Part-time FDs & CFOs

A Fellow Chartered Certified Accountant (FCCA) with over 20 years’ of experience in rapid-paced organisations with global reach and strong growth ambitions.

Provides financial transparency and forecasting to navigate business challenges and ensure informed, transparent decision-making by business owners and senior management teams.

Experienced Board Member specialising in investment and M&A Finance, Financial Controllership, Cash and Capital Management, Systems and Data Analytics & Project Finance.

Trusted advisor, Confident business leader, effective communicator and influencer.

Highly commercial, energetic and hands on approach to business with significant SME experience of both high growth companies (M&A activity, integration of businesses, growth funding) and turnaround strategies (cost reduction programmes, working capital stability, cash flow forecasting).

Strong track record of working with owner managed SMEs, banks and investors (i.e. private equity and VC’s) on MBO’s, fund / debt raising, buy & build and exit strategies to generate increased added value and improved performance (including historic / forward looking covenant reporting) underpinned by robust internal financial controls.

A multilingual, innovative leader with proven ability to produce results for Finance, Operations & IT with a strong track record of creating high-performance cultures and developing reporting structures, through using well-developed stakeholder & change management techniques.

Tenacious problem solver, supported by strong interpersonal and communication skills and an excellent manager, mentor, and coach.

A seasoned leader and finance professional with global experience offering strategic advisory services to companies, from early stage start-ups to preparing for exit. Extensive background in developing infrastructure & strategies to create value.

Expertise in Accounting, Taxation, Financial Modelling, Business Valuation, FP&A, Corporate finance, Capital Structures, M&A, Financial Due Diligence, Target Identification and Business Development.

Experienced Board Member specialising in investment and M&A Finance, Financial Controllership, Cash and Capital Management, Systems and Data Analytics & Project Finance.

Trusted advisor, Confident business leader, effective communicator and influencer.

An Executive and Non-Executive board member with complete ownership and accountability for strategy, financial management and corporate governance. Knowledge and experience within Public Companies, International Groups and Joint Ventures.

Traditional expertise raising debt and equity, managing stakeholders, building high performing teams and FP&A. Experience of corporate structuring, tax compliance, statutory accounting and managing external auditors.

Big 4 trained with over ten years’ experience taking start-up companies through change programmes and external audits as well as securing external financing to fund expansion.

Experienced in change and restructuring exercises. Good communicator and enjoys working with all departments within a business as well as external stakeholders such as auditors, banks and other advisers.

Extensive experience in Management Consulting, Business Consulting, Marketing Consulting, Marketing Strategy, Pricing Strategy, Financial Consulting, Financial Advisory.

Specialises in increasing sales and profitability, expanding into new markets and planning an exit strategy.

Extensive experience at Director level in SME's particularly distressed businesses.

Specialises in Finance, General Management, Commercial Management, Information Technology and Systems Implementation.

Private Equity and business structuring experience coupled with commercial acumen. Positive & determined leader with proven track record of successfully driving and implementing radical change, focussing the business on key measures including process improvement, growth, customer satisfaction, cash management and cost reduction.

Excellent communication, influencing and negotiation skills. Considerable experience in empowering and motivating teams to produce quality results.

Extensive experience in turnaround, transactional and transformational engagements. Providing either buy or sell side transactional support through M&A activity, including preparation for sale or post-deal integration.

A proven track record in providing business owners with practical assistance and advice at every stage from inception through to exit either by working within the business or from a third-party standpoint.

A proven track record in providing business owners with practical assistance and advice at every stage from inception through to exit either by working within the business or from a third-party standpoint.

Commercial business partnering background, working with CEO’s and C suite
Experience includes turnaround, and multiple exits, with both Full Market, AIM listed and P/E backed businesses - adept at managing change, driving cash from working capital management, profit improvement and financial management.

Substantial operational experience including managing HR, IT, Finance, Marketing and Export sales, warehousing and a US health clinic.

Extensive transactional corporate finance experience including capital raising (regional and PE funds, and IPO , M&A (transaction negotiation, structure, documentation, completion and integration).

Commercially minded board-level executive with strong retail and D2C experience, with a proven track record of growing brands, delivering results and driving shareholder value.

Excellent communication, influencing and negotiation skills. Considerable experience in empowering and motivating teams to produce quality results.

Strong experience of working with operational managers to ensure successful financial management in particular cash flow management, by developing robust budgets, ensuring timely and accurate management accounts and developing effective forecasts.

Strong experience of leading teams and managing staff and excellent stakeholder management skills to ensure that needs of the organisation are met, whilst maintaining financial control.

Experienced SME CFO / COO with a track record of enabling business scaleup by professionalising finance, operations, and people functions.

Extensive experience partnering with investors/founders in Private equity backed, VC backed, Owner managed, and Multinational backed businesses to enable funding, automation roadmap delivery to realise global scale efficiently, and achieving scaleup of teams.

Company Director in strategic, commercial and financial management roles. Acquisition, disposal, profit improvement, systems and cash flow management experience, both in private/family owned limited companies and groups. 10 years as shareholder in own private company. Successful trade sale of shares in own company December 2009.

Strong record of achievement. Very commercial and strategic outlook. Able to guide, mentor and develop members of staff, or else do it myself.

Specialties: management consulting, finance director, financial director, exit, disposals, business plans, commercial finance, due diligence, part-time finance, outsourced finance, financial management, interim finance, insolvency, FD, FC, business partner, ICT, venture capitalist, VC, venture capital, PE, private equity, angel investment, NED, non-exec director, acquisitions, reorganisations, turnarounds and growth situations. Record of developing and maintaining strong working relationships.

Highly experienced Chief Financial Officer, expert in growing and transforming businesses organically & acquisitively, traditional & online, across fast paced global B2B and B2C markets.

Key strengths include delivering profitable growth, driving step changes in working capital levels, clear communications and assembling & managing high performing teams across different disciplines. Accustomed to operating at board level, working with private equity, investors, banks and regulators.

Thrives on communicating complex financial matters in a simple manner, enjoys problem solving across multiple disciplines and working closely as a trusted advisor to the CEO.

Results driven highly motivated ‘C’ Level Executive with extensive experience in leading corporate organisations and managing complex commercial change programmes to achieve strategic objectives in regulated and non-regulated marketplaces.

Experience in M&A, PE led businesses, system implementation and building highly motivated teams

An inspirational leader and outstanding team player who creates robust strategies to translate vision into reality. Also a, strong analytical, problem solving and decision-making skills with a passion for performance, together with excellent communication skills.

Has supported more than thirty organisations and delivered growth, efficiency, and margin improvements. A partner to the CEO and mentor and leader to the development of business teams to deliver sustainable growth.

Brings the capability to develop scalability of an organisation through business planning and the implementation of technology and end-to-end systems, management structure, robust reporting, processes and governance, risk management, and appropriate funding,

A wealth of experience in managing bids for new business, contract negotiations and the complete process of M&A delivery.