Head Of Finance

• Aug 2022 - Present

Group Commercial Finance Manager

• Jun 2019 - Aug 2022

● Providing expert analysis, insight and support to commercial, marketing, operations, and product development colleagues and directors ● Advising and influencing directors and other decision-makers● Managing a small team, recruitment, training, and mentoring● Customer-facing reviews of commodity market price model (Tesco feed ratchet)● Preparing budgets, forecasts, cashflow forecasts, and scenario modelling● Developing reporting, dashboards, KPIs, financial models and tools in SQL and Excel● Customer and SKU profitability analysis, tail analysis● Evaluating and advising on commercial opportunities, JBPs, and contracts● Evaluating Capex proposals, ROI analysis● Royalty reporting for Licenced products, contract governance● Post launch reviews, and post promotion evaluation ● Costing new products and tenders, price recommendations● Maintaining standard costs and price files● Analysis and tracking of overhead costs, distribution, labour ● Contributing to the development and implementation of IT projects and systems● Managing, tracking, and reporting £2m annual Trade Spend budget ● Month end close and balance sheet recs for commercial and marketing activity ● Daily and weekly sales reporting and analysis Show less

Commercial Accountant / Finance Manager

• Oct 2014 - Jun 2019

● £15m capital project financial governance and control, cashflow forecasting● Product costing, pricing, customer and product profitability analysis● Weekly & monthly management accounts, commentary and analysis● KPI setting and reporting incl. dashboards● Budgets, forecasting, financial modelling, deal evaluation and analysis● Line management, mentoring, training & recruitment

Project Accountant (interim)

• Apr 2014 - Oct 2014

Commercial contract delivery, revenue assurance and commercial finance governance and oversight for multi-million pound international, multi-national and multi-currency contracts in the Marine Services sector; preparing invoices in accordance with contract terms; monthly reporting; working closely with financial and management accounts teams; budget and P/L management; forecasting; line management. Commercial contract delivery, revenue assurance and commercial finance governance and oversight for multi-million pound international, multi-national and multi-currency contracts in the Marine Services sector; preparing invoices in accordance with contract terms; monthly reporting; working closely with financial and management accounts teams; budget and P/L management; forecasting; line management.

Commercial Finance Manager

• Oct 2006 - Mar 2014

Commercial in-life management of corporate contracts; Commercial Finance business partner to Sales, Project Management and Financial Accounts teams; pricing; internal and external reporting; billing accuracy; dispute and DIQ resolution; commercial contract governance and delivery; PO and credit approvals; service credit calculations; supplier management; customer relationship management; revenue assurance; cost savings; margin maximisation; P/L, CAPEX and balance sheet management; process improvement; business case analysis; FP&A; budget-setting and forecasting. Show less

Temporary Assistant Accountant

• 2006 - 2006

Temporary assistant accountant on The One Account with responsibility for reconciliations, month end submissions, budget management and reporting. Temporary assistant accountant on The One Account with responsibility for reconciliations, month end submissions, budget management and reporting.

Assistant Accountant

• 2004 - 2006

Assistant financial accountant for Fruehauf Parts and Service providing support to the Financial Controller and Finance Director, with responsibility for general ledger processing, month-end reporting and accounts payable. Assistant financial accountant for Fruehauf Parts and Service providing support to the Financial Controller and Finance Director, with responsibility for general ledger processing, month-end reporting and accounts payable.

Senior Administrator

• Dec 2000 - Aug 2003

Administrative support of courses, staff and students in the Department of Social and Life Sciences; line management; servicing subject board meetings; budget management; administration of ERDF (European Regional Development Fund) projects. Administrative support of courses, staff and students in the Department of Social and Life Sciences; line management; servicing subject board meetings; budget management; administration of ERDF (European Regional Development Fund) projects.

Inside Sales Manager

• 1999 - 2000

Costing, pricing and design of bespoke electronic material solutions: specialty polymers, shielding, EMC gaskets, Radar Absorbent Materials etc for fabrication on site and supply to automotive, defence, IT and telecommunications industries. Costing, pricing and design of bespoke electronic material solutions: specialty polymers, shielding, EMC gaskets, Radar Absorbent Materials etc for fabrication on site and supply to automotive, defence, IT and telecommunications industries.

Senior Sales Consultant

• 1994 - 1999

Target-driven customer-facing sales, internal telephone sales and key account management; designing, specifying and selling high-end bespoke computer systems to specialist IT users in the gaming and media industries as well as discerning home-users and SME clients. Procurement activities including sourcing and costing components. Line management and Team Leadership responsibilities for 4-5 sales professionals; HR responsibilities including conducting disciplinary reviews, writing training manuals for new starters and recruitment; Marketing responsibilities including writing and editing marketing copy. 1996-1997 Customer Service Manager with responsibility for complaint resolution and first line technical support. Show less