Experience

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  Vibrant Foods

  • Birmingham, England, United Kingdom

  • Interim PM/ Finance Consultant

    • Sep 2022 - Apr 2023
    • Birmingham, England, United Kingdom

    Trouble shoot / aid stabilisation of recently formed SSC which has grown through M&A, name age and new system implementation

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  National Grid

  • Warwick, England, United Kingdom

  • CFO Transformation Programne - Initiative Lead

    • Aug 2021 - Apr 2022
    • Warwick, England, United Kingdom

    Delivery of current status and future strategy of outsourcing back office functions

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  Meggitt

  • England, United Kingdom

  • Interim SSC - R2R Lead

    • Mar 2021 - Jun 2021
    • England, United Kingdom

    Interim R2R with transformation experience to manage , recruit , train and stabilise a rapidly changing team

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  Johnson Controls

  • Solihull, West Midlands, United Kingdom

  • Finance Change / Transformation

    • Nov 2018 - May 2020
    • Solihull, West Midlands, United Kingdom

    Lead in ‘To be ‘ end to end process mapping across multiple systems and countries Project / Business SME for the roll out of ERP Oracle Fusion implementation in Canada & US

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  Private Practice

  • Various

    • Nov 2017 - Oct 2018

    Ad hoc work assignments

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  FIS

  • Birmingham, United Kingdom

  • Interim Finance consultant/ Project Manager

    • Feb 2016 - Oct 2017
    • Birmingham, United Kingdom

    Project manage outsourcing of AP/ T& E from UK to SSC PUNE UK finance lead for globalisation of Oracle Finance Systems Finance lead for Data Centre Consolidation Business Case

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  Interserve

  • Birmingham, United Kingdom

  • Head of Finance Projects- FOC

    • Jan 2012 - Dec 2015
    • Birmingham, United Kingdom

    •SMT member of Shared Service department with responsibility of driving change and delivery of projects to time and budget•Lead/ contribute to Integration projects when Interserve acquired Initial Facilities division from Rentokil on 18th March 2014 (£540m t/over), such as increasing staff in department from 80 to 160 people •Conduct/ Lead Finance Reviews within Operational businesses to review key processes and recommend improvements •Establish and drive forward Lean improvements across the department

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  National Grid

  • Interim Finance Consultant

    • Jan 2011 - Nov 2011

    •Manage finance for the Head of OHL and Cables across two Alliances and central contracts, included review and setting up of financial reports. •Investigate and prepare report for Executive Finance Director UK on the adequacy of financial control across Transmission, which included Electricity Alliances, Gas Transmission and Substation Projects (approx £1.3bn)•Prepare/ manage end to end finance processes and identify gaps and improvements•Finance representative on control and change initiatives within National Grid such as- - Member of the steering committee for the UK Construction Control Framework - Finance representative on the Construction Change Programme Board - Contribute to Data Strategy initiatives

  • Interim Alliance Finance Manager

    • Jul 2009 - Dec 2010

    •Finance Manager for Alliance with partners, AMEC, Babcock Networks and Mott MacDonald to deliver a programme of construction works•Interact with various senior business managers from Alliance members and partner organisations on a daily basis ensuring relevant financial obligations of the Alliance are met•Utilise financial skills and business experience to drive business performance, help deliver targets•Resolve complex / high risk issues when required•Contribute to a major construction review and subsequent restructuring•Appraise major projects and identify business opportunities•Manage financial submissions, plans, budgets, forecasts, reports•Drive process improvements

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  Finning Group (UK)

  • Interim Programme Manager/ Finance Manager

    • May 2008 - Mar 2009

    •Successfully manage the integration and transition of areas of the finance function for Hewden Stuart, located in Glasgow and Manchester, with Finning UK based in the West Midlands. This included recruiting a new team in the West Midlands, intergrating with current teams and managing the knowledge transfer in a multi site organisation•Manage the new finance teams day to day delivery of finance information

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  Intier Automotive Interiors Ltd (part of the Magna Group)

  • Interim Project Manager/ consultant

    • Oct 2007 - Apr 2008

    •Responsible for recruiting and leading a qualified interim team to produce key complex reconciliations and resolving finance issues within challenging time constraints•Project managing the documentation and flow charting of processes at Group Office and identifying opportunities for business and financial process improvements•Liaising with SAP IT Consultants to resolve queries and produce effective reports

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  Resolution plc- Life Division South

  • Interim Consultant/ Manager

    • Aug 2006 - Sep 2007

    •Paper to assess proposed FTE's long term finance structure, •Aid in transfer during the transition of staff from Liverpool to Wythall.•Paper on the commercial loans to recommend a solution to the management and day-to-day operations of commercial loans. •Co-ordinate the year end audit in a changing environment where the company had undertaken a funds merger and very challenging deadlines

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  Technicolor (part of the Thomson Group)

  • Interim European Finance Manager/ Controller

    • Oct 2004 - Aug 2006

    •Financial Controller of 4 Dutch companies (1 royalty company, 3 holding companies). Work included finalising international trademark licence agreements, hedging, budgeting, forecasting, accounting for merger of companies, statutory accounts, tax issues•Prepare commercial viability and high-level proposal for centralisation of European sites•Undertaken project work for European Distribution FD including active member of migration project which included sale of trademark asset (value (€262m), legal structure of complex holding company, legal vs. branch structure for European Distribution companies•Financial/ commercial viability of business proposal which looked at centralisation of 3 European Distribution sites•Liaising with other group companies world wide, banks, external auditors, consultants•Manage statutory accounts of European Distribution sites

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  Virgin Trains

  • Interim Finance Manager

    • Mar 2004 - Sep 2004

    •Reporting to the Financial Director, which involved managing a business unit of Virgin Trains, including forecasting, setting up reports and reporting on a monthly basis of the business unit. •Introduction and reporting of weekly KPI’s and add hoc project work

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  AT & T, Britannic Assurance, National Grid

  • Interim Project consultant/ FM

    • Dec 1998 - Feb 2004

    Other companies worked at:-- AT and T- interim manager within EMEA- Britannic Assurance - part of executive sponsored project team re-engineering processes and systems. This including assessing existing processes and constructing new conceptual models and building robust business cases- National Grid- actively participated in projects during review and restructure of the telecommunication subsidiary of National Grid

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  Business Link

  • Financial Controller

    • Apr 1994 - Dec 1998

    •Monthly presentation of financial information to Board of Directors (Executive and Non Executive)•Responsible for successfully setting up a finance function for the Company•Actively involved in strategic and corporate planning of the business•Undertaken financial review of external companies•Negotiating contracts with suppliers •Responsible for managing staff•Actively participated in the company’s attainment of Investors in People and ISO 9001•Implementation of a new Financial Accounting System, Sun Systems

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  BDO Stoy Hayward

  • Audit/ Accounts Supervisor

    • Sep 1988 - Jul 1993

    •Worked as an audit/ accounts supervisor on a portfolio of clients which included leading a team of assistants, liaising with clients, solving queries, recommending improvements and finalising accounts•Providing constructive business advice to external companies