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Guildford, England, Gb

Guildford, England, United Kingdom

Shalford, England, United Kingdom

Led the combination of business-as-usual, management of a stressed cashflow and the financial due diligence for a carve-out sale transaction of the EV side of the business to release a PE shareholder and restructure equity in the remaining business.The supercar business was pre-revenue and had just started production of its first model, the T.50, so was in start-up mode and rapidly scaling.Additionally - co-ordinated debt funding and extension, identified significant challenges with current function/system, brought structure/strategy/maturity to the team, led GL overhaul in preparation for year-end within 3 months, published first Board report for 6 months, created Finance strategy with individual objectives.

Lancing

Leading Finance, IT and HR to enable the business to reach its objectives of growth and transformation by providing strategic partnership to the MD and leadership team.This includes being an active participant on the Board and deputising for the MD as required, providing strategic support using my sound judgement in assessing risks and being part of the solution.Key elements of this role are :Strategic LeadershipAccounting & ReportingTreasury & Financial PlanningBudgeting and Business PartneringBusiness Process and PoliciesImprovement, Assurance and EffectivenessVisible LeadershipProtection & IntegrityRelationship Management

Waterlooville, Hampshire, United Kingdom

This role incorporated Finance (technical accounting, audit, tax, treasury, working capital management, FP&A, pricing etc) as well as the afore mentioned Business Improvement functions.

Waterlooville

Responsible for the IT strategy of the business - providing the systems (bespoke and off the shelf) and platforms to enable the business to operate most efficiently and providing the data to enable analysis.

Portsmouth, United Kingdom

This role :- reduced turnover and £/hire through improved recruitment/training by steering and refining the whole process and advising which areas of performance need attention.- improved sales conversions through promotions and pricing with positive impact on company profitability- improved reporting on sales performance and the impact of training and/or promotions- increased focus on overall business improvement - encouraging, promoting and reporting on process optimisation and 'right first time' initiatives- maintain cost control within budget for training and recruitment

Level 7, Strategic Management And Leadership

Leadership Academy, Organizational Leadership

Activities and Societies: 360 review, MBTI scoring, leadership & managementInternal Ballingslov academy

Advanced Management Programme, Management

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Merit

Cima, First Time Passes

Accounting, Competent