Jason Grace
Director of Finance at Checkit- Claim this Profile
Click to upgrade to our gold package
for the full feature experience.
Topline Score
Bio
Philippa Wheadon
Working with Jason, over the last 3 years, he has always been a trusted partner, enthusiastically approaching the real time business challenges set out. He is equally able to turn his analysis to both commercial and operational management environments, influencing both the day to day and strategic decisions within the organisation. His diverse skill set and strong presentation skills have enabled him to manage multiple stakeholders within a matrix structure, equally able to lead or support a team in the preparation of commercial agreements, capital vote papers and development of capacity modelling tools as well as the critical 24 month outlook and supply chain cycle. I wish him all the best in his next opportunity.
Daniel Twitchen
What stands Jason out as a Finance Professional is his ability to understand what the numbers are really telling you, including production shop floor activities that translate into the critical metric of profitability and cash flow. He more than anyone in this profession I have worked with, really gets the ‘theory of constraints’ and how continuous improvement is achieved. He made very significant contributions from shop floor modelling to Executive Strategy, helping to increase profitability. He is loyal, a brilliant team player, patient, quick to listen, agile and one of the few individuals I would go as a sounding board on almost every topic from operations, sales, research and strategy.
Philippa Wheadon
Working with Jason, over the last 3 years, he has always been a trusted partner, enthusiastically approaching the real time business challenges set out. He is equally able to turn his analysis to both commercial and operational management environments, influencing both the day to day and strategic decisions within the organisation. His diverse skill set and strong presentation skills have enabled him to manage multiple stakeholders within a matrix structure, equally able to lead or support a team in the preparation of commercial agreements, capital vote papers and development of capacity modelling tools as well as the critical 24 month outlook and supply chain cycle. I wish him all the best in his next opportunity.
Daniel Twitchen
What stands Jason out as a Finance Professional is his ability to understand what the numbers are really telling you, including production shop floor activities that translate into the critical metric of profitability and cash flow. He more than anyone in this profession I have worked with, really gets the ‘theory of constraints’ and how continuous improvement is achieved. He made very significant contributions from shop floor modelling to Executive Strategy, helping to increase profitability. He is loyal, a brilliant team player, patient, quick to listen, agile and one of the few individuals I would go as a sounding board on almost every topic from operations, sales, research and strategy.
Philippa Wheadon
Working with Jason, over the last 3 years, he has always been a trusted partner, enthusiastically approaching the real time business challenges set out. He is equally able to turn his analysis to both commercial and operational management environments, influencing both the day to day and strategic decisions within the organisation. His diverse skill set and strong presentation skills have enabled him to manage multiple stakeholders within a matrix structure, equally able to lead or support a team in the preparation of commercial agreements, capital vote papers and development of capacity modelling tools as well as the critical 24 month outlook and supply chain cycle. I wish him all the best in his next opportunity.
Daniel Twitchen
What stands Jason out as a Finance Professional is his ability to understand what the numbers are really telling you, including production shop floor activities that translate into the critical metric of profitability and cash flow. He more than anyone in this profession I have worked with, really gets the ‘theory of constraints’ and how continuous improvement is achieved. He made very significant contributions from shop floor modelling to Executive Strategy, helping to increase profitability. He is loyal, a brilliant team player, patient, quick to listen, agile and one of the few individuals I would go as a sounding board on almost every topic from operations, sales, research and strategy.
Philippa Wheadon
Working with Jason, over the last 3 years, he has always been a trusted partner, enthusiastically approaching the real time business challenges set out. He is equally able to turn his analysis to both commercial and operational management environments, influencing both the day to day and strategic decisions within the organisation. His diverse skill set and strong presentation skills have enabled him to manage multiple stakeholders within a matrix structure, equally able to lead or support a team in the preparation of commercial agreements, capital vote papers and development of capacity modelling tools as well as the critical 24 month outlook and supply chain cycle. I wish him all the best in his next opportunity.
Daniel Twitchen
What stands Jason out as a Finance Professional is his ability to understand what the numbers are really telling you, including production shop floor activities that translate into the critical metric of profitability and cash flow. He more than anyone in this profession I have worked with, really gets the ‘theory of constraints’ and how continuous improvement is achieved. He made very significant contributions from shop floor modelling to Executive Strategy, helping to increase profitability. He is loyal, a brilliant team player, patient, quick to listen, agile and one of the few individuals I would go as a sounding board on almost every topic from operations, sales, research and strategy.
Experience
-
Checkit
-
Netherlands
-
Advertising Services
-
1 - 100 Employee
-
Director of Finance
-
Feb 2023 - Present
-
-
Head Of Commercial Finance
-
Oct 2021 - Jan 2023
-
-
Finance Planning Manager
-
Sep 2020 - Oct 2021
-
-
-
Element Six
-
United Kingdom
-
Industrial Machinery Manufacturing
-
700 & Above Employee
-
Senior Finance Business Partner - Operations and Commercial
-
Feb 2020 - Sep 2020
Utilised experience and knowledge to support the business understand critical operational components that were adding significant cost to the business.
-
-
Integrated Business Planning Manager
-
Oct 2018 - Jan 2020
Tasked with improving an immature process that encompasses beginning to end supply chain, to refocus metrics and processes to give the company improved oversight of the expected medium term performance of the business
-
-
Interim Finance Director - Sales and Marketing (maternity cover)
-
Jan 2018 - Sep 2018
Led a high calibre finance team supporting the sales and marketing function through detailed and innovative commercial analysis
-
-
Finance Business Partner - Sales and Marketing
-
Jan 2016 - Dec 2017
Developed long term and short term budgeting. Provided structured analysis to support decision making.
-
-
Financial Analyst
-
Oct 2013 - Dec 2015
Introduced the first monthly sales forecasting process, driving sales accountability and allowing operations to focus on fulfilling orders for significant customers, resulting in improved customer delivery performance and repeat business
-
-
-
PwC
-
Professional Services
-
700 & Above Employee
-
Manager
-
Sep 2006 - Sep 2013
Audit manager for a client portfolio ranging from a FTSE 100 Aerospace & Defence Company, group subsidiaries of a large listed Japanese Corporation, Group subsidiary of a privately owned Pharma Research Company to an owner managed company providing psychometric testing. Audit manager for a client portfolio ranging from a FTSE 100 Aerospace & Defence Company, group subsidiaries of a large listed Japanese Corporation, Group subsidiary of a privately owned Pharma Research Company to an owner managed company providing psychometric testing.
-
-
-
Boomerang Media Group
-
United Kingdom
-
Advertising Services
-
1 - 100 Employee
-
Network Development
-
Jun 2005 - Dec 2005
-
-
-
-
Analyst
-
May 2003 - May 2005
Served as a valuable member of a corporate finance boutique Served as a valuable member of a corporate finance boutique
-
-
-
-
Business Development Manager
-
Sep 2001 - Jul 2002
Mergers and Acquisitions project manager Mergers and Acquisitions project manager
-
-
Education
-
1998 - 2001
University of Exeter
Bachelor of Arts (BA), Economics
Community
