Experience

Maybe Sailing

• United Kingdom
• Maritime Transportation
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Tall Ship Crew

  • Mar 2018 - Present

  Refitting Ships in Portimao Portugal ~ 3months. Sailing and providing hospitality for paying guests from Scotland to Iceland via the Faroes via anchorages around both ~ 2 months. Crew for delivery of motor yacht from Lorient to Ipswich ~ 2 weeks. Interim catering steward for ship delivery from Grimsby to Portimao for minor refit ~ 3 weeks. Refitting Ships in Portimao Portugal ~ 3months. Sailing and providing hospitality for paying guests from Scotland to Iceland via the Faroes via anchorages around both ~ 2 months. Crew for delivery of motor yacht from Lorient to Ipswich ~ 2 weeks. Interim catering steward for ship delivery from Grimsby to Portimao for minor refit ~ 3 weeks.



The Meath Epilepsy Charity

• United Kingdom
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Finance Manager

  • Mar 2017 - Feb 2018

  Immediately reviewed the loss making Budget and identified savings to achieve surplus Alongside the CEO met all managers to discuss and revise the Budget Immediately managed the Audit with new Auditors Provided their first TB matrix for Statutory Accounts Provided improved, simplified, monthly financial management report with commentary Immediately provided job descriptions for finance and recruited for a vacancy Directed the implementation of cloud based communications for finance and subsidiary Provided the process steps for a manufacturing & distribution subsidiary to change from manual to automatic systems Identified errors in the manual payroll process and in payments Assisted and supported the new CEO including deputising at key meeting Assisted in managing and serving for a Gala Dinner for 120 guests Challenged a decision to outsource fund raising for a subsidiary Challenged and reported on the use of Charity funds in a subsidiary Challenged and reported on the profitability of a subsidiary



Graytone Ltd

• United Kingdom
• Retail Office Equipment

• Financial Controller

  • Sep 2007 - Jan 2017

  FC reporting to shareholder director Graytone Achievements ➢ Prepared Business Plan Scenarios for £6M Service Contract for Spanish Airline ➢ Set Up the operations and finance systems for a production repacking company ➢ Initiated Daily Dashboard on Invoiced revenue & margins showing detailed low margins ➢ Developed Daily Dashboard revenue pipeline, quotes & orders KPIs ➢ Initiated Daily Company & Group Cash at bank, financing availability, free cash, group funding ➢ Initiated operational product stock reconciliation to the financial ledger ➢ Initiated stock report by product, by supplier which identified old stock not sold - £250k ➢ Initiated stock, risk analysis, write offs and provision procedures with specific products reported ➢ Initiated revenue reporting by product, by salesman, by customer, by supplier, by country and market sectors ➢ Initiated re-structuring the balance sheet to improve group cash processes, control & reporting ➢ Initiated re-structuring ledgers to capture and report on the detail for key business sectors ➢ Initiated streamlined Year End Audit process with quality reports and reduced Audit effort & cost ➢ Initiated new IT software to create databases to drive operational & finance reporting ➢ Reorganised finance structure, re-trained & recruited, mentored and developed all staff and changed the culture ➢ Prepared Business Plans for European Distribution & Mixing facility ➢ Negotiated a Duty Free Operation direct with HMRC