Refitting Ships in Portimao Portugal ~ 3months. Sailing and providing hospitality for paying guests from Scotland to Iceland via the Faroes via anchorages around both ~ 2 months. Crew for delivery of motor yacht from Lorient to Ipswich ~ 2 weeks. Interim catering steward for ship delivery from Grimsby to Portimao for minor refit ~ 3 weeks.

Immediately reviewed the loss making Budget and identified savings to achieve surplusAlongside the CEO met all managers to discuss and revise the BudgetImmediately managed the Audit with new AuditorsProvided their first TB matrix for Statutory Accounts Provided improved, simplified, monthly financial management report with commentaryImmediately provided job descriptions for finance and recruited for a vacancyDirected the implementation of cloud based communications for finance and subsidiaryProvided the process steps for a manufacturing & distribution subsidiary to change from manual to automatic systemsIdentified errors in the manual payroll process and in paymentsAssisted and supported the new CEO including deputising at key meetingAssisted in managing and serving for a Gala Dinner for 120 guestsChallenged a decision to outsource fund raising for a subsidiaryChallenged and reported on the use of Charity funds in a subsidiaryChallenged and reported on the profitability of a subsidiary

FC reporting to shareholder directorGraytone Achievements➢ Prepared Business Plan Scenarios for £6M Service Contract for Spanish Airline➢ Set Up the operations and finance systems for a production repacking company➢ Initiated Daily Dashboard on Invoiced revenue & margins showing detailed low margins➢ Developed Daily Dashboard revenue pipeline, quotes & orders KPIs➢ Initiated Daily Company & Group Cash at bank, financing availability, free cash, group funding➢ Initiated operational product stock reconciliation to the financial ledger➢ Initiated stock report by product, by supplier which identified old stock not sold - £250k➢ Initiated stock, risk analysis, write offs and provision procedures with specific products reported➢ Initiated revenue reporting by product, by salesman, by customer, by supplier, by country and market sectors➢ Initiated re-structuring the balance sheet to improve group cash processes, control & reporting➢ Initiated re-structuring ledgers to capture and report on the detail for key business sectors➢ Initiated streamlined Year End Audit process with quality reports and reduced Audit effort & cost➢ Initiated new IT software to create databases to drive operational & finance reporting➢ Reorganised finance structure, re-trained & recruited, mentored and developed all staff and changed the culture➢ Prepared Business Plans for European Distribution & Mixing facility➢ Negotiated a Duty Free Operation direct with HMRC