Responsible for all aspects of quarterly and annual management reporting, financial control and budgets for the company with £26m annual turnover• Managing working capital and forecasting future cash flows• Developed a new approach to monthly management reporting• Management of Finance department (7 staff)• Liaison with bankers on cash management• Oversight of payroll for 160 employees, including complex commission structure

Responsibility for all aspects of financial management, budgeting and control for the privately held group of 7 companies employing over 100 people across the Channel Islands.Increasing gross margin. Improving transparency of gross margin for 15,000 products. Implementing manufacturing control systems. Using exception reporting to highlight products with poor margin, working with the buying team to increase margins. Active member of monthly boards, ensuring that… Show more Responsibility for all aspects of financial management, budgeting and control for the privately held group of 7 companies employing over 100 people across the Channel Islands.Increasing gross margin. Improving transparency of gross margin for 15,000 products. Implementing manufacturing control systems. Using exception reporting to highlight products with poor margin, working with the buying team to increase margins. Active member of monthly boards, ensuring that performance is tracked against Key Business Objectives and contributing to measures to improve performance.Managing the annual audit process for the group, including dealing with acquisitions and multi-level consolidation of subsidiaries.Significantly increasing visibility of profitability drivers through system configuration and best practice across all departments. Take a lead in discussions relating to margin and customer profitability.Leading and developing accounting, sales ledger and purchase ledger teams (11 staff).Management of third party IT department and in-house first line support. Managing the relationship with new system vendor. Show less