Solihull, England, United Kingdom
I am a strategic and results-driven finance leader, with demonstrable experience in partnering, financial planning, forecasting, and reporting. As Director of FP&A, I lead budgeting, long-range planning, and performance analysis for a £100m turnover business unit. Collaborating with cross-functional leadership, we drive initiatives that translate finance into actionable business decisions. Recent contributions include spearheading a multi-million-pound aged debt recovery effort, achieving a 56% reduction in outstanding debt within three months. With years of experience in senior finance business partnering roles, I have built a reputation for enabling operational excellence and fostering collaboration across leadership teams. My expertise spans commercial tenders, pricing strategies, and performance optimization programs. Passionate about empowering teams and delivering measurable business impact, I focus on aligning financial insights with organizational goals to unlock growth opportunities.
I lead the Annual budgeting, quarterly forecasting and monthly reporting cycles for the Commercial Drinking Water division covering P&L, Balance Sheet and FCF. Co-ordination of the monthly financial review process to deliver insight to EMEA and Global teams around business performance and demand metrics drivers (ARR measures, Customer Churn etc) Creation and development of financial models and analytical tools to support scenario planning and growth initiatives. Business Partnering with central support teams (HR/IT/Fleet) to ensure accurate forecasting and cost control. Support with integration of acquisitions.
Member of the UK Commercial Drinking Water (CDW) leadership team, providing both strategic and operational guidance and being the finance lead on all key business initiatives. Business partner to the CDW UK MD and wider leadership team including; Commercial Director, Ops Director and CX Director Budget, reforecast and long range planning responsibility for the business unit (c £100m t/o) as well as monthly, quarterly and annual reporting to EMEA/Group leadership. Finance lead for CDW UK commercial tenders and pricing. Brought together and lead a team to tackle a multi million pound aged debt ledger - driving a 56% reduction in outstanding debt over 3 months
Lead Finance support for UK Bus Operations Director and their Senior Leadership Team. Management of a team of Finance Business Partners and Analysts. Budgeting responsibility for c.£550m cost base covering Labour, Fuel, Training and wider support functions including HR. Finance lead for driver efficiency program targeting multi-million pound savings per annum. Finance lead for pay negotiations across multiple Trade Union bargaining collectives nationwide, with successful outcomes achieved across the board.
Business Partner to Autocentres leadership team including Operations, Fleet, Customer Service and Central Operations. Providing insight on, and strategies to improve, divisional/regional/garage profitability. Supporting business improvement groups and helping to drive transformation. Awarded ‘Most Valuable Player’