John S.

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Interim Finance Director @ VIP BIRKDALE
Manchester, GB
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Experienced accounting and business professional operating across a broad range of industries and practice SME to PLC to include regulated environments. Significant track-record of delivery and added value - turnarounds, BD, commercial on and offshore funding, infrastructure and board level management and control . Summary Five years Chartered practice | Seven years blue chip |15 years commercial business and finance, in change,transformation and business development . Positions held (Interim) 2003 to November 2023• Business consultant multisite (ASX 250) technology - T/O £270m• Head of finance/operations - Healthcare - T/O new company • Commercial FD – Brand media/manufacturing – T/0 £50M UK with US parent $2.5bn• CFO business partner – Insurance – T/O £500m (FTSE 250)• Commercial FD multisite – Construction - T/O £10m • Commercial FD multisite – Healthcare – T/O £50m• Finance & operations director – Construction – T/O £40m • Commercial and supply chain FD – Retail – T/0 25M• Commercial FD/MD – Construction T/O 40M group T/O 400M • Head of finance & projects– Insurance – T/0 £40bn• Head of finance and projects – Life insurance and pensions T/O £25bn• Head of finance projects – Life insurance and pensions T/O £35bn

John S.'s Current Company Details
VIP BIRKDALE

Vip Birkdale

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Interim Finance Director
Manchester, GB
John S. Work Experience Details
  • Vip Birkdale
    Interim Finance Director
    Vip Birkdale
    Manchester, Gb
  • Williams Chartered Accountants
    Consultant
    Williams Chartered Accountants Dec 2023 - Present
    United Kingdom
  • Bcg Construction Group
    Managing Director
    Bcg Construction Group Jun 2018 - May 2023
    Knutsford, Cheshire, United Kingdom
  • Concordia Health Ltd
    Interim Finance Director
    Concordia Health Ltd Dec 2017 - Mar 2018
    London, United Kingdom
    Operating cross functionally in a turnaround , I created a new finance team whilst managing the turnaround and cash shortage of the business.
  • Iress
    Business Consultant
    Iress Aug 2017 - Nov 2017
    Warwick : London : Surrey
    | Acted as head of financial control managing a small team| Head of special project that directly impacted business margins by 20%
  • Red Healthcare
    Director Of Operations And Finance Interim
    Red Healthcare Feb 2017 - Jun 2017
    United Kingdom
    | Mobilisation of a new company start-up| Propose and arrange funding strategies on and offshore| Develop the organisation chart crossfunctionally | Provide template for site aquisition| Provide insight and strategic analysis in regard to general infrastructure
  • Freeman Company
    Commercial Fd - Strategy | Change
    Freeman Company Nov 2015 - Oct 2016
    London, United Kingdom
    | Turnaround of an existing financé and procurement team.| Creation of a new organisation chart then recruit the team whilst building an effective TOM| Stabilise BAU| Create and establish robust reporting and commercial MI| Manage teams - AP/AR, financial/ management/ commercial/ procurement| Manage working capital | Manage cross-functional business partnering
  • Homeserve
    Interim Cfo Business Partner
    Homeserve Mar 2015 - Sep 2015
    United Kingdom
    | Business partner the CFO to create a best practice TOM and finance infrastructure| Provide analysis and insight in regard to the usage of current technology| Strategic report and insight on how to manage and implement change | Restructure the MI and BI functions
  • Pownall Developments - Construction
    Commercial Fd
    Pownall Developments - Construction Oct 2014 - Jan 2015
    Cheshire
    | Reduced cost base by 3% by renegotiation of existing supplier contracts| Completed financials and submissions to HMRC YE 2012| Renegotiation of all commercial contracts and supply chain
  • L&M Healthcare
    Finance & Commercial Director
    L&M Healthcare Dec 2012 - Aug 2014
    Uk / Emea
    Interim Commercial FD @ L&M Healthcare UK, IOM, EMEA2012 to August 2014 T/O approx. £30M | New systems implementation| Creation of board level reporting packs| Employment of a new exectuvive team| Due dilligence and M&A facilitation| Funding strategies on and offshore managing all external relationships| Managing banking and infrastructure relationships | Business planning for banks and funders
  • Dbs Building Solutions
    Interim Finance & Commercial Director
    Dbs Building Solutions Dec 2011 - Nov 2012
    Uk/Iom
    |M&A activity| Due diligennce pre and post aquisition|Reduced supply chain costs by 9% |Successfully negotiated funding in excess of £25M via PE, and VC backing|Implementaion of management reporting and cashflow|Procurement/supply chain rationalisation and robust internal controls
  • House Of Fraser - Concession
    Interim Commercial Fd
    House Of Fraser - Concession Nov 2010 - Oct 2011
    United Kingdom
    |Negotiated eight new lease contracts for retail concessions within stores nationwide|Rationalised and consolidated existing to new processes/ procedures across business functions|Developed standard accounting and functional reporting by entity and consolidated franchise MI|Standardised / rationalised the supply chain function through UK/Europe and China – creating |Improved gross margins on average 3%|Implementation of 12 monthly rolling supplier and commercial contracts
  • Synergy Group Construction Ltd
    Fd And Md
    Synergy Group Construction Ltd Nov 2007 - Jun 2010
    United Kingdom/Emea
    |Implemented and updated the UK financial and MI reporting to a lean systems based function|Re-negotiated external contractors/engineers terms, reducing costs by 5%|Reduced the annual overheads by 9% after 12 months through office restructuring||Increased GP by 4% after contractual re-negotiations of supplier T&C’s |Successfully co-ordinated an insurance contract worth £6M T/O through business diversification|Developed a consolidated European financial reporting function
  • Co-Op Financial Services
    Interim Project Director - Finance,Compliance
    Co-Op Financial Services Nov 2005 - Oct 2007
    |Planned, managed, integrated and implemented departmental restructuring and change transformation across finance, compliance, IT and marketing functions to mitigate identified areas of risk relating to consumer policies and external bank accounts|Developed and led work-streams and training initiatives via workshops across multiple functions to embed the BPR and rectification to mitigate areas of assessed risk
  • Royal London Asset Management
    Head Of Projects (Risk)
    Royal London Asset Management Jul 2003 - Oct 2005
    Edinburgh, United Kingdom
    ►Successfully appraised and identified through an end to end project within customer services affecting 700 staff the root cause of identified balance sheet and financial processing issues►Managed the identified change process and rolled out training and initiative programmes via workshops►Strategic alignment of staffing, roles and responsibilities mitigating further processing issues►Reduction of unprocessed cash from over £55M per day to £15M per day
  • Royal London Asset Management
    Project Director
    Royal London Asset Management Jun 2002 - Jul 2003
    United Kingdom
    ►Identified and reported areas of weakness via end to end project methodology (team of 8)►Implemented a new reporting pack and relevant KPI’s to address and deliver on control weaknesses►Developed a strategy for controlling and analysing data then implemented procedures to remove current issues along with mitigating the potential of a similar occurrence►Completed the project within the timeframe to allow successful PWC signoff of audited accounts
  • Nova Chemicals
    Interim Project Manager -Shared Service Centre
    Nova Chemicals Apr 2001 - May 2002
    United Kingdom
    Working on: implementation of pan-European shared service centre and new accounting systems
  • Kellogg Company
    Country Manager - Germany And Spain
    Kellogg Company Dec 1999 - Mar 2001
    United Kingdom
    Working on and helping to create a new European service centre and new accounting systems – based in UK and Europe
  • Abb
    Interim Project Accountant
    Abb Mar 1999 - Dec 1999
    United Kingdom
    Interim Systems Consultant: implementing new BaaN computer systems

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