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London Based

Specialising in:Interim/ part time FD/ CFOWorking capital managementRestructuring/ operating cost reductionGeneral accounting and financial statement preparationLegalHR - including UK immigration requirements for non-EEA employees

 Responsible for financial portfolio of £100m along with end to end responsibility for creating finance, HR, legal and company secretarial functions. Formulated and implemented strategies and standard operating procedures on business functions under my remit and oversaw growth of the business from 3 to 15 FTEs (5 FTEs under direct line management). Led efforts to establish banking relationships, regulatory relationships and procedures for cryptocurrency accounting. This resulted in… Show more  Responsible for financial portfolio of £100m along with end to end responsibility for creating finance, HR, legal and company secretarial functions. Formulated and implemented strategies and standard operating procedures on business functions under my remit and oversaw growth of the business from 3 to 15 FTEs (5 FTEs under direct line management). Led efforts to establish banking relationships, regulatory relationships and procedures for cryptocurrency accounting. This resulted in banking relationships across the EU for the company and acceptance to the FCA regulatory sandbox. Show less

London, United Kingdom

 Interim Group CFO parachuted in following exit of predecessor to enable turnaround of multisite finance function in disarray (e.g. no formal reporting, no controls, no budget process etc.) Successfully consolidated finance function into one location, introduced accounting controls and budget process to enable focus on key loss drivers Converted consolidated financial statements from UKGAAP to IFRS

London, United Kingdom

 Led cash flow stabilisation followed by controlled wind down of near-insolvent group (at take on cash forecast to run out quickly). Through tight cash flow management coupled with stakeholder negotiations, ensured group remained trading solvently. Managed three solvent disposals with two involving full list UK stock exchange circular, working capital report and change of listing status.

Manchester/ London

 CFO of fast growing, multi-site, private financial services group engaged in regulated SIPP administration and execution only stock broking. Led and completed acquisition of execution only stock broker (revenue c.£3m, EBITDA c.£300k). Led corporate banking relationships and transformed finance function for listing on the London Stock Exchange. Directly involved in achieving the following metrics in a period of 4 yrs. – c.3x revenue growth, c.3.5x EBITDA growth, c3.5x EPS growth and… Show more  CFO of fast growing, multi-site, private financial services group engaged in regulated SIPP administration and execution only stock broking. Led and completed acquisition of execution only stock broker (revenue c.£3m, EBITDA c.£300k). Led corporate banking relationships and transformed finance function for listing on the London Stock Exchange. Directly involved in achieving the following metrics in a period of 4 yrs. – c.3x revenue growth, c.3.5x EBITDA growth, c3.5x EPS growth and c.2x growth in no of employees. Led introduction of additional measures such as half yearly reporting, adoption of IFRS, quarterly cash flow forecasting, product profitability metrics and divisional KPI/KRI reporting. Created risk management function and restructured Group to minimise irrecoverable VAT. Show less

Manchester, United Kingdom

 Project managed equity placing raising £3.2m (over 50% of market cap at time). This included presentations to institutions, private brokers and analysts. Negotiated new banking facilities (Germany - €14m, Italy - €2m, UK - £1m) given manufacturing footprint spread over multiple countries and sites. End to end responsibility for group level (including foreign subsidiaries’) finance, HR and legal matters.

Manchester

 Responsible for group finance and group company secretary functions in addition to responsibilities for overall sales and marketing, product development, HR and manufacturing Responsible for liaison with financial PR and ensuring flow of information to market was timely, accurate and controlled. Built extensive experience of dealing with customers, suppliers and contractors on a global scale.

Masters, Mathematics

A Levels, Maths, Further Maths, Physics, A, A, A