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Greater Bristol Area, United Kingdom

Bristol, United Kingdom

Responsible for the finance, legal, HR, property, facilities, IT and customer support activities for the UK and US companies. Developing strategy to improve shareholder value, customer focus and employee experience. Improving management information, focussing on KPIs such as SaaS renewals, giving better clarity of true business profitability. Tightened finance controls, improving cashflow. Achieved significant recurring savings by restructuring offices. Significantly boosted balance sheet… Show more Responsible for the finance, legal, HR, property, facilities, IT and customer support activities for the UK and US companies. Developing strategy to improve shareholder value, customer focus and employee experience. Improving management information, focussing on KPIs such as SaaS renewals, giving better clarity of true business profitability. Tightened finance controls, improving cashflow. Achieved significant recurring savings by restructuring offices. Significantly boosted balance sheet value through property revaluation and R&D tax relief. Led business-critical GDPR implementation. Achieved successful re-accreditation of ISO27001 data security standard. Led the response to Covid-19, including successful switch to working-from-home. Show less

Bristol, United Kingdom

Brought stability and leadership to the finance team. Improved cashflow by reducing debtor days and controlling supplier payments. Introduced meaningful and insightful management accounts, including improved accounting system for Polish subsidiary. Created new systems to control and report profit from airtime contracts, a significant new activity for the business. Uncovered and resolved long-running fraud in the accounts team. Identified significant issues with stock control system and… Show more Brought stability and leadership to the finance team. Improved cashflow by reducing debtor days and controlling supplier payments. Introduced meaningful and insightful management accounts, including improved accounting system for Polish subsidiary. Created new systems to control and report profit from airtime contracts, a significant new activity for the business. Uncovered and resolved long-running fraud in the accounts team. Identified significant issues with stock control system and worked with consultants to correct these. Improved payroll systems, resulting in more accurate and less disputed staff payments. Show less

Bristol, United Kingdom

Cashflow management and forecasting, including invoice discounting. Set up weekly/monthly P&L forecasts. Created business model and 24-month business plan (P&L and BS) to support financing application. Improved incisiveness of monthly reporting. Completed annual accounts, including resolving complex technical issues around accounting for company buy-back of own shares.

Bristol, United Kingdom

Interim role to set up financial controls and reporting systems on Xero, including payroll. Cashflow forecasting and management, including negotiation with company's financiers. Management accounts production and analysis.

Bristol, United Kingdom

Member of the senior management team. Responsible for the financial, commercial, IT, legal, and property requirements of the group.Introduced financial control and systems, generating reliable management and statutory accounts, revenue reporting and cashflow forecasting. Management of banking facilities. Development of pricing and job-costing. Negotiation of terms and conditions with clients. Management of IPR and insurance requirements. Liaison with solicitors and auditors.… Show more Member of the senior management team. Responsible for the financial, commercial, IT, legal, and property requirements of the group.Introduced financial control and systems, generating reliable management and statutory accounts, revenue reporting and cashflow forecasting. Management of banking facilities. Development of pricing and job-costing. Negotiation of terms and conditions with clients. Management of IPR and insurance requirements. Liaison with solicitors and auditors. Resolution of day-to-day IT issues and management of IT support companies. Staff recruitment and development. Legal asepcts of company name change. Show less

Bristol And Wakefield

Responsible for financial and commercial management and reporting (locally and to group) for repro/pre-press operations in Bristol and Wakefield. Set up and managed one finance function shared across both sites. Achieved significant improvement in profitabilty by identifying, managing and reporting key financial drivers. Designed and implemented custom job-costing systems.

Bristol, United Kingdom

Responsible for financial reporting and analysis/interpretation (locally and to group). Produced monthly management accounts. Implemented job-based budgeting. Re-designed job-costing system to provide meaningful management information. Transferred accounting system from local Sage system to group national system.

Bristol, United Kingdom

First time passes in the Chartered Accountancy exams. Experience of a wide variety of audit, accountancy and tax assignments, including budgeting, managing, and billing the work to clients.

Chartered Accountancy, Chartered Accountancy, Aca

First-time passes in ACA exams while training with Deloitte (then Touche Ross).

Bsc, Accountancy And Financial Analysis

Activities and Societies: AIESEC Accountancy and Financial Analysis

Education record