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London, GB

Thatcham, Berkshire, GB

Newtown, Wales, GB

• AIM-listed SAAS business, leader in telematics technology
• Executive accountable for finance, people and deep expertise in corporate governance and company secretarial matters
• Organic ARR growth of 40%, driven by introducing upsell activities; territory expansion; and new channels, while unlocking operating performance to strengthen margins
• Driving ARR growth using a leveraged model to maintain CAC (customer acquisition costs) through data driven decision making
• Delivered overhead restructures with centralised MI reporting
• Professionalised the finance and commercial function, going from under-invested capability to a scalable best-in-class operation, including implementation of ERP

High Street Properties Investment Ltd is a property investment company within the ECCO Group.- Manage all AR and AP activities with suppliers and tenants- Manage all month end activities and reporting into the ECCO Group- Complete statutory reporting, corporation tax and VAT activities- Manage all planning cycles and further analysis as required by the.

Bredebro, South Denmark, DK

• Private family-owned fashion manufacturer and retailer (physical and ecommerce)
• Accountable for 150 stores + in UK, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and £100m annual revenue
• Completed strategic commercial review of European business, identifying loss-making operations and improving profitability by 40%
• Commercial lead on operating and capital costs (largely real estate). Successfully achieved rent savings of >£1m across UK estate.
• Reorganised finance and HR structures to create more centrally driven operation with fewer overheads, including offshoring finance activities to shared service centre. Included the migration of ERP, creating a robust.
• Aligning HR practices where required while ensuring compliance with local law, including rollout of unified Time and Attendance system across Europe

Uxbridge, London, GB

• Private equity-backed (Hony Capital) hospitality multi-site business
• Strategic business partner to operations in PizzaExpress, driving and implementing initiatives to drive sales and improve margins
• Full review of Annual Operating Plan, and created business cases for multiple changes to operations (simplified menu, frequency of stock take, etc.) leading to gross margin improvements of 5%
• Responsible for Pizza Express' largest cost line, payroll, running labour modelling for all restaurants. Re-engineered new model based on productivity KPIs to deliver overhead reductions in all restaurants in order to.
• Responsible for capital allocation and investment appraisals for all restaurant openings
• Finance lead for new system implementation: Labour Productivity- a Fourth integrated sales and labour forecasting tool which improved forecasting accuracy, labour flex and SPH, leading to simplified budgeting and.

Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, GB

• FTSE 100 global retailer
• Graduate scheme
• International placements and secondments
• Focus on property finance, group financial reporting, business partnering