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Ref - Finance Director/Financial Controller – Ref 7314

Finance Director/Financial Controller

Qualified CIMA Senior Financial Controller/Finance Director availabe from September . Extensive experience in senior finance roles at SMEs and large corporates, in B2B and B2C, manufacturing, food, service sector, infrastructure. Proven track record of commercial improvement and M&A: customer/supplier negotiation; business transformation; Finance Lead for sale of a company and Project Lead for a business acquisition. Wide experience of budgeting, business planning, scenario modelling, profit assurance, scaling-up. Accustomed to leading operational teams: ITC, Property, Retail, Engineering, Customer Services.

Finance no1 on site(s) reporting into MD as part of a wider Senior Leadership Team
management of ledgers, payroll, cash, leading the Finance team (10 staff), preparation of monthly accounts and weekly flash accounts, submission onto Group consolidation software in accordance with Plc timetable, adhere to Plc controls
Present monthly accounts to Board
3+9 forecast preparation, development of new weekly sales report (customer and brand versus budget and rolling six week average)
Management and ‘hands on’, latter being payroll control account reconciliations, stock reconciliations (count versus system records: raw materials, WIP, finished goods, 1800
skus), weekly sales report, weekly accounts when accountant on leave, user access control on finance system (MS NAV)

Successfully project managed an acquisition, subsequently managed the business, transforming its financial performance via customer and supplier negotiations to double its previous turnover
Project sponsor and coordinator for a range of business improvement initiatives (both revenue enhancement and cost reduction)
Typically improved the annual budget from first pass to final approved version
Finance Lead for disposal including the completion and coordination of due diligence including disclosures, warranties, ‘locked box’ accounting, data room and transitional services agreement.
Led the transformation programme featuring both cost reduction and revenue improvement projects and delivering c. 40% bottom line improvement

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