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Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, Gb

Swindon, England, Gb

Bristol, Gb

Bath, Somerset, Gb

Cheltenham, England, Gb

Member Board of TrusteesMember Finance and General Purpose CommitteeChairman Remuneration Committee

Buffalo Financial Management offers an invaluable and flexible outsourced finance director and business consultant services for small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs), providing companies with access to tailored FD solutions which suit their business’s needs.This is done through providing the services of a Finance Director on a part-time basis or consulting on key financial management skills required to help secure the future and prosperity of your business

• Member of Steinhoff UK Retail Remuneration Committee • Chair of the Steinhoff UK Group Defined Contribution Pension Fund Governance Committee

Key responsibilities/Achievements:• • Managed the Finance reporting for the Logistics, IT, Supply Chain and Customer Services support functions of Steinhoff UK Retail. This function manages about 1 million home deliveries per annum.• Introduced Activity Based Costing into Logistics and achieved material cost reductions of £5mil over 3 years.• Supported the CIO on the IT transformation strategy through the development of robust investment business cases over a 5-year period. • Program Director for Customer Satisfaction Programme - identified and dealt with the root causes of dissatisfied customers and introduced process and system improvements. • Improved NPS scores for the business and reduced customer care costs by £7mil over 3 years. Achieved £3.5mil to date in 2020.• Responsible for the Steinhoff UK Retail goods not for resale cost saving program. Achieved £0.5mil savings in 2018 and a further £0.3mil in 2019.• Improved stock management in Logistics through process adherence and robust cyclical stock counts

Key Responsibilities/Achievements:• Managed all Financial functions; including IT and Site Services• Enhanced management information quality and consistency through improved weekly reporting and implemented a product profitability analysis. • Restructured the Finance function to enhance governance and risk management, recruited to address skills gaps and increased reconciliation standard and frequency.

Furniture retailers; 4 manufacturing facilities, 300 stores, approx 4500 employee & Turnover of around £450millionKey Responsibilities/ Achievements:• Manage Internal Audit function, across all operating divisions and retail outlets.• Spearheaded improvement programme of all internal audit functions.• Increased Internal Audit’s breadth of responsibility to include risk-based audits.• Harmonised Internal Audit areas into a single Internal Audit function.• Assisted with elements of the Navision project e.g. the commission system.• Improved internal controls within Steinhoff UK Group & Harveys Furniture and Bensons for Beds retail brands.

Turnover approx £17mKey Responsibilities/ Achievements:• Managed all Financial functions; also, managed Sales Administration & Customer Service functions.• Increased turnover, improved margins & stemmed unacceptably high losses.• Improved MI of profit by product code and profit by customer.• Restructured Finance function to give strong control, reporting & risk reduction, during a period of rapid change.

Food Products Divisional Financial Manager August 1996, Group Finance Manager from May 1997.Turnover R350 millionKey Responsibilities / Achievements:• Scope of responsibilities covered all three FPD areas, NCP - Alcohol, Yeast and General Food Products.• Developed taxation & deferred tax calculation (on monthly basis) system, used across the group.• Contributed to feasibility study for potable alcohol distillery.• Managed of project team to implement centralised salary payments.• Preparation of monthly-consolidated & divisional management account and reports.• Board Director in JV with Anchor Yeast for the only dry yeast production facility in Southern Africa.

Waste collection & management, 4 hazardous/medical waste facilities, turnover R130 million; the largest waste management company in South Africa. Key Responsibilities / Achievements:• Management of financial functions across the four regional areas, each with own financial manager.• Acquisition & restructure of Waste-tech, utilising tax losses from recycling business; became the largest waste management company in South Africa• Introduced the waste management IT system.• Improved MI of profit & loss by business area and of truck & equipment maintenance costs.• Upgraded financial & management reporting to include graphical radio & trend analysis.• Merger of two waste management companies.• Board Director - ASFA (PTY) Ltd - JV for FAW & Waste-tech running 15 sewerage treatment plants.• Board Director - Vissorshok Waste Management Facility (PTY) Ltd - JV with Wasteman to run only hazardous waste landfill in the Cape Town; involved with the acquisition & due diligence.• Completed due diligence on Wade Refuse; results stopped the acquisition from proceeding

Bachelor Of Accountancy, Accountancy

Bachelor Of Commerce (B.Com.), Accounting And Finance

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