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Ref - CFO/Finance Director – Ref 0423

CFO/Finance Director

An experienced, versatile, and commercially astute FCCA qualified CFO with 15 years of progressive sector experience across Plcs, SMEs and medium sized businesses. Trusted business partner and strategic advisor; skilled in financial policy and process creation, mitigating risk, and leveraging tested FP&A best practice to develop robust and reliable systems, enabling prudent business decision-making and overall financial health. Dynamic and skilled leader of high-performing teams, with a track-record of team building, managing and empowering staff. Proficient in driving lasting change across people, processes, and technology.

SKILLS

Articulate and energetic communicator with notable leadership, influencing, management and interpersonal skills
Self-starter with fast-paced execution; innovative, adaptable, decisive and high attention to detail
Highly analytical with refined project management, financial, and commercial acumen; skilled in financial modelling, reporting and forecasting
Building, managing, mentoring, developing and empowering high-performing cross-functional teams

COMPETENCIES

Commercial Finance
FP&A
Transformation Programs
Project Lead (System Implementations incl. SAP Business One)
Manufacturing, E-Commerce and Retail
Budgeting, Forecasting and Strategic Planning
Financial Reporting
IBP Led (Integrated Business Planning)
Working Capital and Cash Flow Management
Financial Controls
Statutory Accounts
Data Analytics
Process Improvement, Risk Management, Change Management
Compliance

KEY CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

Joined as Finance Director before taking full responsibility for operations a year later after delivered significant contributions in finance before progressively taking on more responsibility from IT, HR and Legal
Implemented SVM (Standard Variable Minutes) analysis; resulted in significant improvement
Spearheaded the successful delivery of several systems including SAP, Power BI, and various other applications as part of several business transformation programs
Led the role out of Integrated Business Planning (IBP); drove sales by £20m + by ensuring we had a cohesive business strategy from Product, Demand & Supply Chain Teams along with support functions
Launched Gross to Net Sales model; provided end-to-end visibility of Discounts, Rebates, SOA & Returns and a Customer SKU level for the first time in company history; this methodology identified £2m of unexpected spend across the business
Designed and implemented a brand-new in-house System (Bespoke Invoicing system); generated an 80%+ reduction in invoice generating each month which ensured all invoices were right first time, leading to improved cash-flow
Launched a Productive Hour Model to manage contact centres division; led to Gross Margin enhancements
Developed a Global KPI reporting model to simplify benchmarking of different sites; enabled group to adopt significant improvements in key areas of the business, adding £240k+ to bottom line by driving improvements in both quality and financials
Introduced trigger analysis, enabling the business to capture the cost of equipment repairs and allocated this to a specific asset
Provided insight into Total Repairs Costs Vs Net Book Value, ensuring assets replaced before cumulative repairs cost exceeded book value
Well-versed in leading finance departments and delivery of group-wide FP&A practices; adept in producing monthly Management Accounts and Annual Financial Accounts (including Statutory Accounts and legal entity requirements relating to treasury and taxation)
Skilled in supporting board and budget holders in revenue and cost analysis, business plans, forecasts and providing challenge and decision support

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