Experience

S4 Capital Group
• United Kingdom
• Advertising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Head of Group FP&A

  • Oct 2022 - Present


Tropicana Brands Group

• United States
• Food and Beverage Services
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Europe Finance Lead

  • Feb 2022 - Sep 2022

  European Finance lead for new joint venture between PAI (Private Equity) and PepsiCo, created in February 2022 • Full financial stewardship of $0.5bn Revenue business across 13 European territories, reporting to Global Board and PAI • Broad responsibility across Commercial Finance, Control, Planning, Tax and Treasury • Design and embedding new ways of working with PepsiCo via Transition Service Agreements • Leading Europe Finance Separation Planning including ERP selection • Recruitment and development of a new team of 24 people across multiple European offices • Ideation and development of Value Creation Plan, encompassing portfolio analysis, growth space opportunities, manufacturing footprint, route to market and organisational design • Lead relationship with external service providers Show less



PepsiCo

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

• CFO, UK Nutrition

  • Apr 2021 - Jan 2022

  PepsiCo UK Nutrition (Tropicana, Naked, Copella & Quaker) Finance Lead, £0.3bn Revenue• Full P&L ownership through proactive business navigation and decision making, balancing short and long term financial targets• Challenging and influencing commercial and investment decisions• Responsible for leading forecasting, planning and reporting cycles• Navigating significant business disruption (Covid, SAP implementation, Juice JV announcement) to deliver 2021 Plan across all metrics• Leadership of a team of 12 people Show less

• Director - Corporate FP&A

  • Jan 2019 - Apr 2021

  Financial leadership of the UK&I FP&A agenda, working closely with UK&I CFO, CEO and European Finance Leadership• Navigating short and long-term financials targets, through performance reporting, forecasting and risk management• Leadership of full FP&A process, Operating Cost Management, Long-Term Integrated Business Planning, Cash Flow, Ireland Finance and Supply Chain Finance teams• Implementation lead of UK&I Digital Planning Platform (TM1/Tableau) and SAP Planning Business Readiness• Direct leadership of five Finance Managers, broader team of 25 Show less

• Senior Manager - Corporate FP&A

  • Apr 2017 - Jan 2019

  Business Partner to UK Board and European Finance Leadership in the provision of full P&L performance navigation• Preparation and communication of Periodic Business Reviews• Design, improvement and co-ordination of all financial planning processes• Provision of deep-dive analytics to drive commercial performance• Leadership of a team of four Finance Manager / Analysts; winner of European FP&A Award for Talent Development

• Senior Finance Business Partner - Impulse Snacks

  • Nov 2015 - Apr 2017

  Commercial and financial leadership for Walkers Snacks across Wholesale, Convenience and Out of Home Channel – c£300m Net Revenue. Provided strategic insight, implementation and optimisation of promotional mechanics, product mix, joint business plans and trading terms to drive revenue, profit and share

• Senior Finance Manager – Walkers Sales

  • Nov 2014 - Nov 2015

  Partner with UK Head of Sales, Walkers CFO and Walkers CEO to provide business critical thinking: promotional optimisation, driving profitable full revenue (£600m), delivering overall financial targets and balancing PepsiCo UK needs with those of our customers

• Senior Finance Manager – Quaker Tropicana Operations

  • Sep 2012 - Oct 2014

  Provision of financial planning leadership for UK COGS spend for Quaker, Tropicana and Co-Manufacturing Spend across matrix organisation of stakeholders

• Senior Finance Manager – PepsiCo Europe Procurement

  • Oct 2008 - Sep 2012

  Led team of 8 people in the financial planning and reporting of PepsiCo Europe direct material spend of $6bn

• Finance Manager – PepsiCo Europe Reporting

  • Aug 2005 - Sep 2008

  Led team of 3 people in the consolidation and reporting of PepsiCo Europe financial results ($13bn across 60+ entities) to PepsiCo Corporate



Serco

• France
• Oil and Gas
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Financial Reporting Manager

  • Oct 2002 - Mar 2005

  Consolidation and communication of Plc. results and forecasts on a quarterly basis to CFO level Consolidation and communication of Plc. results and forecasts on a quarterly basis to CFO level



EY

• Entertainment Providers
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Executive

  • Nov 1998 - Sep 2002

  Executive within Audit & Assurance, exposure into a number of high-profile entertainment and technology clients Executive within Audit & Assurance, exposure into a number of high-profile entertainment and technology clients