A collaborative and energetic Finance leader who has held leadership roles within SME and PLC businesses globally.Sector experience in construction, energy, distribution, wholesale, contracting, manufacturing, logistics, retail, gaming and in addition extensive exposure of customer management in facilities management and outsourced services, including public sector. Strong experience in both B2B and B2C, and multi-site environments.• A 'hands on' and engaging individual with particular strengths in transforming businesses into more profitable operations by improving IT automation, operating procedures, financial controls and management reporting to optimise decision making and providing transparency of performance.• Exceptional stakeholder management skills in presenting and reporting to PLC Boards, and Owner Managers. Influencing and staff at all levels. Partnering with banks, auditors, insurers, legal advisors and negotiating with customers and suppliers and building non-adversarial partnerships.• Strong leadership and management skills in coaching, motivating and building highly successful teams, empowering them to take ownership whilst guiding them through the decision-making process.• Excellent problem-solving skills in applying root cause analysis, listening and empathising with colleagues, exploring options, implementing new systems and processes and reviewing solutions.• Outstanding change management skills in analysing, evaluating and researching information, initiating creative and innovative ideas, defining systems and resources and facilitating project delivery. • Strong experience in the area of foreign currency transactions, financial governance, risk management, IT automation, continuous improvement of processes, margin improvement, cost control, working capital optimisation, cash management and raising finance.• Experienced in turnaround, start-up and high growth businesses, in the UK and internationally.• Extensive knowledge of financial and management accounting, business partnering, business planning processes and reporting to include forecasts, budgets, variance analysis and building financial models.• Mergers and acquisitions experience includes the trade sale of PLC subsidiaries into Private Equity, and purchase of Owner businesses into PLC, with responsibility for data room preparation, due diligence, legal documentation and significant integration activities.