 Lead Finance Function providing stability through Year End and Audit Select and appoint new head into permanent role, redefining person and role specification. Review and amend commercial terms to major contracts along with refining rebate structure. Develop new Tender Pricing Model to improve Margin Management

 Role of subsidiary CFO and COO with responsibility for IT, HR, Fleet and Facilities and Sales Administration. Brexit Transition to include VAT registration in Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland for purpose of Drop Shipping Working with the CEO to focus on the Customer Experience resulting in revenue growth to £35m in 2023 with EBIT growth from 0.1% (2019) to expected 6.8% in 2023 Working Capital Managemento Implemented Credit Management Process with Customer Database Cleanseo Reduction of bad and associated provisions.o DSO reduced from over 60 days to 28 days.o Consumables stock removed with drive to Drop Shipments direct from manufacturer.o Exhibition Stock managed to reduce aging impairments whilst maintaining in excess of 85% demonstrator availability. ERP Augmentationo Introduction of Purchase Order System with sign off hierarchy.o Interface with new Expenses Module reducing manual entry requirements.o Implementation of SalesForce Quote Configurator for greater transparency on discounts and expected margins with improvement from 17.9% in 2019 to 21.3% in 2022. Cost Controlo Introduction of New Expense Management tool with policy controls leading to improved VAT recovery of c £20k per annum, as well as increased policy and process adherence.o Focused Marketing event on “Open House” initiative leading to c £400k annual saving on external exhibitions.o Review of over time policies and implementation of existing contractual terms saving £150k per annum.

Head of Shared Services supporting the following companies with an aggregate turnover of c. £20m, during a transitionary period, moving the function from Bracknell to Milton Keynes prior to finalising an outsourced solution: Technet-IT Recruitment Ltd Technet Digital Ltd ITR Partners Ltd TNA Medical Ltd Engenium Group Ltd Madison Bridge Associates Ltd• Introduced best practice financial control to improve the liquidity, profitability and sub-optimal performance of the group.• Worked with lenders (Invoice Discounting) and shareholders to reduce working capital demands, reducing borrowings by more than £1m• Divested non-value adding operations (TNA Medical Ltd)• Delivered double digit annualised turnover and profit growth• Digitised financial processes to improve accuracy and speed• Prepared and transferred the back office functions to out-sourced provider

Capital Equipment Manufacturing & Distribution to the Automotive IndustryA Delphi Automotive Group CompanyNo 2 to Managing Director, deputising in his absence, with responsibility for 11 heads across Finance, Procurement and IT.Management and Financial Reporting , including consolidation to Group in USA.Compliance with Sarbanes Oxley and other Group policies to include balance sheet reconciliation and variance analysis.Rolling Forecasting and 5 year planning of revenue, expenses and Capital Investment.Credit and FX risk management to meet Group Treasury policies and Working Capital needs.Support Sales and Marketing Functions with new product costings and pricing policy to maintain local and group margins on the product portfolio.Collation and reporting of KPIs to monitor performance and drive efficiencies.Introduced Lean Manufacturing principles to include refinement of procurement policies.Implemented a major ERP upgrade and CRM system to improve customer service.

Field Marketing and Experiential AgencyLeading, inspiring and mentoring a Commercial Finance Team and support team of 10 across IT and Site Services.Costing and review of new business contracts ranging from £500k to £10m p.a.Pan-European Management and Financial reporting to local management and Group.Responsibility for third party outsourced services (eg payroll) to ensure quality.Quarterly “Deep Dive” re-forecasting and business partnering with Commercial headsLead role on group ERP implementationManaged relationship with Auditors, Insurers and other external advisers.

PCS offering interim/contract Financial, Project and or Management Consultancy services to SMEs, start-ups and Blue Chip clients.Assignments include:Santander UK - Data migration projects moving customer information from legacy systems to the new Global IT platform and data rationalisation to support the "Single View of the Customer" objective.Challen Commercial Investigations: - Interim Finance Director to stabilise the working capital requirements and internal reporting of the business.Client Confidential - Project Manager to co-ordinate a team of specialist advisers so as to conclude the promoting and sale of development land as part of a major mixed use project.

Town Planning & Urban Design ConsultancyFull Finance Leadership role covering Internal and Statutory Reporting, Tax, Treasury and strategic planning, plus management responsibility for all support services to include HR, IT, Facilities and Accommodation.Business Partner to MD and Chairman.Improved range, accuracy and timeliness of management information to maintain profitability in a hardening market.Responsible for relationships with all external advisers, banks and shareholders.Accountable for the transition of ownership to an Employee Benefit Trust.Margin Management of contracts supporting Project Leaders, promoting financial accountability and awareness.Enabled delivery of projects in China

Privately owned Premium Hotel owner and OperatorReturned business to profitability, introducing control procedures to working capital.Energized and motivated Heads of Departments by introducing motivational departmental targets & KPIs.Stakeholder management of all advisers and Private Capital investors.Introduced new front and back office software to promote efficiencies and competitive advantage to enable winning corporate tenders.Due diligence and valuation of the business for aborted Management Buy-Out.Delivered successful Trade Sale of the enterprise within shareholder agreed time horizons.

Merchant Services DivisionBusiness Partner to the Customer Service DirectorateBudgeting and ForecastingKPI Reporting

Retail BankingBusiness Partner to Group FunctionsOpEx & CapEx reportingKPI reporting for Retail Bank to both Internal & External StakeholdersAnalysis of Non-Interest Income with presentation and suggestions to Finance Director

Food ManufacturingManaging a Transactional team of 4 across AP & ARP&L and Balance Reporting acting as deputy to the Financial ControllerNew Product CostingWorking Capital Management

Hotel OperatorTransaction ProcessingAccounts PayableAccounts ReceivablePayrollBank Reconciliations