As an accomplished Finance Director, I have 20 years extensive experience of building relationships with business owners, senior leadership teams & key stakeholders and establishing, combining, evaluating, improving and leading finance teams across a number of sectors.I am a skilled leader of transformational change, with the ability to quickly identify, scope and implement relevant processes, governance and reporting aligned to key business drivers, budgets, controls and appropriate accounting standards. I have become adept at managing the requirements of and communications with a whole array of stakeholders; from dealings within family owned businesses, boards of trustees through to Private Equity and funding providers, I have the ability to tailor relationship management and pertinent information accordingly.My strong sense of independence and judgement enables me to build tight relationships with business leaders and forge successful senior management teams and I have built and continuously enhanced high-performance finance teams and their functionality.I possess the skills, knowledge and first-hand experience of corporate finance transactions having presided as FD over the sale and purchase of a number of businesses, including subsequent restructuring & integration and refinancing.I am a highly experienced manager of cash flow and working capital with extensive knowledge and practical application of delivering commercially aligned, risk averse finance strategies with particular expertise in asset-based financing solutions.The experience of a Finance Director is an essential investment in know-how and ‘management capital’ that can enable businesses to reach their full potential. FDs are often seen as someone in charge of the purse strings. However, our true role is more closely aligned to strategy and planning rather than simply counting the cash. A Finance Director provides additional expertise to any Leadership Team, furnishing them with detailed information for commercial decision making, advising on strategy and dealing with banks, financiers & investors on their behalf. The quality of their advice and information helps management formulate plans that can transform; they profit from an FD when looking to invest or spend large sums of capital on assets, expand into new markets, perform mergers and acquisitions or exit from the business.If you’d like to discuss how the skills and experience I have acquired in my previous senior finance roles can benefit your business please contact me on 07710 531093 or email me at paul@fdimpact.co.uk