Employee owned international Mining, Natural Resources and ESG Consultancy business.Turnover of c£32m with staff of c200.A Practice Leader reporting to the MD. Managing a Finance team of twelve located in the UK and Kazakhstan. Working with the Consulting Practice Leaders, Board and numerous Committees to develop a best in class Accounting and Finance Business Partnering service while introducing Financial processes and procedures in a very mature business environment.Responsibilities• Management of group Finance functions in UK, Kazakhstan, Sweden and Finland and Branch Offices.• Strategic partner and advisor on Boards.• Chair of Business Intelligence committee. • Multi jurisdiction Corporation Tax planning.• Employee Tax and Global Mobility planning.• PLC type reporting to ensure shareholders have accurate timely information.• Stakeholder management, Shareholders, Auditors, Tax advisors and Banks.• Forecasting and Planning.• Treasury and Foreign currency and working capital management.• Lead M&A activity, Business Valuations and Due Diligence.• Capital fund raising through share issue.• Finance team transformation, mentoring and development.• Development of fresh, informative management reports to drive decision making.• Open and honest communicator to encourage change and continuous improvement.

The BBI Group is a complex Private Equity owned business providing key reagents and services as a trusted partner to some of the world’s leading diagnostics and healthcare organisations. Turnover of c£70m with staff of 450 worldwide. Finance Leader reporting to Group CFO. Managing a Finance team of twelve across four countries. Working with Commercial, Operations and Administration teams to support growth, efficiency and accuracy in a Business Partnering environment.Responsibilities• Lead global team of 12 including Finance Managers, Finance Business Partners and Data Analysts.• Board, Senior Leadership and Treasury reporting.• Management of monthly debt covenants.• Development of Value Stream profitability reporting drive accountability to EBITDA growth.• Support M&A activity.• Support in the development of the groups Strategic and Business Planning activities.• Work with Non-Executive Director as Project Lead on Standard Costing implementation project.• Commercially focused and cost challenging in an ambitious, high growth environment.• Drive commercial focus through weekly sales teams forecast calls and monthly reviews• Customer pricing strategy review• Cost out and rationalisation reviews for Operations, Commercial and G&A.• Monthly rolling three-month Income Statement outlook and annual budget process lead.• Grant claims and monitoring (WAG)• Restructure of Finance team to opitimise Finance Business Partnering capabilities.• Developed a continuous improvement culture.

Eakin Healthcare Group is a family owned Medical Device and Prescription home delivery company supplying trade and end customers. Turnover of c£80m with staff of 250 in the UK. Reporting to Group CFO and indirect report to UK CEO. Managing the UK Finance team of eight. Member of the UK Senior Management Team. Working with commercial teams to support three divisions consisting of four legal entities.Responsibilities• Transitional finance role to shape a best in class team.• Restructure from three disparate teams to one centralised function based in Cardiff.• Creation of a centralised Transactional Finance Service Centre to support four legal entities. • Leading Finance to be at the commercial core of the business not a back-office support function.• Ensure a single source of data for all reporting.• Promote the use of data models to highlight any risk in commercial forecasts and decisions.• Planning and execution of Legal Entity reduction program to hive in five entities into one.• Acquisition support including financial due diligence and completion account negotiation.• Integration of acquisition into existing financial system.• Manage statutory audit and tax process. • Manage annual budget process.• Manage Financial Policy and Control Procedures for all companies.• Key member of Group five year strategy program.• Frequent presence at Board Meetings and regular interaction with Board members.• Manage Payroll and Benefits.• Head of IT for 15 months managing team of 4• Project sponsor for Sage x3 ERP install for 9 sites.

Medical Reagents company supplying biologicals, customised assay development and contract manufacturing services aimed at the global medical point of care market. Turnover of c£56m with staff of 400 in the UK, USA, South Africa and Sweden. Wholly owned subsidiary of USA NYSE listed Alere Inc.Internal promotion reporting to the MD and Group CFO. Managing the Divisions global finance team of five Finance Business Partners. Working with commercial teams and international subsidiaries in four countries and tax jurisdictions. Other positions held at BBI were Group Financial Analyst Feb 2009 to Jun 2010, Finance Manager Jun 2010 to Jan 2012 and Group Financial Controller Jan 2012 to Jul 2012.Responsibilities• Steer and influence to achieve financial objectives (Profitability, Cashflow, Working Capital)• Manage monthly group accounts consolidation of 23 entities under both UK and US GAAP.• Forecasting and budgeting at entity level and group consolidation.• Commercially focused financial advice to all levels of the business • Manage statutory audit and tax computation process. Liaison with advisors, auditors and HMRC.• Strategic development, including key growth software application SAAS business.• Ensure internal controls and SOX compliance are achieved.• Preparation of group monthly management board report.• IPO experience including data analysis, working capital, legal and employee share schemes.• Share option scheme liaison.• Building of new divisional Finance Business Partner team.• Legal Entity reduction and Finance Shared Service Centre project support.• Intergration of newly acquired subsidiaries into the group reporting structure.• ERP implimentation across multiple group companies.• Manage effective communication channels within the Finance community and wider business.• Develop Finance team members to be the best they can through coaching, appraisal and training.

Wholly owned subsidiary of Barclays Bank Plc located in Cardiff. Turnover of c£327m and 160 employees Selling second charge secured loans and insurance.This role was an internal promotion in Aug 2005 from Assistant Financial Accountant.