Experience

Burgess Pet Care

• United Kingdom
• Food and Beverage Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Managing Director

  • Feb 2023 - Present

• Finance Director

  • Mar 2018 - Feb 2023


Adare SEC
• United Kingdom
• Business Consulting and Services
• 100 - 200 Employee
• Interim commercial finance manager

  • Oct 2017 - Mar 2018


FMG Ltd

• Textile Manufacturing

• Financial Controller

  • Mar 2016 - Sep 2017

  FMG is the UK’s leading independent outsourcer of fleet incident management and specialist recovery services to the fleet, leasing and insurance marketplace. Based in Huddersfield with over 375 employees, turnover in excess of £100m. Responsibilities - Manage a team of 25 across core and commercial finance, credit control and invoicing. - Control and deliver the month end results including full P&L, BS and Cashflow. - Analyse and review all commercial reporting in the business including a customer P&L dashboard, income stream profitability reporting and management accounts. - Analyse and advise on all pricing models for new and existing business. - Ensure the accuracy of cash forecasting and report directly into the group treasury function on a weekly basis. - Control the quarterly forecasting and budget progress including analysing and reviewing assumptions and output. - Manage the credit control team and control escalations when required. - Review the Balance sheet on a monthly basis to ensure accuracy of profit and ensure cash releases are maximised and working capital maximised. - I control and liaise with the auditors during the year-end process. Achievements - Recruited and developed a stronger management team within the finance team to support me and the finance director. - Redeveloped a new tender pricing model to capture all new business tenders. - Helped to redeveloped the reporting suite and automated the previous manual processes. - Reduced the reporting timetable from 7 to 5 and later 3 days driving more accurate reporting. - Created a new budget model for the new fiscal including P&L/BS and Cashflow. - IFRS 15 revenue recognition across the group in advance of new standard implementation Show less



Hain Daniels Group

• United Kingdom
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Head of Finance

  • Sep 2012 - Feb 2016

  In September 2012 I was promoted to Head of Finance for the £140m turnover Food To Go division consisting of 5 factories, 6 product categories (Juice, Smoothies, Ingredients, Chilled Desserts, Frozen desserts and Fruit).This division was expanded in December 2013 taking on an additional two factories (7 in total). These factories produce soup and ready meals producing both own label and New Covent Garden soups and Linda McCartney brands.This role expanded further in March 2014 where I also took on the responsibility of the £160m Grocery jams and spreads division including the Hartley’s, Sunpat and Gales brands.Responsibilities - Contributed to the overall leadership, strategy and management of the division.- Controlled, prepared and reviewed all annual budgets and quarterly re-forecasts.- Monitored and controlled factory and divisional overheads to drive cost reductions.- Oversaw promotional commercial support and analysis, particularly on pre and post promotional reviews and new promotional strategies.- Business partnered with the sales director to assess and prepare retail tenders on an annual basis including reviewing profitability of new product development.- Responded to major movements in the commodity markets and analysed the effects to the business.Achievements- Managed a complete product costing analysis of 70 products within the Chilled Desserts factory due to profitability concerns. - Reviewed and implemented a promotional strategy for the Soup business which generated an additional profit within 12 months.- Produced EBITDA analysis by product group for the full business to include overhead allocations. - I was a pivotal member of the VDD team during the sale of Daniels chilled foods to its new US owner Hain Celestial. - Purchase of the spreads/desserts business from Premier Foods (£200m deal value). My work stream focused on reviewing all commercial agreements with customers and assessing the key deal valuations risks. Show less

• Commercial accountant

  • Jun 2010 - Sep 2012

  Hain Daniels Group is a chilled, frozen and fresh food manufacturer with turnover in excess of £150 million when I joined in Jun 2010. Hain Daniels makes and sells, fresh food and drinks in following categories (Soup, Drinks, Fruit, Sandwiches, Chilled and Frozen ready meals and chilled and frozen Desserts).- Controlled and analysed all promotions highlighting successes and failures, with actions to improve promotional performance.- Prepared and advised the commercial director on all annual joint business plan agreements with customers including over rider, advertising fees and one off payments.- Approved all new product listings, associated margins and promotional strategy for individual customers.- Prepared, reviewed and presented the quarterly forecast and annual budgets in advance of presenting to directors focusing on sales and standard margin.- Responsible for a £3m annual sales cost centre including all advertising and promotional spends for the business. - Analysed monthly financial information comparing to budget and forecast reviewing all variances and explaining accordingly.- I developed a net margin report, which apportioned all factory variances across the 3,000 SKUs within Daniels. This included explaining monthly fluctuations in margins, reviewing new launches and setting targets for the business to help ensure margins were maintained and improved- Part of a New Covent Garden soup task force – a small group of senior managers focused on the growth of the £50m Soup category including all aspects of the brand such as competitor analysis, NPD, promotional strategy, brand visions and financial targets.- Developed promotional strategies to maximise margins across a range of product areas. Show less



Morrisons

• India
• Medical Equipment Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Commercial analyst

  • Jan 2010 - May 2010

  The category review team, looked at improving margins within each of the product categories by looking at merchandising, price and promotions, supplier issues and product range. Responsibilities Contributed and participated on cross-functional finance led projects. Interacted and developed relationships with colleagues across various functions. Interpreted internal market data, themes, patterns and trends through data analysis. Provided expertise and practical assistance in the investigation, evaluation and interpretation of data. Show less



KPMG UK

• United Kingdom
• Accounting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Assistant Manager

  • Sep 2005 - Jan 2010

  KPMG Transaction Services provided M&A support throughout the transaction from pre-deal evaluation through to completion and post deal integration or separation focusing on M&A transactions. These included acquisitions, disposals, mergers, joint ventures, leveraged buy outs (LBOs), Initial Public Offerings (IPOs). Responsibilities - Worked alongside KPMG’s Corporate Finance Practice on the disposal of a business to provide a robust and independent view to potential purchasers. - Reviewed financial forecast models to understand key assumptions and analysed if the historical evidence supports these assumptions. Investigated and understood all aspects of the P&L, Cashflow and Balance sheet of the client or target company. - Highlighted any potential control environment risks within the business and reported on these areas with recommendations. - Met daily with management of the client or target to discuss the due diligence analysis undertaken. - Worked to tight deadlines and targets by working effectively and efficiently under pressure and prioritising work accordingly. - Produced reports as part of the due diligence process and took accountability for divisional work and areas of the scope. - Assisted in business development activities by researching a company or industry sector, reported findings and put together proposal documents. - Analysed publicly available information on a target company to identify key risks and potential deal breakers. - During my time at KPMG I spent 6 months within the KPMG restructuring department. Show less