• Instituted sales prospect tracking system, bonus calculations and 3 year planning• Aiding the design of a Siebel database for prospect tracking, reducing overheads by £10m, whilst directing spend into other areas• Implemented resource forecasting system to replace rudimentary original working practices with robust, standard and easily understood process• Led the C&SI restructure as the whole of Global Services adopted our project accounting principles. Designed and implemented the division’s structure to allow flexible reporting. This design was then adopted for the new GS project management tool such that it became the structure for the £4bn business• Provided accounting support to the Scottish Schools Digital Network (SSDN) bid project in Edinburgh, valued at £70m• Global marketing strategy implementation of data collection and interpretation to analyse marketing spend across the group to improve decision making• Design and implementation of a reporting system that allowed the £1bn NHS projects to monitor their costs. Created one scorecard from disparate data sources using the OLAP technologyKey Responsibilities:• Lead annual business planning process• Leading a team of five professionals• Provide leadership in data collection process to reduce deadlines, whilst improving quality of financial information• Project manager for the replacement of UK Orderbook system• Ownership of all financial reporting. Responsibe for all reporting to BT.• Member of C&SI Group Systems Board

Turnover $35m. Software house with a portfolio of products and services providing integrated solutions for the retail industry. Customers include Wal-Mart, American Stores, Booker and BP Key responsibilities• Managed the monthly reporting cycle to the Board• Developed the management reporting system on spreadsheets for flexibility. Specified policy and procedures;added forecasting. The system adapted as the business doubled its turnover in 2 years and increased staff from 100 to 500 in 4 years• Integrated new subs/acquisitions into the reporting cycle. Involved site visits to meet with external advisors, setting up internal procedures, and guiding the country manager through the process. Supported the non-financial staff who were preparing reports• Planned, co-ordinated, analysed and delivered the group’s budget. Developed hierarchical software that provided information for the Chairman, and detailed comparatives in the new reporting year. Provide KPI. Wrote narrative and attended review meetings• Staff management, weekly cash forecasts, capex appraisals, manage the Group company’s accounts, support the Marketing Director and the WW Consultancy Director Key achievements • Developed the Group's reporting. Liaising with the board, designed the schedules and using of Excel and PowerPoint took the reporting onto a professional plane• In 1996 Warburg Pincus acquired 70% of Armature. Worked closely with the E & Y staff during the DD process. They reported favourably on the mgmt reporting system that I created• Worked with the President to develop a salary sacrifice scheme for consultancy staff, to pay the employee for increasing revenues. Objective was to double UK turnover and take margins to 35%. Identified the need for a pricing review • Introduced a Quality Circle programme to the accounting function• Evaluated, chose and lead implementation for MS Dynamics accounting software in US/UK. Enabled the analysis of staff utilisation

Bachelor Of Science (Bsc), Business Administration

Activities and Societies: Rugby club; Welsh SocBusiness and Politics Combined Honours...I have seen it described as PPE by a classmate.

Education record

Activities and Societies: Rugby Club