• Secondary day to day executive position, fully responsible for the finance department with 1 direct report ensuring it is adding value to the business. • Responsible for developing from scratch full internal management reporting, live sales and margin reporting, slow and obsolete stock reporting, production, efficiency and utilisation data.• Responsible for insurance renewal and a large fire related claim.• Assisted in identifying and responsible for integrating a large acquisition for consolidation with the main business adding significant EBITA growth.• Again, per Bailey Morris, responsible for board presentations, management accounts preparation, the year-end process, annual budgeting and periodic forecasting, corporation tax planning and R&D tax credits claims.Key Accomplishments;• Resolved historic financial reporting irregularities and replaced them with quality financial management accounting information allowing improved decisions at all levels.• Played a key role in business restructures aimed at significantly improving EBITA.• Led a series of cost base rationalisation schemes across the companies I was involved with saving around £1m over 4 years.• Improved working capital management freeing up £500k of operating working capital for use elsewhere.• 3 successful insurance claims netting £100k of increased balance sheet value and a series of successful R&D tax credits claims totalling £175k over 5 years.• Mentored and coached a number of junior finance people in the group and enjoyed watching them develop.• Proud to have added value rather than act as a statutory cost centre, covering my salary and bonus costs many times over!

Ellard is an industry leading supplier of Door Drives, Controls, and Accessories. In addition we also offer a wide range of Gate Automation, Barriers, and Access Control.• Strongly involved in a number of acquisitions undertaking all due diligence of a finance, HR, IT, insurance and legal nature as well as being involved in commercial, market research, operational and production areas.• Responsible for the successful integration of acquired businesses into the group’s structure with particular reference to reporting systems, board routines, culture and possible financial and operational synergies.• Assist in the identification of suitable acquisition targets and perform market and financial analysis of performance and calculate offers.• Provide support and mentoring to younger and less experienced finance professionals within the group.Key Accomplishments;• Played a key role in two business restructures aimed at significantly improving EBITA.• Instrumental in the appropriate selection and successful integration of three acquisitions (along with others in a supervisory capacity) ensuring that we understood the businesses, what they should be bringing to our group and ensuring that they did bring the expected £15m worth EBITA over 4 years.• Saved the group over £1m through successful and thorough due diligence processes.• Mentored and coached a number of junior finance people in the group and enjoyed watching them develop.• Proud to have added value rather than act as a statutory cost centre, covering my salary and bonus costs many times over!

Milltech is a specialist machining and assembly sub-contractor based in Norwich, UK. We employ a highly skilled workforce, most of whom have been trained within the company.• Secondary day to day executive position, fully responsible for the finance department with 1 direct report ensuring it is adding value to the business. • Responsible for developing from scratch full internal management reporting, live sales and margin reporting, slow and obsolete stock reporting, production, efficiency and utilisation data.• Responsible for insurance renewal and a large fire related claim.• Assisted in identifying and responsible for integrating a large acquisition for consolidation with the main business adding significant EBITA growth.• Again, per Bailey Morris, responsible for board presentations, management accounts preparation, the year-end process, annual budgeting and periodic forecasting, corporation tax planning and R&D tax credits claims.Key Accomplishments;• Resolved historic financial reporting irregularities and replaced them with quality financial management accounting information allowing improved decisions at all levels.• Played a key role in business restructures aimed at significantly improving EBITA.• Led a series of cost base rationalisation schemes across the companies I was involved with saving around £1m over 4 years.• Improved working capital management freeing up £500k of operating working capital for use elsewhere.• 3 successful insurance claims netting £100k of increased balance sheet value and a series of successful R&D tax credits claims totalling £175k over 5 years.• Mentored and coached a number of junior finance people in the group and enjoyed watching them develop.• Proud to have added value rather than act as a statutory cost centre, covering my salary and bonus costs many times over!

Bailey Morris Limited enjoys a deserved reputation for providing an efficient, effective and highly flexible Propshaft manufacturing, repair and modification facility.• Primary day to day executive position, fully responsible for the finance department.• Responsible for finance department strategy focusing on adding value to the business through clear and concise reporting, cost base rationalisations, quality data helping business decisions and EBITA growth.• Responsible for developing and collating quarterly board pack covering all areas of the business. Assist managing director in the delivery of board pack at meetings.• Responsible for the Finance and HR sections of the business with direct reports.• Responsible for full management accounts production, explanation, analysis and delivery to the management team and board.• Responsible for annual business budgeting and periodic forecasting processes.• Responsible for company forex policy, planning and related treasury activities.• Responsible for insurance renewal and a large fire related claim.Key Accomplishments;• Resolved historic financial reporting irregularities and replaced them with quality financial management accounting information allowing improved decisions at all levels.• Played a key role in business restructures aimed at significantly improving EBITA.• Led a series of cost base rationalisation schemes across the companies I was involved with saving around £1m over 4 years.• Improved working capital management freeing up £500k of operating working capital for use elsewhere.• 3 successful insurance claims netting £100k of increased balance sheet value and a series of successful R&D tax credits claims totalling £175k over 5 years.• Mentored and coached a number of junior finance people in the group and enjoyed watching them develop.• Proud to have added value rather than act as a statutory cost centre, covering my salary and bonus costs many times over!

Duties and experience;• Responsible for the finance department strategy focusing on adding value to the business and helping it make improvements that will add to the bottom line and aid it in its future growth aspirations.• Responsible for developing and collating monthly board pack covering all areas of the business. Assist managing director in the delivery of board pack at meetings.• Responsible for the finance and HR sections of the business with 2 reports.• Responsible for full management accounts production, explanation, analysis and delivery to the Board.• Responsible for overseeing the year end audit process and defending the business position in respect of its accounting assumptions to deliver board requirements.Key Accomplishments;• The design and implementation of the live project costing tool. The investigation and design process for this tool identified a number of internal process weaknesses as well as problems with how the business’ MRP system was undertaking its calculations.• Responsible for the finalising of the company’s first set of statutory accounts.• Responsible for the continued development and improvement of board pack and board communication.• Responsible for a successful R&D tax credits claim, saving the business £124k in corporation tax.• Responsible for negotiating insurance renewal (saving of £35k or 15%) and negotiating loss of gross profit claim for fire netting £1.3m balance sheet gain. This finance was used to pay for automated production robots which formed part of the company’s 5 year strategy (this aspiration was brought forward 4 years because of the successful claim).• Responsible for a number of internal cost down initiatives designed to improve profitability and efficiency.• Responsible for banking review and in a position to secure a significant reduction in borrowing costs v current provider if and when required.

Duties and experience;• Helped stabilise the business' financial position through informed analysis of the cost base and required sales and gross margin targets after a serious, near bankruptcy event in the summer of 2012.• Responsible for all sales reporting, profitability analysis, capex investigation and justification as well as being involved in the senior management team defining future company strategy.• Responsible for full management accounts production and board data including balance sheet reconciliations, VAT, EC Sales Lists and Intrastat as well as corporation tax calculation and planning.• Responsible for full business budgeting and financial planning including ‘What-If’ analysis and multiple scenario options as well as budget v actual tracking.• Responsible for cash flow forecasting and management including import/export loans/finance, debt chasing/recovery as well as invoice discounting.Key Accomplishments;• Establishment and management of all the business financial reporting and strategic sales analysis to provide meaningful data on how the management of the business should proceed in relation to the future and assisting the business recover from a near bankruptcy event in summer 2012.• Responsible for the business first full scale budgeting exercise looking at various options for business growth and providing advice on the best courses of action going forwards given market and general economic conditions.• Responsible for overseeing significant working capital improvement in the areas of debtor collections (days move from 54 to 41 over a 4 month period), cash management and supplier credit utilisation.• Chair of the SAP implementation committee to ensure a seamless transition as well as championing the system and ensuring its company wide use as well as driving constant improvements in its use.

Background - Lola’s car division was a leading designer and manufacturer of racing cars for several international formulas. Lola’s composite division was a leading designer and manufacturer of aerospace, automotive, defence and telecommunications equipment to a variety of worldwide clients.Main Duties;• Responsible for the design and implementation of a live Project Costing tool which allows instant analysis of standard v actual cost in production, cost to complete, financial variances, labour utilisation and efficiency factors as well as bottom line profitability per project.• Responsible for detailed analysis and investigation of project spend v standard and giving the business guidance on the financial progress of projects as well as advice on where standards can be improved.• Responsible for the business internal budgeting and forecasting processes, obtaining ‘buy-in’ with colleagues through negotiation and consultation on department costs then driving ownership of individual areas and monitoring actual spend against agreed levels. • Responsible for managing overhead absorption recovery rates to ensure maximum recovery of direct overheads by regular review budgeting and planning with production colleagues.Key Accomplishments;• The design and implementation of the live Project Costing tool. The investigation and design process for this tool identified a number of internal process weaknesses as well as problems with how the business’ MRP system was undertaking its calculations.• Using my past experience in inventory control, I have been able to identify weaknesses and steer a group towards the desired end result of improving the way the business utilises its assets (improved by £200k).• The design and implementation of work centre labour utilisation and efficiency reporting. The release of this tool coincided with a 25% improvement in productive time and a subsequent reduction in overtime (saving c. £10k per month to date).

Background - Play.com is a leading online retailer that sells over 5m SKU’s at a turnover of over £290m. The business has been acquired by the Rakuten group from Japan and has adjusted its business model from a retailer to a market place dealer which has increased profitability and reduced its cost base.Main Duties;• Responsible for the reporting and the improvement of data analysis of both finished goods stock inventories and returned stocks from customers.• Responsible for tracing the movement of stocks through the business’ established liquidation routes to show net recovery rates of each individual route and advise on the viability of the existing business model going forwards.• Responsible for the detailed interrogation of overstocks and the analysis of unproductive buying trends within each of the business retail sales regions.• Responsible for the reporting on refund and replacement types and providing detailed analysis to management on trends within these fields to be used in budgeting and forecasting.• Providing data to the main finance staff to ensure that the maximum amount of recovery is achieved for returns to suppliers of faulty goods.• Responsible for the reporting on total returns, refunds and replacement losses by region to aid strategic business unit managers on the identification of gross profit margin requirements and providing more detailed analysis of the actual cost to each business unit.Key Accomplishments;• Identifying 4 separate material areas of stock previously ignored and reporting on the breakdown of this stock. • Setting up a system which allows the business to trace the movement of each returned item through the main returns area, to suppliers and to the various liquidation routes.• Designing, implementing and ‘selling the dream’ of a model which reports the actual net loss to each individual business unit of the returns, refunds and replacements area of the business.

Background - MEDA is not your a-typical pharmaceutical business. It is more of a search and develop model of business rather than the traditional research and development model. It operates in 50 countries around the world and is c. $1bn turnover. It has grown rapidly and moves forward by finding projects it likes and acquires them.Duties;• Responsible for the collation of the monthly accounts and ensuring Head Office reporting deadlines are achieved.• Responsible for the business budgeting undertaken prior to a new year as well as at multiple times during the year.• Responsible for all profitability analysis on the company’s sales across multiple EU affiliates.• Calculation of selling price bands taking into account all direct and indirect costs as well as selling price calculations on products produced externally.• Involved in Contract Manufacturing and Supply Chain activities relating to supplier appraisal, regulatory requirements, packaging responsibilities, technical production processes, customs clearance and warehousing.• Responsible for inventory management and requirement forecasting. Key Accomplishments;• Setting up and maintaining the internal Sales Margin Reporting tool which enables the business to see the profitability of each of its 125 lines on an order and unit basis. • Drive the Inventory Management Project by analysing each individual product’s position on the life cycle and the trend of sales/cost of goods. Achieved a total reduction of £5m of inventory in a period of 15 months (35% reduction).• Setting up and managing the UK VAT Registration for the Swedish Head Office entity and the corresponding significant difference to group cash flows by eliminating daily payments to HMRC.• Setting up the business Corporation Tax calculation and planning model which allowed the business to best take advantage of the various tax laws to the best of its ability as well as ensure timely payment of liabilities.

Background - ALM is a market leading manufacturer and distributor of rolled lead sheet for the roofing and building industries as well as providing the supply of other hard metal products for the UK market which are used as a substitute for traditional slate and tile systems.Duties;• Responsible for the production of the monthly management accounts.• Responsible for all manufacturing job costing and analysis of actual against plan.• Responsible for production budgeting based on different levels of expected output.• Responsible for providing expected cost of standard process to then achieve acceptable selling price bands. • Responsible for investigating and commentating on all cost variances and identifying areas of improvement.• Responsible for stock valuations (complete, work in progress and raw material) as well as obsolete provisions.• Responsible for managing, arranging and organising quarterly business stock takes.• Oversee working capital sections of the finance team incorporating two/three staff.• Responsible for business VAT and intrastat obligations.• Responsible for profitability analysis on new product lines, appraisals of fixed asset purchases and looking at the feasibility of production restructuring to provide gain.Key Accomplishments;• The design and implementation of the wide ranging Manufacturing Job Costing model which allowed a far more in depth and accurate valuation of produced stock lines.• The design and implementation of the manufacturing and administrative costs monitoring and variance analysis model allowing the business to see exactly what budgeted costs were being exceeded and in which areas the business needed to tighten its controls.• Instrumental in the design, selection and implementation of the business’ new computer system SAP.