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Warwick, England, United Kingdom

Warwick, England, United Kingdom

Warwick, Warwickshire, United Kingdom

Warwick, Warwickshire, United Kingdom

Warwick, Warwickshire, United Kingdom

Warwick, London

Arqiva is a leading UK communications infrastructure company who is an independent provider of telecom towers, with 8,000 active sites, and the only national provider of terrestrial television and radio broadcasting.Key responsibilities have included:- Supporting and challenging the strategy of the business identifying critical issues and trends, developing and assessing the profitability and efficiency of tactical and long-term strategic plans and providing financial support for areas of growth to optimise commercial agreements- Driving all areas of planning, reporting and financial analysis of the division from budgeting, forecasting and analysis of results to ad-hoc tactical and strategic project support including making recommendations for action- Ownership of and management of the financial risk across the division; establishing financial priorities and effective cash management across the portfolio of services and products- Ensuring that the division allocates resources effectively, with rigorous pressure on costs and a commitment to a value-for-money approachKey achievements and projects worked on include:- Led the support for Financial and Commercial Due Diligence for Arqiva’s refinancing in 2016/2017 challenging market knowledgeable consultants to change their positioning of the business plans of the division- Drove the financial and commercial terms for three businesses/products being exited (with annual revenues of c£70m) over the last 2 years. This included the sale of a loss-making business with material proceeds- Successfully integrated Smart M2M into the Telecoms division ensuring consistent reporting, governance and commercial diligence- Took ownership for the monthly business review pack making substantial improvements in content and presentation which were recognised by the CEO. Changes included operational and financial KPIs, customer dashboards and delivery success measures

Warwick, London

Financial Controller at Arqiva leading the finance support to the Mobile and Fixed Networks and Product and Technology sectors of the Telecoms Business Unit which make up over 80% of the Business Units revenue and contain two of Arqiva’s top three customers.Key responsibilities have included: - Leading both direct and indirect teams to deliver clear and consistent monthly reporting, forecasts, budgets and the long term plan- Managing cross functional relationships within Arqiva to understand drivers of financial performance, risks and opportunities and delivering on clear action plans- Challenging and generating opportunities to optimise financial treatments and agreement with internal and external stakeholders- Creation of monthly dashboards capturing financial, operational and commercial KPIs/metrics to enable informed financial decisions, clear identification of risks and opportunities and managing plans to mitigate- Leading the finance relationship with Telecoms biggest customers and a key member of the customer team Key achievements and projects worked on include:- Responsible for transforming the finance elements of two major long term contracts into legal form, which involved influencing complex negotiations, giving strategic consideration to Arqiva’s long term financials, against the backdrop of challenges from extremely informed/highly knowledgeable customers- Received customer recognition of communication, attitude and professionalism through the annual Customer survey in 2014 and a Supplier award in 2013- Led divisional support to successful refinancing of the debt facilities in 2013- Upskilled internal stakeholders from both finance and non-finance backgrounds to manage complex customer agreements- Constantly challenging and improving reporting to allow greater visibility and better information to the management team

Warwick

Finance Manager at Prodrive Automotive Technology (PAT). Reporting to the Managing Director with a dotted line to the Group Finance Director. PAT is a wholly owned subsidiary of Prodrive Group, which is a leading Motorsport and Automotive Engineering Consultancy with global turnover of £110m, employing more than 800 people. Key responsibilities have included:- Delivering financial leadership in all aspects of financial reporting and decision support- Financial modelling and assessment of new business proposals- Monthly, quarterly and annual reporting, forecasts and budgets (including preparation of the monthly Board reports for local and Group Boards)- Tight control of cashflow and working capital management- Financial management of multi-site commercial operations in the UK and USKey achievements and projects worked on include:- Significant improvements in the outlook and understanding of business performance through the development and implementation of improved management information for the senior management team- Disposal of UK loss making division through an MBO acting as project manager, successfully delivering the project on time and within the financial constraints imposed by the Board- Automated new project review process to ensure commercial opportunities are understood in terms of profitability, working capital and resource impact- Set up of finance processes and system training for 2 startup businesses in the US in 2004. Led the ongoing finance reporting, business reviews and subsequent close down project in 2008- Aiding in the construction and leading the ongoing monitoring of the recovery plan to reduce overhead costs, most recently by £0.5m (25%) in 2009- Migration of transactional processing elements of the local finance teams to the central finance team resulting in a reduction in headcount of 2 and saving in overhead costs of £75k per annum

Derby, United Kingdom

Rolls Royce plc. In 2002, a £5.8bn turnover company that provides integrated power systems for use on land, sea and air.Roles held during this time were:May 2000 – April 2002 Accounts Receivable & Cash Management Business Process Owner within the Finance Service Centre (FSC) at Rolls Royce. The FSC was established in 1999 as a more cost efficient way of providing improved consistent and reliable finance support to all parts of the UK Rolls Royce business. The FSC employed 100+ people.Key responsibilities included:- Managing a team of 25 people with an annual budget of £1m- Maintaining adequate controls and systems to meet requirements of internal/external auditsKey achievements included:- Successfully migrating activities from a second site, identifying efficiencies resulting in 3 redundancies and a 20% cost reduction- UK process owner for the SAP implementation of Accounts Receivable and Cash Management which was completed on time and within budgetJan 2000 – May 2000 Project Manager within the newly created FSC at Rolls Royce plc. Key responsibilities included:- Communication of the Finance Service Centre to internal customers throughout the UK sites- To design and implement Service Level Agreements covering scope, cost and measurement of the quality of serviceKey achievements included:- Agreed Service Level Agreements with all divisions of the UK Rolls Royce operations within 4 months- Establishing activity based costing method of charging out costs to internal customers- Introduction of a structured method of monitoring and reporting adherence to internal controls, statutory and reporting requirements

Birmingham, United Kingdom

Trainee Chartered Accountant - Supervisor at Ernst & Young. Chartered Accountant training contract primarily spent auditing. Valuable experience gained through leading audit teams on assignments at various major Plc clients and owner-managed businesses. Responsible for planning, budgeting and running audits with teams up to 12 people.Coordinated and delivered training courses for trainees in audit methodology and techniques

Education record

2.1, Money, Banking & Finance