Experience

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  Wilson Power Solutions Ltd

  • Leeds, England, United Kingdom

  • Group Finance Director

    • Nov 2022 - Present
    • Leeds, England, United Kingdom

    Providing innovative, sustainable energy infrastructure solutions.

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  Family Fund

  • York

  • Vice Chair & Board Trustee

    • Jul 2020 - Present
    • York

    The Family Fund mission is to provide items and services to all low-income families in the UK raising disabled or seriously ill children, that they could not otherwise afford or access, and that help improves their quality of life, realise their rights, and remove some of the barriers they face.

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  Fintam Limited

  • York

  • C.E.O.

    • Apr 2018 - Present
    • York

    Business consultancy services including an assignment for Platinum Stairlifts Limited.Supporting this PE backed stairlift manufacturer following a recent acquisition to prepare Fair Value adjustments and year end statutory accounts. Additionally improved management information, implemented new accounting policies and procedures and conducted a system walk through of the changes required within the Oracle NetSuite ERP system regarding average and standard costing.

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  UK Coaching

  • Leeds, United Kingdom

  • Chief Operating Officer

    • Aug 2018 - Dec 2022
    • Leeds, United Kingdom

    Responsible for Business Development, Learning and Assessment, Finance, Technology, Operations and People& Culture.UK Coaching is the trading name of the charity The National Coaching Foundation whose role is to help improve the lives of those who take part in sport and physical activity by working with coaches and coaching organisations to deliver great experiences through great coaching and ultimately encourage a more active nation. Also includes UK Coaching Solutions, 1st4Sport a qualifications, learning and assessment awarding body and access to the UK Coaching Club.The National Coaching Foundation is partly funded by grants from Sport England and UK Sport. It has several trading subsidiaries including UK Coaching Solutions, which provides learning, development and recognised qualifications through 1sr4Sport and access to the UK Coaching Club across the fitness and sport and physical activity sector.These organisations raise the profile of coaching so that it is recognised for the wider benefits it brings to society and individuals.Through research excellence and working with its partners it creates coaching systems and delivers a fit for purpose workforce that better reflects society and makes coaching easier to get into and to stay involved. By encouraging technology it enables coaches to feel better connected, more knowledgeable and confident.In England, the organisations support governing bodies of sport, county sports partnerships and leisure providers, as well as many other organisations across the sport and physical activity landscape. In Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales and at high performance level, we work with the relevant Sports Councils to reach partners throughout the coaching system.UK Coaching is here for the Coach providing membership benefits to and receiving valuable insight from coaches at all levels including coaches at all levels from grass roots to the elite coaches in sport.

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  ImageData Group Limited

  • Yorkshire

  • Group Financial Director

    • Mar 2015 - Apr 2018
    • Yorkshire

    Director responsible for financial and non financial / general management aspects of the business including Quality, H&S & Environment.

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  Really Useful Products Ltd

  • Wakefield, United Kingdom

  • Finance Director

    • Jan 2013 - Oct 2014
    • Wakefield, United Kingdom

    Director, responsible for Financial, commercial and non financial areas within the business.Working closely with and deputising for the owner in his absence.

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  TT electronics PLC

  • Divisional Finance Director

    • Jan 2009 - Mar 2012

    Secure Power Division, £82m T/O, 750 employees• Responsible for managing operations in Mexico, Brazil, U.A.E. and the UK and growing the Secure Power division whilst maintaining financial control. Worked as a business partner with Divisional CEO and operational business directors to develop and deliver rapid growth including setting up new facilities in UAE and Brazil. • The division achieved a record underlying Profit of £7.5m • Growth initiatives including the opening of a new sales and assembly business in Brazil which achieved £3m sales within 2 years of operation and the development of new products• Implemented financial continuous improvement programmes, focusing on profitability and working capital, for example, reducing debtor days to 29 from a budget of 46. • Managed operational performance metrics in health and safety, quality, training and product design. • Developed operational, accounting and tax strategies including risk management. Instigated and developed telsales and CRM systems growing Service sales from £1m to £3m, created 'group wide' on line customer credit approval system and set up a new service support company in Mexico saving £1m per year in tax.

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  Dale Power Solutions plc- (Subsidiary of TT electronics PLC)

  • Scarborough

  • Finance Director

    • Sep 1999 - Dec 2008
    • Scarborough

    • Initial temporary contract for 6 months to mentor newly promoted Managing Director, implement financial control, budgets and forecasting, resolve badly implemented new ERP system and improved stock, contracting and working capital controls. • Appointed FD in March 2000, merging 5 seperate companies into one manufacturing entity with sales offices and turning round a heavily loss-making generating set company involved in a number of problematic long-term contracts, by focusing the business on high value added projects and high margin service operations.• The Company was totally reorganised with all long term contracts successfully completed.UK volume manufacturing was transferred to Mexico and costs reduced by £2.9m. • In 2004 promoted and given wider role with responsibility as FD for another group business manufacturing, sales and service of UPS equipment, namely Erskine Ltd. Gained Six sigma green belt including specific operational improvements using process mapping, FMEA cause and effect, lean manufacturing and other six sigma tools to reduce non productive costs, design led cost issues and process problems.• Merged Erskine with DPS in 2007 and restructured the company growing sales year on year and generating profit in 2012 of £2m with consistent financial control.

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  Marshall Aerospace

  • Cambridge, United Kingdom

  • Finance Director

    • 1995 - 1999
    • Cambridge, United Kingdom

    • Finance Director - Specialist Vehicles - 1996 to 1999 (£30m sales & 400 employees)• Spin off company created from Marshall Aerospace for the non Aerospace products and promoted to Finance Director.• Strategic development of existing business, including the manufacture of trucks, buses, commercial vehicles and specialist products for UK Ministry of Defence including Bedford truck spares for existing fleet, personally developed pricing negotiation and methodology using asset based price model. Bedford parts subsequently sold to ERF trucks.• Introduction and monitoring of new products and new ERP system• Financial turnaround from loss making to profit of £7m with cash generation of £5m.• Launched JV surplus disposal company, ( mainly MoD ) spares, creating £1m profit in the 1st year• Financial Controller - Aerospace 1994 to 1996 (£400m sales & 3000 employees)• Responsible for 32 staff and the Finance operation including budgets, forecasts, financial reporting, cost to complete analysis for contracts including MoD aircraft, special design and build aerospace projects and commercial planes.

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  Rentokil Initial

  • London, United Kingdom

  • Finance Director

    • 1992 - 1994
    • London, United Kingdom

    • Responsible for the Southern region of this subsiduary division.• Merged several new acquisitions into one regional entity.• Sales and service of photocopiers and office products.• Implemented lease CRM feedback system for sales generatring £1m of sales by identifying lease expiry/change opportunities and leasebook sales lead program.

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  IKON Office Solutions

  • Manchester & Cleckheaton, Yorkshire

  • Finance Director

    • 1988 - 1992
    • Manchester & Cleckheaton, Yorkshire

    • Responsible for Finance of Northern Region subsiduary companies under the previous name of Erskine Business Machines, subsequently bought by IKON.• Set up customer support function reducing customer queries from 100 per week to 10. System then implemented group wide.

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  Abal Engineering Ltd

  • Manchester

  • Financial Controller

    • 1985 - 1988
    • Manchester

    • Truck and trailer parts distributor? T/O £10m• Day to day Finance responsibility including franchisee and sub distributor review visits and telesales office management.