Candidate Overview
The candidate is a commercially focused, fully qualified finance leader (ACA/ACCA/CIMA) with over 12 years’ experience operating within high-growth consumer products, e-commerce, retail, and manufacturing environments. Comfortable operating within entrepreneurial, fast-paced businesses, they are equally effective leading month-end close and statutory compliance activities as they are influencing strategic decision-making through insightful financial analysis and performance reporting.
Core Expertise
- Financial Control & Governance
- Monthly Management Accounts
- Budgeting & Forecasting
- E-commerce & Direct-to-Consumer Finance
- ERP & Finance Systems Optimisation
- Process Improvement & Automation
- Commercial Finance Business Partnering
- VAT, Corporation Tax & Regulatory Compliance
- KPI Reporting & Board Packs
- Team Leadership & Development
Selected Career Achievements
- Reduced month-end reporting cycle from 10 days to 5 days, significantly improving management visibility and decision-making.
- Improved cashflow forecasting accuracy from 85% to 98%, strengthening liquidity management and working capital control.
- Delivered over £750k annual cost savings through process optimisation, supplier spend analysis, and automation initiatives.
- Led finance systems transformation, integrating ERP, reporting, and BI tools to improve reporting accuracy and reduce manual intervention by over 40%.
Leadership Profile
The candidate is a hands-on finance leader who combines strong technical capability with commercial pragmatism. They are known for creating structure within fast-moving businesses, improving financial visibility, and building finance functions that are viewed as genuine business partners rather than back-office support teams.
Ideal Next Role
The candidate is seeking a Financial Controller position within a growing consumer products, e-commerce, retail, FMCG, manufacturing, or direct-to-consumer business where they can combine financial stewardship with process improvement, commercial support, and team leadership. They are particularly well suited to entrepreneurial, high-growth organisations looking to strengthen controls, improve reporting quality, enhance automation, and build a scalable finance function capable of supporting continued expansion.
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