Will Herrmann Email & Phone Number

London, Gb

I am currently providing portfolio COO / CFO services whilst seeking new permanent roles.

London, London, Gb

CALM allowed me to drive business growth and professionalism for real impact. A suicide prevention charity offering a range of mental health services including a helpline, support products and campaigns but an unusual charity, with a fast-growth mindset and leading marketing studio (Film Grand Prix, Cannes Lions ‘23, world’s 7th most influential brand, Campaign Magazine ‘22).Staying on beyond my stint as maternity cover COO, I maintained some of my COO remit - leadership of strategy and finance, and oversight of our Data & Innovation (D&I) team - whilst establishing and leading an income growth and innovation function.I set the groundwork for income innovation at CALM (designing, building and running a new innovation function) and oversaw early income innovation successes.

London, London, Gb

Maternity cover / FTC role overseeing Operations, D&I, and Services departments. Broad responsibility to efficiently run central operations and deliver the organisational vision.In my time I:Enhanced strategy by implementing a new strategic planning process and crafting CALM’s first five-year strategy.Improved organisational effectiveness by reinforcing/enhancing performance management processes, strengthening leadership team reporting and accountability and revamping management accounting and budgeting process.Defined and secured the future of the CALM helpline (CALM's core service - which handled over 160,000 contacts and prevented at least 324 suicides in 2022) by leading the programme to evaluate options and vendors, establish a new operating model and agree a new contract whilst simultaneously refining the helpline's remit.

London, Greater London, Gb

Maternity cover, Finance Director for the private equity and consultancy firm.I quickly assimilated and led finance and fund management ops including fund/investor reporting, management accounting, supplier relationships and ad hoc bus ops tasks.

London, England, Gb

I developed financial models, handled financial planning & analysis tasks, and established a metrics framework for effective business management. Provided advisory services for fundraising efforts

I took some time to be chief nappy changer to my new son and chief tantrum diffuser to his older brother, whilst providing portfolio COO / CFO support to startup and investment businesses, including ScaleUp Capital and EmpowerRD.

London, Gb

Operational finance role overseeing central operations, including innovation, for value-add pre-seed/seed VC + consultancy studio.In my time I:Levelled up professionalism by enhancing and owning budgeting, financial analysis, and all operational finance functions, including audit processes and VAT exemption project with HMRCBolstered investor / stakeholder confidence by upgrading and owning fund reporting processesImproved strategic planning and delivery by leading and developing strategic planning processesFreed up Managing Partner time by owning complicated process including - policy adherence and team training for FCA compliance (authorised compliance officer), management of carried interest (issuing carry to team members, managing schedules and handling Companies House filings), capital calls, investment payments, partnership tax returns, point of contact for fund administrators, and ad hoc legal matters.Drove innovation by leading and embedding innovation function to deliver against non-core business objectives

London, London, Gb

As COO for this early-stage venture backed digital health startup I was;Key to successful fundraise by supporting the CEO with pitch/materials development, investor pitching, and DDEnhanced efficiencies, reduced costs and supported growth by implementing operational processes and controls. Managed all aspects of financial management, including planning, analysis, control, and reportingDrove business maturity by directing back-office commercial activities, overseeing legal, HR, and compliance functions to ensure regulatory compliance

Hassle was an award winning online marketplace for domestic cleaning.Backed by Accel it became the world’s largest platform for booking a home cleaner. My role supported rapid growth and international expansion - 9x headcount increase, 10x revenue growth to >£6m, and successful exit to Helpling.com in July 2015. Acted as CEO’s right hand.In my time I improved confidence in performance by developing and implementing business controls and significantly overhauling the business model, increased budget accountability, supported cost of acquisition improvements, was key to successful fundraising activity and €32m exit by supporting pitch/materials development, pitching, and DD and represented the organisation by advising the UK government and MEPs on startup / sharing economy matters

Dublin 2, Ie

I specialized in project management and PMO for IT transformation and business change. Key clients included; BT, Shell, European Space Agency, United Utilities, AstraZeneca and the Dept. for Constitutional AffairsIn my time I developed and proved myself as a senior business operator by;Designing, implementing, and managing control processes for projects with budgets up to £10s million p/aAssessing and improving project management functions by leading project planning, tracking, and reporting to senior stakeholders, including FTSE 100 board levelDeveloping business cases and materials for senior stakeholdersCommunicating project benefits, and managing project financesLeading teams including on-shore, off-shore, client and contractorsContributing to Accenture internal strategic activities including sales (building and selling tools and processes for business assessments) and recruitment (management role in new graduate and experienced hire recruitment)

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.); Master Of Arts (M.A), English Language And Literature, General; Cultural Theory

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