Experience

Rolls-Royce

• Industrial Machinery Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Head of Business Evaluations

  • Jul 2020 - Present

  In this role I lead the team responsible for financially evaluating all sales campaigns on Rolls-Royce's Civil Aerospace Large Engine products.We work closely with Sales and Commercial to find product and service offerings that deliver excellence to our customers and achieve Rolls-Royce's objectives and strategy.

• Finance Business Partner - Trent XWB Engine Programme

  • Jul 2017 - Sep 2021

  In this role I worked in the Trent XWB Programme, partnering with the business on all aspects of running the engine programme, covering engine development, investment appraisal, engine production and aftermarket services. I was the interface between finance and the business, making finance understandable for the business and using business knowledge to inform our forecasting and reporting.

• Senior Finance Manager: Business Evaluation Capability

  • Jan 2015 - Jul 2017

  I managed a team of Analysts developing tools, processes and governance to support the financial evaluation of sales campaigns for Civil Aerospace large engines.Harnessing my experience of working on sales campaigns I was the resident expert in financial evaluation methodology. I led the team through the introduction of new products and services, cut the time it takes to evaluate and govern sales opportunities and introduced new systems and processes to improve visibility of Sales performance and support Sales in maximising value for Rolls-Royce and our customers.

• Finance Manager: Business Evaluations

  • Jan 2012 - Dec 2014

  I co-managed a team of Finance Analysts producing financial evaluations on sales campaigns, selling engines and long-term service agreements for large engines in Civil Aerospace. I was responsible for the quality and timeliness of evaluations and for working with the Sales team to optimize deal constructs to maximize value for Rolls-Royce and our customers.I worked on a project to re-design the sales and governance process, which reduced the time taken to approve sales campaigns by 80%. I designed pre-approved deal constructs that allow Sales to respond quicker to customer requests.I led the Finance team through a period of transition as we merged with a Commercial / Engineering team, including training the new larger combined team.

• Senior Finance Analyst: Civil Aerospace Aftermarket

  • Jan 2010 - Dec 2011

  In this role I undertook monthly P&L and Balance Sheet reporting and periodic budgeting and forecasting on aftermarket for four of Rolls-Royce’s large aero engine programmes. I project managed a change program which brought together disparate Finance teams into a centralized team designed to support newly created Finance Business Partnering structure.I designed a system in IBM COGNOS to facilitate the creation of statutory accounts for a major entity, along with a number of other process improvements.

• Finance Analyst: Submarines

  • Jan 2009 - Dec 2009

  In this stand-alone Finance role I worked as part of the management team alongside Engineering and Commercial leads for a business unit specializing in the maintenance and development of power plants for submarines. This role involved monthly P&L and Balance Sheet reporting and periodic budgeting and forecasting, along with process improvement.

• Finance Analyst: Risk and Revenue Sharing Partnerships

  • Jul 2007 - Dec 2008

  The purpose of this team is to contract and administer deals with strategic suppliers. My role involved partner relationship management, deal analysis and negotiation, along with routine administration, forecasting and financial modelling.I supported the successful negotiation of partnership agreements with 4 suppliers for the Trent XWB engine programme, modelling deals in Excel and participating in negotiations.

• Finance Analyst

  • Sep 2005 - Jun 2007

  Whilst on the Graduate Training Scheme I gained a breadth of experience across Rolls-Royce working in Naval Marine, Defence Aerospace and Manufacturing in roles covering Management Accounting and process improvement.