Ref - CFO/Finance Director – Ref 2997

CFO/Finance Director

Immediately available ACCA qualified CFO/Finance Director. Extensive experience in growing shareholder value. Has worked with some of the fastest growing businesses in the UK; working with business owners to achieve sustainable high growth in EBITDA, turnover whilst assisting business owners to achieve high valuations on the sale of their businesses. Brings strategic financial vision and operational expertise to the organisations. Focuses on optimising financial performance, ensuring compliance and maximising profitability. Also has a strong background in financial planning, risk management, and business analysis, and is able to deliver insightful strategies that fuel growth, enhance operational efficiency and lead to sustainable success in today’s dynamic business landscape.    

Financial & Operational Strategy

  • Part of a small 3-person exec team achieving a Compound Annual Growth rate (CAGR) of 88%, increasing EBITA from £250k to £6million in 5 years.
  • Helped increase a small growing company increase turnover from £5m to £15m (44% growth rate) in 4 years.
  • Developed and implemented the groups operational, forecasting and cashflow models. Created a scalable market leading automated industrialised client journey, creating a 40% increase in productivity and staff utilisation.
  • Introduced and implemented a strategy focusing on increasing recurring revenues from 5% to 60% generating year-on-year incremental revenues of +£2m.
  • Transformation lead, delivering £5m (20%) permanent savings realisation across for a health care organisation.
  • Implemented new finance system (Microsoft Nav), roll out to 150 users, improving financial controls, processes and automation.
  • Constructed a business case to commercialise the IT function, generating additional revenues/profit for the group of £1.1m within two years.
  • Achieved ISO 27001 status for procurement.
  • Successfully led a business transformation to contribute year-on-year group profits from £80k to an EBITDA surplus of £1.2 Million in just two years with national recognition to delivering high performing services.
  • Full operational and back-office review, creating a £1.1m (23%) operational saving. Included restructuring the finance team creating a dynamic operational analytical data focused financial team.

 

Mergers & Acquisitions

  • Undertake M&A activity undertaking finance, tax and legal DD acquiring 2 businesses and half a billion of Assets.
  • Securing Lloyds debt funding £1.7m to fund an acquisition
  • Acquisition of Care home, £1.4m turnover
  • Acquisition of GP Practice, £1.2m turnover

 

Management Buy Out & Exit Strategies

  • Negotiated a management buyout (MBO) and group reorganisation, achieving a deferred consideration of £4million payable over five years.
  • Introduced EMI scheme incentivising middle management.
  • Production of a teaser doc, IM, data room and 5-year business plans to bring investment into the group. Generated a 14x EBITDA valuation and achieved a £4m cash injection following full tax due diligence (DD), Financial DD, legal DD and commercial DD overseen, finalising completion with a simultaneous debt refinance for £10m.
  • Strategic planning utilising the cash investment to create short- and medium-term growth plans.
  • MBO & Asset sale for a software SaaS Tech company.

 

Corporate Financing Activities

  • One of the first CBILS loans written in the UK with Barclays, securing a £1million loan following unforeseen increase in debtors rising by 150% (£1.2m)
  • Growth funding achieved with Caple £1.8m following due diligence, refinancing existing group debt for £1m.
  • Group loans refinanced for £6.6m, non-amortising loan, freeing up cashflow for growth. Full tax, legal, and financial due diligence undertaken.
  • Supplier stock lending facility achieve for £500k
  • Secured £1.7m asset lending to fund an acquisition

 

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