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Interim manager

Work Experience

April 1995 to present.
Impress Creative Imaging Limited – formerly part of Alcan Lawson Mardon Packaging – now part of the Janoschka Group, which is regarded as the European leader in gravure origination and cylinder engraving. Gravure Cylinder Manufacturer and Origination House. Finance Manager.

Responsible for finance, administration, human resources and training. Proactive member of the general management team.

Ø Instrumental in instilling ownership for local forecasts, budgets and performance.
Ø Introduced supervisory training policy.
Ø Seen company through transition from being a member of a large multinational group to the more autonomous position within a smaller, but pan European, privately owned group.
Ø Introduced systematic approach to material purchase, thereby reducing direct material cost from over 10.5% to approx 8% of sales giving an annual saving about £80,000.

May 1988 to April 1995
Self employed Business Consultant.

Worked closely with a number of clients in the following fields:

Graphic Design & Printing Newspaper Publishing
Leisure – large bingo and entertainment chain Protective clothing/safety equipment
Photographic studios Steel trading – large importer
Steel Stockholdings Food Manufacture and Processing
Holding Companies Department Store Retailing

Clients from small family run companies up to large manufacturing company with £150m t/o and 1500 employees. Projects included general reorganisation, computer and systems work, standard costing and yield control, acquisition and disposal work, business start-ups, budgets and forecasts, accountancy supervision, and general financial and commercial advice.

Computer literate. Systems include IBM, DEC, ICL and McDonnell Douglas main frames, Unix, Mumps, Windows and DOS on PC’s and Apple Macs. Some programming experience.

September 1985 to April 1988
UCM Trading Limited. Multinational Holding Company. Managing Director. Division of UCM plc.

Originally joined UCM Trading Limited as Divisional Finance Director. The Company poised for rapid expansion with the proposed introduction of substantial financial support from its new Arab shareholders.

Ø Brought Division through 15-month period of severe cash restraint.
Ø Significant reduction in overheads and stock holdings.
Ø Acquisition appraisal of a leather tannery in Kenya.
Ø Introduced a number of first-rate distribution agreements.

Strategic planning, monitoring and control. Products included IBM computer distribution, leather trading, fine chemical distribution, food ingredients and products, industrial chemical trading, safety equipment and industrial clothing.

February 1979 to September 1985
Harlow & Jones Limited. International Metal Traders. Company Secretary & Executive Director.

Unprofitable turnover was eliminated. Profitability was restored and the Company started a period of controlled expansion. During the reorganisation the London staff were reduced from approx. 100 to 35. (Accounting and Finance reduced from 20 to 8).

Ø Introduced and developed regular performance reports with appropriate cost/profit centre analysis.
Ø Installed a DEC PDP11/34 and upgraded to a 11/44 computer and developed systems.
Ø Introduced cash flow forecasting and cash flow management.
Ø Introduced stock control and involved in changing stocking policy.
Ø Contributed towards changing loss-making company with suspect annual accounting to a profitable firm with regular performance reports and effective stock control.

Control of (20) 8 staff covering entire accounting and administration function using DEC PDP11/34 later upgraded to a 11/44 computer. Responsible for the preparation of management accounts, reports and statutory returns.
UK and export credit control, including foreign exchange.
Responsible for Documentary Credit documentation and arranging and maintaining finance facilities.

Also responsible as Group Accountant for Industrial Specialty (Iron & Steel) Ltd a holding company with 23 active subsidiaries.


April 1971 to February 1979
Thos Barlow Group (The UK subgroup of Barlow Rand).

July 1975 to February 1979. Barlow Handling Group. Financial Controller.
Turnover £60m with approx, 1000 employees. Manufacturers and distributors of fork lift trucks.

Ø Introduced and developed Group Trainee Scheme.
Ø Unified accounting and reporting system throughout Barmech Group.

Control of 26 staff including two qualified accountants. Attended and advised at Regional Managers Meetings. Preparation of monthly management accounts, statistics and reports. Cash flow forecasting and monthly projection of balance sheet for following five months. Annual accounts, consolidation and corporation tax computations. Development and implementation of both clerical and computerised procedures. Involved in the following computerisation projects: Equipment stock control, parts stock control, service costing by value and hours. Computerised commission calculations, computerised assets register for trucks on lease or short-term rental (over 1000 trucks in rental fleet). Also responsible for the accounting of substantial rental/leasing companies (a joint venture with Lloyds & Scottish) and a machine tool manufacturer in Glasgow.

Education

Qualified ACCA all exams passed first attempt

Skills

Accountancy and general management
Project management

Languages

Some Norwegian
Currenty do second year of German at evening classes

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