Company nominated Trustee for the Pandrol Group Pension Scheme, a defined benefit scheme open to future accrual

Lead Finance role on the EMEA Management team, providing financial, legal, IT and riskmanagement expertise to support the strategic development of the Business. Statutory BoardMember for Pandrol UK, an export led business with annual revenues of £70m, with directaccountability for the financial management and control of all trading and holding companies inthe UK. Key responsibilities and achievements include: a. Supporting the Commercial team in the development of new business opportunities andthe appraisal of pricing strategy, including providing financial guidance on productcosting, raw material indexation formulae, exchange rate and commodity risk, workingcapital financing, and onerous contract terms;b. Championed the development of variance analysis and KPI metrics for the Worksop site,facilitating an understanding of financial, operational and commercial performance atsenior exec level, and aiding the deployment of basic metrics at shop-floor level;c. Led the transfer of the Pandrol Head Office accounting function from Surrey to Worksop,integrating and standardising processes in order to deliver operational cost efficienciesof £120k p.a;d. Coordinating the development and review of Budgets across the EMEA sites, settingperformance parameters, evaluating value creation opportunities, and leading thepresentation of the consolidated EMEA financial Budget to the Delachaux executive;e. Management of UK Treasury, facilitating export trade through the coordination of TradeFinance facilities, including lines for Letters of Credit, Performance Guarantees andForward currency hedging. Strengthened trade working capital management tosuccessfully maintain net trade working capital at between 25-30 days;f. Reduced the UK tax burden through retrospective claims for R&D tax credits and PatentBox relief.

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