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Bristol, England, United Kingdom

Moneyhub is the market leading open data platform. Providing software and API links for open banking, open finance and open data solutions to clients around the world. My role is to be the link between the commercial teams and finance, providing the various commercial teams with key financial and non financial data to help make strategic decisions and drive growth, well making life easier for finance by making sure they get the data they need for statutory purposes.

Bath, England, United Kingdom

DoodleLearning provides primary school children with apps to learn maths and english by combining world class adaptive technology, intuitive design and teaching excellence. Joined to help return the business to growth and secure an exit for the founders under a 3 year plan, the business was successfully sold in August 2022.My main role was to manage the finances of the company and prepare them for DD, to assist the founders with their growth strategy and to partner across the business to drive growth and improve the reach of their learning apps to support children's learning across the schools and D2C markets.

Bristol, England, United Kingdom

Joined TalkLife primarily to assist with fundraising in order to drive substantial ARR growth, with a fundraising round from angel investors closing in December 2021.Key responsibilities focused on introducing accurate finance reporting and modelling ahead of the immediate and future fundraising, along with managing the day to day finances of the business.Overall responsibility for the finances of the company and working with the founders to manage the day to day business and setting the long term strategy to drive ARR growth.Worked closely with the Sales team and head of sales to business partner and support the growth of sales in the business, including launching a partner team which ultimately resulted in winning a substantial new contract partner for the business.TalkLife is a fast growing tech business focused on providing peer support networks, including the TalkCampus support network for students struggling with their Mental Health.

Bath, United Kingdom

Hired to build a finance team and implementing scalable reporting and processes for individual property developments and the wider business as part of a substantial scaling up of the business into a regional housebuilder.Key responsibilities included using the data in the COINS ERP system to develop accurate, timely and simple to use project reporting to monitor the stage, current costs and costs to complete of each project. Worked closely with the Commercial Manager and Quantity Surveyors to implement the new project reporting and hand over the preparation the Quantity Surveyors, with ongoing support from Finance.Also introduced accurate and timely finance reporting for the board and institutional investors, including revised group management accounts and forecasting model.Hired and managed a finance team of four and implemented finance business partnering into the business.Inform management decision making through accurate and timely financial reporting with the preparation of detailed monthly management accounts. Included detailed P&Ls, balance sheets, forecasting and comparisons to budget and prior periods.Backhouse is an independent design led housebuilder and was pre-revenue with two developments under construction when I joined, the business was backed by institutional investors.

Asia And Australasia

Career break to visit friends and family in Australia and New Zealand, visiting and exploring nine Asian countries along the way.

Swindon, United Kingdom

Key member of the senior management team which is responsible for setting the long term strategy and making decisions for the future of the business.Overall responsibility for the finances of the company and analysing financial results to monitor the performance of the business and drive continued growth.Manage the finance team in order to provide accurate and timely financial information.

Swindon, United Kingdom

Key responsibilities included preparing and analysing financial results to monitor the performance of the business and drive continued growth.Inform management decision making through accurate and timely financial reporting with the preparation of detailed monthly management accounts. Included detailed P&Ls, balance sheets, forecasting and comparisons to budget and prior periods.Manage the finance team in order to provide accuracy and consistency of financial information.Part of the senior management team responsible for setting the long term strategy and making decisions for the future of the business.

Bristol, United Kingdom

Joined the People Source Group primarily to facilitate a sale of the business and a successful exit for the founder by ensuring availability of accurate financials and KPIs for interested parties and successful navigation of the due diligence process. The business was successfully sold to ManPower inc in October 2015, with the earn out period completing in December 2017.Key responsibilities included preparation and presentation of figures along with analysis of other non-financial information under the due diligence process. Review of client and employee contract terms, highlighting areas of potential risk, analysis of ways to mitigate the risks and introducing procedures to maintain consistency in these areas. During the earn out period, preparing and analysing financial results to monitor the performance of the business and report this information to the management and purchaser at board meetings.Inform management decision making through accurate and timely financial reporting with the preparation of detailed monthly management accounts. Included detailed P&Ls, balance sheets, forecasting and comparisons to budget and prior periods.Managed the finance team of three and part responsible for the commercial and compliance team of five. Achieved substantial improvement in accuracy and consistency of financial information, through training and motivating the teams. Also responsible for managing the HR in the group.Part of the senior management team responsible for setting the long term strategy and making decisions for the future of the business.People Source Group consists of two trading companies based in Bristol. People Source Consulting specialises in IT recruitment and Volaris Exec provides executive level recruitment. The Group has grown rapidly over the last few years and has a superb reputation, with a unique culture that is driven by collaboration and teamwork.

Bath, United Kingdom

Key responsibilities include management accounts preparation and analysis, business and financial advice, annual accounts preparation, budgets and forecasting, cashflows, general HMRC compliance work, and providing training and guidance to trainees. Also worked on specialist projects including company valuations and share restructuring.Key specialties:- > General business and strategic advice > Management accounting > Compliance services (Year-end accounts, tax returns, payroll, VAT, company secretarial)

Bristol, United Kingdom

Undertake a wide range of corporate advisory, business recovery and insolvency services. These included liquidations, trading administrations, business restructuring, solvent liquidations and company voluntary arrangement.Responsible for large and diverse caseload and exposure to corporate reporting, cashflow forecasting, financial reporting, corporate civil legal proceedings and asset realisation.Dealing with multiple stakeholders including banks and other lending institutions, directors, shareholders, creditors, regulators, courts, solicitors, accountants and others.

Bristol, United Kingdom

Administrator with responsibility for a caseload of bankruptcies. Provided significant experience in dealing with relevant stakeholders such as the creditors, bankrupt and family members, solicitors and the courts. Significant exposure to civil legal proceedings, asset investigation and realisation and ensuring tight compliance deadlines were met.