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Finance director/Financial Controller

Work Experience

Employment History

Aug 2001 ONWARDS

Consultancy assignments including a 6-month interim contract in Paris as Finance Director for Fujitsu Services SA, the computer services company (£60m T/O, 700 staff and 15 offices). Full departmental management of 20 staff. Concentration on debt improvement, vat recovery (300k), inventory accounting control, invoice system enhancements and improvements to the forecasting process.

1996-2001
ICL plc
European Computer services group
£2.5bn T/O 20,000 Employees

Director of Finance, ICL Scotland
Reporting to MD and International FD, this role established financially the new ICL Scotland operating company from the Scottish elements of the existing 7 UK divisions. This involved agreeing the operational parameters e.g. customers, staff, contract base of the company, the internal operating relationships and the financial measurement of the business results. Also to support the commercial development of the business (£50m T/O, 400 staff) which included winning a low-risk £12m consultancy contract at 20% gross margin from the Royal Bank of Scotland.


Financial Controller, Services Division, Sweden& Norway
to May 2000

Reporting to the local Managing Director and the Divisional FD. Combined turnover of £43m with 28 offices and 640 staff. Member of the Executive Team with a staff of 5. Seconded with the objective of controlling the full management accounting process and financially reviewing the status of these declining businesses, proposing turn-around scenarios and executing the agreed strategy.

Achievements
- Re-focused the Swedish company to manage against key KPI’s and implemented a rationalisation programme, reducing payroll by an annualised 15% adding 5% to gross margins in the mainstream break-fix area.
- Planned and implemented a balance sheet recovery exercise to ensure compliance with UK Gaap.
- Following a strategic review of the Norwegian business (£8m T/O) negotiated the disposal of this loss-making business to a local competitor under a 5-year outsourcing arrangement returning a goodwill payment and a royalty stream of 15% of revenues.
- Negotiated the disposal of the loss-making Swedish Repair Centre (£3m T/O, 80staff) at no cost to the group.


Group Internal Audit Manager, Slough to Nov 1998

Reporting to the Director of Risk Management. Responsible for a multi-national team of 6 qualified accountants. Performing internal control reviews based on a risk-based planning methodology and special projects internationally.

- Responsible for re-starting the Audit function including a risk-based planning methodology and departmental working procedures.
- Improved the group internal control profile with the number of issues raised during the 97 external audit reduced by 40% against 96 levels.

1995-96 Metalair-Filliat Limited
Aluminium Tanker manufacturer £13m T/O 200 Employees

Interim Finance Director reporting to Managing Director and Group Finance Director (Powell Duffryn plc). Full board member and controlling separate finance teams in the UK and France. Total staff of 11 with 3 direct reports. Concentration on rationalisation of the French manufacturing plant.


1995 Group Lotus Limited
Automotive consultants/manufacturers £70m T/O 1000 Employees

Head of Finance reporting to the Group FD and leading department pf 25 with 4 direct reports.

- Introduced currency-hedging policies to plan foreign exchange cash flows with European supplier base.
- Prepared plan for consignment stocking scheme for the European dealer network including negotiating a £4m credit facility enabling enhanced turnover in Europe.
- Proposed, selected and planned a major financial sysstems implementation project to replace 10-year old systems.
- Upgraded the role of project accountants to that of business partners resulting in improved forecast accuracy, invoicing timeliness and debt collection.


1993-4 Europa Freight Corporation SA/BV
Benelux freight forwarders 14m T/O 200 Employees

Benelux Financial Controller reporting to Group FD and Benelux MD. Supervised Belgian and Dutch finance departments with a total staff of 15.

- Returned Belgian subsidiary to a profit in 1994 of BFr4m following a 93 loss of Bfr 16m.
- Improved Belgian debtor days to 50 (1994) from 90 (1993) and Dutch debts from Dfl 4m to Dfl 1.2m.


1989-93 Fisons plc Pharmaceuticals and Horticultural £1.25bn T/O 10,0000 Employees

Financial Controller for C$90m/600 staff Canadian horticultural subsidiary exporting peat products to the US and the leading consumer garden chemicals brand. Responsible for all corporate accounting (4 direct reports) and local plant financial supervision (3 factories and 3 distribution depots).

- Oversaw 40% increase in turnover within chemicals division.
- Introduced a new Activity Based Costing system that resulted in 3% gross margin improvement within factory operations.
- Supervised the introduction of new financial software reducing month-end reporting from 5 to 3 days.

TO Aug 91 Group Internal Auditor

Undertaking financial control audits and systems reviews internationally with 60% overseas travel. Special projects included introducing a hyperinflation accounting system in Brazil, consolidations in a new division and due diligence reviews.


1987-89 KPMG, Cambridge
International Audit and Business Advisors

Project role as Business Services Supervisor specialising in a £1m+ corporation tax fraud, business plan drafting for company start-ups and client secondments with UK Paper and Leeds Permanent Building Society.


1983-86 Dixon Wilson
City-based Chartered Accountants

15 partner firm providing a full training contract with experience of plc audits, private company audit, corporate and income tax and accounts preparation.

Education

UK SCHOOL - 13 O'LEVELS AND 4 A'LEVELS,
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, LONDON - BSc - CHEMISTRY - 1983,
ACA - ENGLISH CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT - 1987,

Skills

DIRECTOR EXPERIENCE,
EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT TEAM MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE - 4 OVERSEAS EXPERIENCE,
FINANCE DEPARTMENT MANAGEMENT OF UP TO 25 MEMBERS,
FINANCIAL AND MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING,
FINANCIAL CONTROL AND INTERNAL AUDIT,
FORECASTING AND BUDGETS,
SYSTEMS - HYPERION, ORACLE, BPCS, JD EDWARDS, MS OFFICE, EXCEL,
INVENTORY CONTROL,
CREDIT MANAGEMENT,
EXPERIENCED WITH WORKING WITH OPERATIONAL MANAGEMENT,

Languages

ENGLISH - MOTHER LANGUAGE,
FRENCH - GOOD BUSINESS COMPETENCE,

Other

CULTURALLY AWARE,
EXCELLENT COMMUNICATIOON SKILLS,
GOOD SENSE OF HOMOUR,

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