Experience

Wisetek

• Ireland
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Chief Financial Officer

  • Oct 2020 - Present

  Cork, Ireland



The Irish Times

• Ireland
• Newspaper Publishing
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Group CFO

  • Dec 2018 - Oct 2020

  County Cork, Ireland



Diageo

• United Kingdom
• Beverage Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Global Sell to Cash Director

  • Apr 2015 - Jul 2018

  Budapest, Hungary Leading a team of 500 people Globally, with a focus on: 1) Executing our Sell to Cash Processes brilliantly, with the right controls, and no failures 2) Driving Debtors % Revenue improvement ever month for every market 3) Delivering 10% year on year effecieincy 4) Chairing Global Cash Steering to build the platform to deliver Working Capital improvement globally

• Commercial Finance Director Nordics

  • Aug 2013 - Apr 2015

  Copenhagen Area, Denmark Led the strategy and delivery for the Nordic Business, with full P&L and Balance Sheet accountability. Focus was on returning the business to growth, while expanding our Gross and Operating margin, and increasing market share, something that was delivered in my 2 years in Copenhagen as well as setting the foundation for growth going forward.

• Commercial Finance Manager - Planning & Activation

  • Apr 2010 - Jul 2013

  London, United Kingdom Sprint team lead to build a solution in SAP BI to cascade targets, channel plan & deliver a bottom up plan supporting joined up business planning process

• Pricing & Trading Terms Manager

  • Mar 2008 - Apr 2010

  Developed, implemented, embedded & managed a new Pricing Process encompassing annual price increases & duty changes, key trading periods, global minima & tactical product changes Worked cross functionally to develop 3 year pricing strategies taking into account portfolio & customer strategies, competitor moves & brand architecture Developed pricing models, tools & documentation to support users in how they should be making a pricing decision, understanding not only the internal… Show more Developed, implemented, embedded & managed a new Pricing Process encompassing annual price increases & duty changes, key trading periods, global minima & tactical product changes Worked cross functionally to develop 3 year pricing strategies taking into account portfolio & customer strategies, competitor moves & brand architecture Developed pricing models, tools & documentation to support users in how they should be making a pricing decision, understanding not only the internal financial impact but the impact to our market share as well

• Commercial Finance Manager

  • Jul 2006 - Mar 2008

  Sydney, Australia Second in charge to Regional Business Manager, accountable for Net Sales delivery of 71M AUD, Gross Profit delivery of 46M AUD Full accountability for Overheads budgeting and our delivery within it Managed & reported 30M AUD of Trade Spend Annually Drove the profit forecasting process to deliver accuracy of +/- 10% on a monthly basis Partnered the sales team in developing their commercial understanding and in turn their accountability for their decisions

• Various Finance Roles

  • Oct 2000 - Mar 2008

  Various