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Finance Director

Available Immediately – ACA qualified Finance Director with vast experience. A commercially focused individual with an excellent track record of operating in an international private equity backed business. Has extensive experience in strategic development, coupled with a solid grounding in financial reporting and compliance. Experienced in resolving complex and challenging business issues and reporting directly to the Board at a pace aligned to a clear strategy. Enjoys working with like-minded people, being part of a results driven team, and motivating others.
  • Financial oversight and coaching
  • Strategic Planning and Delivery – successfully developed and delivered on the agreed strategic plan which was developed for the privately owned Group
  • M&A – led the closure of a loss-making site and completed the acquisition and integration of a small processing business with a turnover of £5m
  • Succession Planning – managed the integration of new starters following the retirement of several long serving colleagues
  • Delivered on KPIs and was responsible for strong business performance
  • Technical Lead for the Group – leading investment and transformation in a critical part of the business
  • Led a SAP implementation on go-live weekend to run the whole project for 4 sites (£300m turnover, 1500 employees) simultaneously including an external provider
  • Led the Group’s business performance teams across Europe covering the UK, Ireland, Germany and France
  • Transitioned the business to a data led approach: the first move towards Big Data
  • Responsible for reporting to the Executive team with oversight responsibility for all reporting in the Group
  • Led inflation recovery workstreams to successfully recover over £70m of inflation, personally presenting to all UK Retailers with the Sales Director
  • Managed a team of 10 direct reports, with these direct reports business partnering key leads across the European business
  • Key role on the sale of business
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