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Beverley, Gb

Beverley, Gb

Providing professional interim support to a wide range of businesses including financial insight, performance analysis, tactical and strategic change management and leadership of finance teams. I am an experienced business partner influencing, challenging, delivering operational and strategic value from the nuts and bolts and through board level.Understanding and then improving financial performance, finance processes, management information and approach to riskDeveloping and reorganising commercial structures and activities with a focus on people, customers and profits.Leadership and support of finance functions including improvement of processes, controls and people developmentIdentifying, collaborating on and leading change initiatives

Hull, Gb

Hull, Gb

Our Vision - Improving the lives of people with a range of learning disabilities including those with autism spectrum condition and complex needs.Mission Statement - To support the individual needs of these young people and their families through the provision of high quality day services.

Kingston Upon Hull, East Yorkshire, Gb

Hull, East Yorkshire, Gb

ResponsibilitiesDelivering financial insight, robust challenge to and decision making support for senior management team, with a focus on actionable operational and commercial issues, not routine reporting. Leading change projects, introducing and embedding simple, effective project & risk management capabilities across the operational and commercial parts of the business. Focus on objectives and risks, including simple to operate processes that assist change teams, manage risk, and provide clear visibility against time and financial milestones.Leadership and development of a region-wide finance functionAchievements Ensured successful delivery of an ambitious, high risk 6 month £17m cost reduction programme, updating board team on an exception basis, liaison with IT, providing project leadership and hands on support for several concurrent workstreams.Significant, multiple cost-reduction initiatives implemented across all areas of the business including organisational design, printing, production, logistics and people, delivered over preceding 2 years. Risks successfully identified and mitigated. Revitalised and refocused commercial functions across the region to improve profit and improve customer service in a sustainable manner.Established a regional, geographically dispersed finance function. Ethos was for simplified, consistent performance management, maximising time available for business support.

Responsible for operational delivery of a highly successful £45m profit improvement programme which achieved 11% reduction in total cost base.Working closely with and advising Group Finance Director and Group Managing Director on the strategy for achieving success and influencing senior executivesChallenging and developing the proposals for cost-reduction from across the business including premises, facilities, printing, production, logistics and people.Relationship management & problem solving with key directors and senior managers across the group. Being the bridge between the business and management consultants.Developing alternate management and business structures for the entire groupDay to day delivery of progress and management of internal participants and external consultants. Tracking and communicating the financial effects of the various initiatives.A demanding rôle which required seeking a balance between: questioning the status quo; influencing senior people throughout the organisation; resolution of conflict and problem-solving; and getting the best out of the people involved in the initiative. Subsequently responsible for high-level business projects and strategy development including cost-reduction proposals, CRM systems review and evaluation, strategy proposals for repositioning the UK business for significantly lower revenues, designing group and local operating structures, job descriptions, and performance management metrics.Leading rôle in the acquisition (£60m investment) and integration (£1.5m cost reduction) of two publishing businesses (revenue £25m, 350 FTEs). Significant achievements were: creation of and delivery against a comprehensive post acquisition integration plan including business process redesign, IT, communications, and people strategy.

Assistant Managing Director (January 2003) previously Finance Director, main experience:o Creating, developing and delivering commercial initiatives and business improvement in partnership with the MD and executive teamo From January 2000 to 2002 - responsible for company’s commercial internet activities.o January 2001 – requested to lead a team to re-engineer the group’s finance systems - objectives to reduce costs and improve customer service. o Core FD role: budgeting, monthly and weekly performance management, credit management, project analysis, taxation, people development

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Education record

Leaders Executive Development Programme 2004-05, Leaders Diploma

Bachelor Of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.), Accounting & Finance

Education record