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Finance Director

Finance Director

Work Experience

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

October 2001 to Sept 2003

Employer: SBS Group Plc
Nature of Business: Recruitment
Turnover: up to £53m, UK, Europe and US
Position: Chief Executive Officer

Duties &Responsibilities
· Responsible for all aspects of the groups strategy and the implementation of that strategy.
· Responsible for all aspects of liasing with investors, analysts and other city financial advisors.
· Direct responsibility for all UK and European operations including sales and marketing, with US CEO and Group Finance Director as direct reports.

October 2000 to October 2001

Employer: SBS Group Plc
Nature of Business: Recruitment
Turnover: up to £53m, UK, Europe and US
Position: Chief Operating Officer

Duties &Responsibilities
· Co-ordinated the development of the company’s long-range strategic plans to ensure best use of company resources in pursuing long-range growth and profitability objectives.
· Ensured company’s overall mission, corporate objectives and key messages were communicated accurately, effectively and consistently internally.
· Prepared and oversaw geographical regions budgets and profitability in conjunction with geographical managing directors.
· Motivation of direct reports to achieve company’s overall objectives and targets.
· Interface with external clients as well as advisers and suppliers to the group.

October 1998 to October 2000

Employer: SBS Group Plc
Nature of Business: Recruitment
Turnover: up to £53m, UK, Europe and US
Position: Group Finance Director



Duties &Responsibilities
· Main board director with responsibility for finance and IT across the group, which consists of three geographic areas of the UK, Continental Europe and the United States. Responsibilities include strategic direction of the group as well as overall control over all aspects of the groups financial and IT matters.
· With the Chief Executive responsible for all aspects of liasing with investors, analysts and other city financial advisors.
· Responsible for all aspects of the groups banking and financing arrangements including the arrangement of currency funding to allow for the groups recent US acquisition.
· Actively involved in the identification, completion and subsequent integration of the groups acquisitions.
· Managed the process of replacing the groups European and US front office systems to allow for the integration and streamlining of the UK and European operations.

February 1994 to October 1998

Employer: Micro Warehouse Inc.
Nature of Business: Direct Mail Reseller of Computer Hardware and Software
Turnover: $2bn World-wide, Europe $600m
Position: Chief Financial Officer - Europe

Duties & Responsibilities
· Responsible for the financial control and operational management across eight countries taking the organisation from $30m in 1994 to final position of $600m. As a key member of the European Executive management team, responsibilities include the strategic direction of the European Business, acting as financial advisor to the Vice President and General Manager Europe as well as overall control of all aspects of European financial matters.
· Actively involved in the identification, completion and subsequent integration of 15 acquisitions across ten countries in under 18 months.
· Meeting US quoted parent company reporting deadlines and standards, ensuring sound financial controls are maintained in each country and that both Corporate and local reporting requirements are strictly adhered to. Maximise cash utilisation by minimising debtor days, maximising inventory turns and ensuring that vendor terms and conditions are adhered to.
· Control treasury function to minimise potential losses through foreign exchange exposure, maintaining and developing relationships with bankers in all European countries. Minimise taxation liabilities for the parent company and formulate tax planning opportunities based on professional advise where appropriate.
· Develop and control annual budget and forecasting process and review current business trends to anticipate any short and long term impact on profitability of the European group.
· Implement new financial systems where appropriate and a member of the world-wide advisory committee for the implementation for Peoplesoft financial systems.

October 1992 - February 1994

Employer: Fujitsu Business Systems Europe Limited
Nature of Business: Super Computer Hardware Reseller
Turnover: £90m
Position: Financial Controller

Duties & Responsibilities
· Consolidated three companies in three different countries and centralised and rationalised the financial functions in the UK through the successful implementation of Oracle Financials.
· All aspects of financial control including financial reporting, budgeting, forecasting and treasury management. Acting as financial adviser to the management team and help construct financially appropriate bids for contracts up to £20m.

April 1991 - October 1992

Employer: ICL (UK) Limited
Nature of Business: Computer Hardware Manufacturer
Turnover: £90m
Position: Finance Manager - Third Party Trading Division

Duties & Responsibilities
· Financial appraisal and monitoring of ICL’s third party resellers.
· Management and control of working capital, establishing policies and procedures for the cash management activities of the Business Division.
· Manage the interface with the external managers of Reseller Open Hire and provide specialist advice and guidance on the funding aspects of this and other leasing activities.
· Accountable for cash, debt and funds flow forecasting including the responsibility for planning the total cash requirement for the Business Division.

1982 - 1991

Employer: Deloitte Haskins and Sells (Now PWC)
Nature of the Business: International Firm of Chartered Accountants
Position: Audit Manager

Career History
· Joined Deloitte Haskins & Sells in 1982. Passed professional exams at the first attempt.
· Post Qualification selected as part of fast track partner programme and spent 18 months in the United States working on a large US subsidiary of a UK Company and was also involved in the pre-acquisition review and subsequent audit of a large multi-site electrical component distributor. Audit experience was of large and medium sized clients in a variety of industries including financial services.
· Audit experience in the UK is of large and medium sized clients in the retail, construction and manufacturing industries. Also experienced in the audit of UK subsidiaries of US companies including all aspects of US 10k and SEC reporting requirements.
· Corporate Finance experience includes both pre and post acquisition reviews for purchasing companies and due diligence work for banks. Such assignments included reporting on financial statements, accounting systems, and profit forecasts.
· Consultancy experience includes a secondment to a major national company reporting on all aspects of the management reporting systems with recommendations for improvement.
· General management duties were the overall control of a designated portfolio of clients including responsibility for day to day client contact, fee negotiation, cost control and staff planning and delivery of audit , tax, consultancy, and all aspects of service to the client.
· Other audit group responsibilities involved staff planning and counselling, forecasting and budgeting and audit software implementation. Other duties included being a member of the graduate recruitment team, involving speaking at career seminars and conducting first interviews.


Education

EDUCATION & QUALIFICATIONS
1972-1979 Urmston Grammar School for Boys
1979-1982 Lancaster University
14 GCE ‘O’ Levels
4 GCE ‘A’ Levels
BA (Hons) 2ii Accounting & Finance
ACA Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants England & Wales 1985 (First time passes)


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