Restructuring Manager

• Oct 2021 - Present

Associate Director, Special Situations Group

• May 2021 - Sep 2021

Associate Director, Special Situations Group, Restructuring, Deal Advisory

• Nov 2015 - May 2021

The Turnaround, Transformation and Liquidity team at KPMG operates within the Restructuring department and seeks to stabilise under-performing companies by identifying opportunities for strategic, operational, organisational and financial change, and executing on them to achieve real results.Within the team I have delivered the following, working closely with client c-suite and shareholders:• Led the financial baselining, initiatives review, process improvement and support restructuring for a UK courier business, identifying and scoping revenue improvement, headcount and cost reduction opportunities.• Led an operations review across LATAM, Europe and Asia for a multinational services group, identifying and scoping headcount and cost reduction opportunities.• Lead for multiple projects in the healthcare sector across cash management, pay and non-pay which targeted in year savings, efficiencies and improvements to management reporting. Primary focus on pay spend.

Strategic Growth Initiatives Programme Lead

• Mar 2014 - Nov 2015

The Strategic Growth Initiatives (SGI) programme is an internal investment programme designed to accelerate revenues in certain identified key programmes at KPMG UK. The programme is sponsored and overseen by the COO and is a core part of KPMG’s strategy. My responsibilities included:Management of the overall SGI programme, budget requests, financial performance reviews, interaction and reporting with the Executive Committee. A detailed review of the SGIs for the Executive Committee to determine whether the investment budget was deployed effectively and how the SGIs could be accelerated. Working with Corporate Development and other stakeholders to completely redesign the acquisitions process to expedite and ensure alignment to strategy.KPMG lead for the Business Innovation Summit 2015 – a significant event run in conjunction with HSBC to discuss how corporates can maximise the value of their innovation. Leading the organisation of a key workshop to executive level members of the commercial banking division of a leading international bank. Designed and ran a programme of activities to increase awareness of the SGIs throughout KPMG UK in conjunction with internal communications.

Tax Manager

• Aug 2006 - Mar 2014

The Financial Services Tax department – covering banking, insurance and funds management – works with financial institutions to develop and execute global tax strategies striking a balance between risk and opportunity. The work covered tax compliance, bespoke advisory and also tax audit assistance. I was primarily focussed on the insurance sector and my role included:A four month secondment to Mexico as an “out of the box experience” where I was able to develop relationships with my primary client in continent where no relationship with KPMG previously existed. Work was subsequently won with the client in a number of those countries.Identification, sale and execution of an opportunity for a client to refresh their intra-group transfer pricing policies to benefit from a more tax efficient structure. Negotiation and securing of favourable outcomes with HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) in a number of areas, leading to a significantly improved outcome for clients in terms of reduced man hours, cashflow, penalties and income.

Head of Secondary Care

• Oct 2019 - Apr 2020