Part-time FD providing regular Finance & Business Partnering Support to CEO, in particular through design & management of Strategic Forecasting Model to support growth of Plant-based Supplements business.• Management of P&L, cashflow, funding requirements• Stock Management, to optimise product reordering, so coordinated to SKU growth, lead-times, MOQ and cashflow• Developed Multi-Channel growth model as key driver of financial inputs into Investor Deck to support request for funds for expansion

Part-time Senior Business Partner providing Strategic Finance support to Company’s Information Memorandum pack (IM) that is seeking Investment funds for development and expansion of its experiential travel business.• Designed & built complete Finance Business model to generate fully integrated P&L, Balance Sheet and Cash Flow projections over 5 years, including facility to scenario model a range of outcomes

Accountable for Financial Control & Compliance and Commercial Business Partnering of Vistra’s UK operations (T/O approx. £60m, Profit £20m). Finance team of 20 across Bristol, London and Reading offices

Senior Commercial Finance Director and Business Partner, accountable for the strategic and operational financial management and control of Clarks’ Europe and then Asia Pacific Regions. Responsible for ensuring that the Regions delivered their short and longer-term sales, margin, overhead and profit targets, ROCE, cashflow and other key performance indicators. Direct reporting line to Clarks Group CFO, 6 direct reports within regional finance teams of 25.• Delivered on or ahead of all key financial targets for each year in role.• Rated by Regional President as best finance business partner in their working career.• Embedded robust financial forecasting and review processes across all key markets, ensuring timely visibility of KPIs, rapid risk mitigation and opportunity optimization. Improved cash flow forecasting, inventory planning and delivered OPEX and CAPEX savings vs Budget each year in role.• Led APAC Region Strategic Planning process, to stabilize then deliver the required growth to double profits to £100m in 5 years. Secured Board approval to prioritise investment funds to Asia over other Regions to support growth plan. • Executed market “Deep Dives” and built action plans for those markets to best respond to operational and strategic challenges to deliver against short and longer-term financial targets. • Developed business cases to open new retail stores, build digital marketplaces and reviewed buying out distributor markets in Spain and France.

Responsible for developing and leading Red Bee Media’s Strategic Account Planning and Reporting team to drive commercial business opportunity prioritisation and analysis and the ongoing management of selected opportunities through its bid team and salesforce reporting tools.• Designed process to evaluate scenario-based business cases across 3D, Digital Archiving, Mobile Advertising and Online Video Player propositions. • Ran the Bid and Solution Costing team. Led the drive for a more agile and price competitive customer response, challenging base costs and mechanics of cost absorption and over-reliance on cost+ pricing.

Worked in a range of Senior Finance Manager and Business Advisor roles over 8 years in Motorola’s Networks and Mobile Devices Divisions across UK and EMEA, covering Strategic Business Planning, Financial Forecasting and Reporting, Business Case opportunity evaluation and prioritisation.

Recruited to Finance Graduate Scheme, with placements across R and D, Sales and Marketing, Manufacturing and Group. Progressed to Commercial Finance Planning and Reporting Manager and Regional Business Advisor. Spent 1 year as consultant with McKinsey on Glaxo’s Hospital Trading Strategy.