Kunal Thakrar

Director FP&A | CGMA

Loughton, England, United Kingdom

About

▸ 14 years experience, with 10 years CIMA PQE ▸ Broad industry experience in Blue-chip businesses with growth ambitions ▸ Progressive senior roles partnering with MD/C-Suite level ▸ Management of revenue growth (£6bn base), unit cost reduction on Opex/capex base (£0.5bn) with associated working capital costs increase ▸ Transforming teams to reduce processing time and add valuable insights ▸ Comfortable in ambiguous environments to help define role scope ▸ Covered many roles in Finance from transformation to Corporate strategy/M&A ▸ Systems: SAP, SAC, BPC, VDT, Hyperion, GCP, Power BI

Experience

  • Director of FP&A - EMEA at Culligan International
    Sep 2025 - Present · 10 mos

  • Openreach (Hybrid)
    • FP&A and Finance Controller
      Jul 2023 - Aug 2025 · 2 yrs 2 mos

      FP&A lead for FCTD (Fibre, Customer, Transformation and Data) unit of Openreach against a challenging business case which is a key driver in the groups share price. Ensuring resources are managed effectively to deliver on connection demand whilst reducing cost per premises. ▸ 5 year MTP modelling using operational inputs ▸ No surprise monthly forecasting ▸ Business partnering Operations team and driving ownership of KPIs ▸ Improving reliability of data and automating processes through utilisation of SAP/SAC dashboards as well as utilising Power BI

    • Head of Finance, Commercial & Strategy
      Jan 2022 - Jul 2023 · 1 yr 7 mos

      Finance lead for revenue on one of the largest infrastructure projects in the UK - the roll out of full fibre. Partnering MD/SLT on product development, portfolio optimisation and pricing. Lead Business Partner for the business strategy of moving customers from legacy copper platform to full fibre.

  • AVP Finance - Strategic Programmes at Accord Healthcare
    Jan 2020 - Jan 2022 · 2 yrs 1 mo

    Award winning top 10 generic Pharmaceutical manufacturer and supplier in Europe. The role formed a part of both the Financial and Regional Leadership team.

  • Director at K Thakrar Consulting
    Jan 2018 - May 2020 · 2 yrs 5 mos

    Consultancy Services

  • Senior Commercial Finance Manager at Wickes
    Aug 2019 - Jan 2020 · 6 mos

    Home improvement and garden equipment retailer with 230 stores in the UK. During the contract, Wickes underwent a demerger with Travis Perkins PLC in preparation for floating on FTSE250 stock exchange. Highly commercial role leading a high performing team to partner the business.