I've worked as a finance professional for nearly 40 years here in the sunny north west of England and I've hands on experience in a wide range of industries from chemical manufacturing to financial services. Working in companies varying in size from PLC's to owner/manager SME's.I am a self employed Business Consultant working on an interim/part time basis. Combining my financial management accounting skills and detailed knowledge of different business processes with my experience of ERP software upgrades, implementations and migrations.I'm a strategic thinker and I've successfully operated at Board level for over 20 years and my employers and clients will vouch for the fact that I brought valuable outside the box opinions and meaningful financial reporting to seriously help improve the prospects of the Company.I have successfully project managed numerous ERP installations for different industry types and in different geographic locations. Software including Sage Enterprise/X3, Sage 200, SAP B1, Pegasus Opera and carried out several migrations from Sage 50 to Xero. My strengths are:-• Helping business owners unlock their potential and reach their desired level of success.• Managing the finance function-