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Leighton Buzzard, GB

Carve-Out of Tyre Retail

Luton, GB

"No business can operate without a Finance Director"EFM specialises in helping businesses handle their finance function in a smart and innovative way. We do this by providing high calibre, affordable professional expertise on a flexible, part-time basis. We provide experienced Finance Directors, Finance Controllers and Non-Executive Directors with.

Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, DE

Business Unit Controller for Inks Europe, High Technology innovative inks business to many industries.

London, UK, GB

Project Manager building Shared Service Centre in West Africa, KPI, KPI.s, Performance Management, Performance Measurement, Dashboards

Rotterdam, NL

• Initial brief was to manage Finance, IT and administration areas in turnaround situation, then support MD in implementing industry changing processes for growth. Finally prepare for merger & integration with.
• Strategy – from Turnaround to Value Creation- Joint-led turnaround of business from minus to positive EBITDA, restructuring & cost cutting of €xM, refocusing on Stretch and Growth Tasks, monitoring & driving Growth.
• Finance Function Leadership- Restructured & refocused Finance and IT teams, hiring new talent; created vision, values & team targets, saving €300K/year- Created incisive & commercially orientated business reporting.
• Business Growth with Operational Teams- Drove implementation of new industry changing process (co-packer), delivering €xM/ year EBITDA- Led new tender process team, reducing lead-time from 6 to 1 week, & protecting.
• Operations & Management Information Systems- Created commercially orientated MI system, that integrated reporting, and budgeting & planning process, which improved monthly reporting from +/- €1M inaccuracy to €100K.
• Compliance, Tax & Treasury Management- Designed & implemented cash management system, reducing funding requirements by €xxM- Led team to save €xM in utility and duty costs

• Provided Finance Director, M&A acquisition & integration services to multinationals; and accountancy services to UK based SME’s. Key achievements:
• Creative Media & Construction companies Part-time Finance Director- Two London based SME’s, responsible for creating finance, introduced monthly reporting, budgeting and financial steering of both, leading to 50%.
• Acco Brands Europe Financial Control Director- Led European month-end and quarterly reporting & consolidation, integration of financial reporting from 12 countries to two shared service centres (UK & Europe), under.
• Outsourced SSC, German AIMS listed property management company, integration, Finance Director & CFO - Following nearly failing 1st year audit, designed & project managed team to put finance function (40+ staff, €3BN.
• Discovery Networks, integration of Spiegel TV (“DMAX”) Finance Director- Completion of €200M acquisition deal, which was six months late on joining. Closed deal in 4 weeks- Recruited Finance & IT teams, creating.
• TXU Inc./ Eastern Electricity (EE) Integration Consultant- On acquisition/ integration of two German Utilities, implemented month-end reporting, 3 months ahead of schedule (after 3 year wait), integrated 120 staff.

Berkhamsted, Herts, GB

- Trained and prepared MBO team, which led to them purchasing GBP 10M business- Sold sponsoring contract to support MBA study

Murray Hill, New Jersey, US

German subsidiary of US based corporation; which manufactures, sells and markets Medical Devices in the Central European Region. Turnover €100M, 500 employees.Finance & Customer Services Manager for EMEA, built, implemented and managed these areas through 6 M&A activities/restructuring, all completed ahead of time and budget.Achievements:- Created and.

Warrington, Cheshire, GB

Design, research and development, & manufacture of water processing and treatment equipment for Germany, France & Austria. €25M Turnover, 350 employees.Complete Finance responsibility for company, including finance, IT and personnel. Joint P&L responsibility with MD.Achievements:- Instrumental in changing Board thinking from dictatorial to participative.

Thetford, Norfolk, GB

Achievements:- Successful UK system implementation kick-off- Project managed German financial & ERP system implementation- Re-engineered German MIS function saving €100K/year- Led & motivated German implementation teams of 30+ people across all functions

GB

Achievements:- Identified key issues on $50 M stock-loss situation for Digital Media company, avoiding qualified accounts- Activity Based Costing for paper product manufacturer, leading to savings of GBP 20M- Designed & implemented Standard Costing on JBA financials for a tape manufacturer, leading to savings of GBP 2M

Positions at:RTZ PLC, NorTel Networks, Diageo, Ross Foods- Designed & implemented two Standard costing systems, leading to reduction of waste by 40%- Three M&A projects integrated and accomplished on time & budget- Progressed from trainee accountant to No. 1 Finance position

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Business/Commerce, General

Chartered Management Accountant, Management Accountancy

Fintech Programme, Fintech

High School, Maths, Physics, Biology