Experience

Everflow Water
• Head Of Finance

  • Oct 2021 - Present

Roundel Manufacturing Limited
• United Kingdom
• Furniture and Home Furnishings Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Head Of Finance

  • Feb 2018 - Oct 2021


PepsiCo

• United States
• Food and Beverage Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Site Finance Manager

  • Apr 2017 - Jan 2018

  Cross site Finance Manager for 2 Walkers Crisps factories (Peterlee and Skelmersdale) - Fixed Term Contract (Maternity Cover). Overall responsibility for site finances, budget planning and capital investment across both sites; and a key member of both site leadership teams. 5 direct reports, including a business analyst who is responsible for a further 5 employees and the day to day financial aspects of one site. Key achievements: Finance lead on project to secure additional 2million investment for automation at one of the sites. Delivery of £3million productivity savings across both sites and delivering AOP for following year including a further £1.3million savings. Show less



Morrison Data Services

• United Kingdom
• Utilities
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Finance Busines Partner

  • Jan 2017 - Apr 2017

  Morrison Data Services is a new company set up following the sale of G4S Utility & Outsourcing Services to a 3rd party. The company is the UKs largest utility contractor for data collection and management as well as one of the largest 3rd party contractors for meter installation works. The role was transferred from G4S and continued as the same duties and responsibilities. Morrison Data Services is a new company set up following the sale of G4S Utility & Outsourcing Services to a 3rd party. The company is the UKs largest utility contractor for data collection and management as well as one of the largest 3rd party contractors for meter installation works. The role was transferred from G4S and continued as the same duties and responsibilities.



G4S

• United Kingdom
• Security and Investigations
• 700 & Above Employee

• Finance Business Partner

  • Dec 2015 - Jan 2017

  Reporting directly to the Finance Director, the role is a senior manager for the business, acting as the finance lead for the business unit. Partnering with the Operations Director and Planning Manager to identify performance issues, drive productivity improvements and cost saving initiatives; as well as full month end management reporting. In addition I was responsible for the payroll department, ensuring accuracy of basic pay and bonus for over 2500 employees; with 3 payroll administrators and a management accountant as direct reports. Key Achievements: Finance lead on project to overhaul the operational structure of the business, seeking to focus on more profitable contracts, and improve margins leading to £3million annualised savings. Creation and implementation of bonus scheme leading to increased productivity and annual savings of £200k Financial lead on implementation of new job scheduling and billing system enabling automated invoicing for first time and allowing production of in-day management KPIs. Show less



Nestlé

• Switzerland
• Food and Beverage Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Finance Copilot

  • May 2015 - Dec 2015

  Reporting directly to the Finance Director, the role involved partnering with the brand marketing & sales managers, providing essential financial input on annual sales plans & profit targets; identifying gaps and working with the team to assess opportunities to close those gaps. This included producing weekly & monthly finance reports for non-finance personnel. In addition I was responsible for assessing the product development initiatives and assessing capital expenditure cases including new product development, applying NPV & discounted cash flow payback calculations; with the aim of maximising margins.Key Achievements:Providing key financial input and challenge on new product initiatives, turning an unprofitable initiative into a £5million incremental sales opportunity.Finance lead on full year 2016 brand sales and marketing plans; presenting to the board after only 2months in role, exceeding targets on growth expectations.Finance lead on project to secure £2million capital investment for the factory for new production equipment to improve margins on market leading brands. Show less

• Assistant Controller

  • Jan 2013 - May 2015

  Reporting to the Factory Controller, the role involved preparing weekly & monthly management reports for the factory leadership team and business unit management team as well as preparing the £100m factory budget. Role included one direct report and supervisory duties for wider finance team. I was also responsible for supporting the operations teams (shift managers, operators & other functions) including delivering basic finance training. In addition I was also able to contribute to key cost saving projects in the factory, including being trained in basic six sigma principles.Key Achievements:Finance lead on factory wide project with aim to deliver cost savings of >£7m per year for £20m investment.Setting & managing adherence to £100m factory budget.Project lead on two projects to deliver over £250k operational savings for the factory.Delivery of factory variance targets driving >£2m cost savings into the factory budget.Creation and delivery of finance costing and commercial training module for all factory shift managers. Show less



Procter & Gamble

• United States
• Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Cost Accountant

  • Sep 2009 - Dec 2012

• General Ledger Accountant

  • Jul 2006 - Sep 2009