Accountancy professional with over 30 years experience in Industry, the last 19 years spent at a senior level as a Finance Director or Financial Controller and as a COO in the Media Sector for a group of businesses.Experienced in managing the day to day operations of multiple SMEs and all aspects of a busy finance department. Reporting at Board Level I work to assist the Directors and/or owners of the business to identify areas of strength, weakness and instability and expedite solutions. I help businesses in managing change, identifying and implementing new procedures and systems and introducing KPI's to measure performance and improve visibility. My management skills include leading staff through the change process.Experience in managing teams and senior management and I am comfortable communicating at all levels in the hierarchy of the organisation and externally with bankers, stakeholders, clients and business partners/associates.Key skills include but are not limited to - preparation of financial and management accounts, cash flow management, financial analysis, SFA funding management, SFA compliance management, credit control, treasury management, payroll management, statutory returns, foreign exchange, procurement and service placement plus many other accountancy and office management related duties including company HR regulations and legal contract negotiations within limits not requiring professional involvement.Preparation of statutory accounts for micro companies below the auditing threshold.Experience in the following sectors - B2B|Media|Training & Education|Digital|Manufacturing|Service and Hospitality.Considerable experience in project accounting and TV Production work managing multiple production budgets from £5k - £3.5million. Experience across the following genres - drama and children's drama, animation, music, factual, lifestyle, quiz shows, commercials and corporate advertising.