FD for market leading lighting manufacturer to the infrastructure sector and part of the wider Fagerhult Group (listed on Swedish stock exchange).Part of the leadership team with accountability for the finance, strategy, commercial pricing and IT functions.Key achievements have been driving significant growth in sales and profit through a clear strategic model, robust pricing methodology and championing automation (primarily through Power BI and accounts payable automation).As of Sept 23 I also act as finance business partner to the Head of Infrastructure for Fagerhult Group (Designplan, Veko in Netherlands and iValo in Finland).

Start up, tech led home improvement company founded in 2014 and acquired by the John Lewis Partnership in 2018.Opun was a standalone legal subsidiary and run at arms length, therefore this role was the autonomous finance lead and part of the leadership team alongside the founders, managing a small team responsible for partnering the board, KPIs, all month end reporting and planning, cash management, contracts and compliance (including VAT, payroll, pensions).Achievements:- developed scalable financial controls and reporting processes to leverage the new financial system (Xero).- Drove a culture of data driven decision making that enabled key proof points to be delivered for the business to secure investment needed for future tech and product led growth. -I also had the additional responsibility beyond finance to lead the transformation team and act as commercial category lead for the lofts proposition. I was actively involved across the business from marketing through to operations and tech/ product. I genuinely believe that it is only by embedding itself in the business that finance can identify genuine insight and build the trust to challenge and drive a business forwards.

Supported award winning British fashion designer with strategic business planning and standardised financial reporting.Developing an investment model to secure outside funding, moving finance in-house, re-designed the chart of accounts, and led an off-site strategy workshop to redefine the operating model to drive double digit growth.

Partnered leadership teams across shops to deliver estate wide transformation change before becoming finance lead to deploy the new John Lewis strategy.

Investment appraisal for major projects across the value chain from new retail store openings, new property lease negotiations, supply chain transformation, manufacturing construction projects through to marketing innovation.

Finance partner for £1 billion global programme.

Part of the leadership teams for a gas fired power station (West Burton B CCGT) and a fast cycle gas storage facility. Leading performance reporting, forecasting and planning, challenging and supporting the financial performance of the gas assets.

Senior finance manager in newly created business improvement role responsible for senior business partnering to the IT project and resource management, HR and Finance executive teams. Managing, reporting and improving visiblity and efficiency of the opex and capex budgets.

Lead and coordinated the five year strategic planning and in year forecasting process for the customer supply and renewables, coal and gas generation business.Managing a team of business partners and coordinating technical analysts, working with senior heads of business and financial control stakeholders across retail B2C and B2B, energy market trading and generation units. Coordinating the implementation of an improved end to end planning process and timetable to drive increasingly insightful analysis and understanding of critical business drivers for key stakeholders (including Corporate Finance, Strategy and the ESCS Executive team).

Leading audits for EDF Energy and EDF Trading from planning to follow up across financial, strategic business models, operations, commodity markets, business change, forensic investigations and projects.Representing and supporting senior Group audits in Paris with French colleagues.Technical Computer Aided Audit Tool’s (CAATS) data analytics auditor.

SAP internal controls testingFinancial variance analysisKPI reportingRisk management

Analysing DealingDaily P&L ProductionRisk MonitoringAS400 Systems Testing