Marcus Gleave Email & Phone Number

Ely, Gb

Rotherham, England, United Kingdom

CFO for the Classic Lifts and the wider Lifts division within andwis Group, a PE-backed technical building services group. Coming from the Old English word meaning "expert, skilled" andwis is bringing together industry-leading technical building service companies together to offer multi-service solutions for our clients, enhancing the effectiveness of delivery through investment in cutting-edge systems and technology. My role as CFO of Lifts is to oversee the implementation of technology pilot… Show more CFO for the Classic Lifts and the wider Lifts division within andwis Group, a PE-backed technical building services group. Coming from the Old English word meaning "expert, skilled" andwis is bringing together industry-leading technical building service companies together to offer multi-service solutions for our clients, enhancing the effectiveness of delivery through investment in cutting-edge systems and technology. My role as CFO of Lifts is to oversee the implementation of technology pilot schemes for the group from a finance perspective and ensure that we are extracting maximum value from each investment. Show less

Cambridge, England, United Kingdom

Working alongside CFO to get accounts audit ready and roll out a series of process improvements during a 3-month contract.

Ipswich

Finance lead for UK companies that are part of Taurani Holdings Limited, including Brisko Metal Resources, ParkerSteel Limited and Midland Steel Sections. Parkersteel was acquired from insolvency, but generated £16m pre-tax profit in 2022.

Ely, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom

Ely

Stotfold, Bedfordshire, United Kingdom

Finance director for high growth FMCG

Responsibility for financial control, financial reporting, consolidated statutory accounts and consolidated tax returns of £130M turnover manufacturing & consumer product brand. Sole financial support to CEO and CFO in company sale.• Provided close support for CFO during brand sale negotiations, specifically around the terms of a 4-month TSA and 3-year toll manufacturing agreement, real-time modelling of the impact of changing terms on the future business, leading to improvements in terms… Show more Responsibility for financial control, financial reporting, consolidated statutory accounts and consolidated tax returns of £130M turnover manufacturing & consumer product brand. Sole financial support to CEO and CFO in company sale.• Provided close support for CFO during brand sale negotiations, specifically around the terms of a 4-month TSA and 3-year toll manufacturing agreement, real-time modelling of the impact of changing terms on the future business, leading to improvements in terms worth £2m a year at EBITDA level;• Initiated and led financial and legal entity restructure of group prior to brand sale;• Responsible for analysis and prioritization of cost-saving initiatives;• Implemented financial and structural separation of loss-making US business unit as part of turnaround to an operation generating $13m EBITDA and $10m free cash within 2 years, allowing separate exit at $120m;• Resolved complex tax issues including formulation of transfer pricing policy. Close liaison with HMRC resulted in successful application for thin capitalization agreement, defence of a VAT challenge, site closures and liquidations;• Initiated R&D claim which generated £0.5m net cash for the business;• Improved management of banking and supplier relationships whilst managing the challenge of operating a debt-funded organisation with net liabilities, resulting in increased working capital and management of cash flow;• Turned around provision of statutory accounts and tax return filing process from delinquent to ahead of schedule. Managed smooth conversion to FRS 102 and obtained reduced audit fee;• Delivered 30% overhead savings through restructuring of AR/AP/treasury and training/development of team. Show less

Overall responsibility for financial control for a £1bn portfolio of mortgages and mortgage-backed securities including commercially-focused deal support, budget/forecast of the portfolio, preparation and analysis of monthly MI and reporting, leading a team of 4 qualified accountants.• Improved production of budget/forecast and subsequent variance analysis, funding forecast, MI, financial risk exposure plus regulatory reporting and asset valuations reporting.• Led project work to… Show more Overall responsibility for financial control for a £1bn portfolio of mortgages and mortgage-backed securities including commercially-focused deal support, budget/forecast of the portfolio, preparation and analysis of monthly MI and reporting, leading a team of 4 qualified accountants.• Improved production of budget/forecast and subsequent variance analysis, funding forecast, MI, financial risk exposure plus regulatory reporting and asset valuations reporting.• Led project work to deliver significant commercial impact including technical papers for derecognition, deconsolidation and accounting of primary market issue of new financial instruments with P&L impacts of over £10m;• Developed cross departmental co-operation facilitating improved communication between front office, quants and back office and delivery of high quality information to finance and valuation forums;• Led rationalization projects resulting in reduction of P&L volatility and improvement of processes and controls; • Changed from manual monthly to daily automated reconciliation of 250+ bank accounts and developed new daily P&L model for the legacy business. Show less

Worked in assurance in Banking and Capital Markets (London) to January 2008 whereupon I moved to the Cambridge office to work on a variety of technology and research clients and have also performed assurance services for the associated investment companies.

Mchem, Chemistry

Activities and Societies: Music Scholar, Treasurer and co-founder Keble Music Society, Leader of Keble Orchestra, Social Secretary JMB group

Mathematics, Chemistry, Biology, English Literature