VP Finance - FP&A and Global Operations at Chromalloy (2023-05 – 2026-04)
Relocated to Global Headquarters in Florida to assume responsibility for the FP&A function in addition to existing responsibilities.
- Business Partnering: Supporting the COO to reduce inventory by improving TAT and labour efficiency, generating $40m in free cash.
- Transformation: Redesigning the Global Capital Expense process including implementation of an online tool to streamline the process.
- Organisational Development: Improving the annual Budget and quarterly Forecasting processes.
- Executive Leadership: Supporting CFO at business reviews with PE Partner.
Director of Operations Finance at Chromalloy (2022-04 – 2023-04)
Financials responsibility for all Chromalloy's site finance teams across the globe.
- Full financial responsibility for circa $1bn turnover.
- Provide sell side due diligence support for sale of 3 operational entities in UK, France and Mexico as well as closure of 1 loss making site in the England.
- Statutory Directorship responsibilities for 5 UK entities and Joint Venture with Rolls Royce.
- Coaching and developing Finance team of 65 across North America, UK, Europe and Asia.
Regional Finance Director (EMEA) at Chromalloy (2021-05 – 2022-03)
Reporting in a matrix organisation to the Regional GM and VP of Finance, responsible for the Finance functions across multiple sites in the UK, Holland, France, Thailand and sales offices in Turkey, UAE and Saudi Arabia.
- Full financial responsibility for circa $180m turnover.
- Coaching and developing Finance team of 25 in multiple jurisdictions.
- Reviewing and reporting regional P&L, Balance Sheet and Cash Flow performance.
- Support and approve major investment decisions at each of the 6 sites within the region.
- Business Partnering: Led the transformation projects at two UK sites to return to profitability.
- Organisational Development: Restructured roles and responsibilities to improve business support for decision making in Thailand.
- Problem Solving: Released performance bonds unlocking $3.4m in cash with customer in Saudi Arabia as well as outsourced GM duties to local advisory firm.
- M&A: Pivotal in preparation of management presentation and populating the data room for buyer due diligence.
- Property: Negotiated early release on a property lease for one UK entity and sub lease of a vacant property, working with legal and advisory firms.
UK Finance Director (Interim) at Mexichem Speciality Compounds (2020-09 – 2021-04)
Short term contract to support business divestment and managing Finance & IT functions for UK operations.
- Problem Solving: Investigated inventory anomalies in SAP, working with the Finance and SAP configuration teams to improve ERP data integrity.
- M&A: Supported sell side due diligence activities for a potential sale of the UK operations.
Finance Director and Deputy MD at Eminox (2018-01 – 2020-08)
Promoted to deputy MD and Member of the Executive Board for UK and China operations. Appointed Company Secretary for UK entity.
- Executive level stakeholder management with the Hexadex Board on strategic initiatives.
- Support MD in complex commercial negotiations within multiple regulatory environments.
- Transformation: Instrumental in establishing China Joint Venture which commenced operations in September 2018.
- Strategic Finance: Pivotal in growing turnover by 120% over 3 years to £66m and exceeding EBIT targets in 2018 and 2019.
- M&A: Evaluated and analysed potential acquisition targets and supported due diligence activities of an acquisition diversifying beyond sales in internal combustion engine.
- Business Partnering: Led the preparation for Brexit scenarios including the establishment of a European warehouse facility.
- Awarded business accolade of the Queens Award, runner up in MAKEuk National Awards and Yorkshire Finance Leaders Awards in 2019.
Finance Director at Eminox (2016-08 – 2017-12)
Hired to develop and implement a growth strategy that would deliver a sustainable, financially viable business. Responsible for leading, motivating and developing a team of 15 Finance, IT and Business Development professionals.
- Strategic Leadership: Financial support to develop a strategic growth plan and delivery of key initiatives.
- Transformation: Challenging the status quo to deliver enhanced financial results through margin optimisation.
- Team Leadership: Lead the Finance, IT and Business Development functions to build, coach and develop a team of professionals.
- Business Partnering: Jointly developed and obtained Board approval for an ambitious 3-year strategic plan which included restructuring the European business; expansion of the manufacturing footprint and diversifying product portfolio.
- Transformation: Drove business process improvements within the first 12 months and instrumental in the turnaround of a £2m loss in 2016 to a profit before exceptional charges, in 2017.
- Reporting: Improved profitability reporting by developing customer and product specific margin analysis as well as detailed production variance reports.
- Pricing: Supported the pricing on new tenders, most notably a 3-year £80m bid and successful award of bus retrofit program for Transport for London.
- Commercial: Developed business case for Aftermarket product offering and negotiated distribution agreements for European markets.
Finance Director (Philippines) at Collins Aerospace (2012-03 – 2016-06)
A member of the Executive Leadership Team, reporting to the site GM and functionally reporting to the VP of Finance for Commercial Aircraft Segment. Responsible for creating a Finance function on a greenfield site in an Economic Development Zone, South of Manila.
- Primary Finance contact for product line GMs and Finance leads at home sites.
- Recruit a self-sufficient Finance function capable of transactional and business partnering support.
- Develop processes for group reporting, forecasting and budgeting in addition to supporting local management reporting requirements.
- Organisational Development: Created structures, roles, responsibilities and internal control framework with Sarbanes Oxley (SoX) compliant procedures which successfully passed corporate and external audits.
- Team Leadership: Recruited a team of 17 local Finance professionals cross-trained to provide shared services, as well as cost analysis and business partnering.
- Reporting: Designed and implemented a full suite of management reporting including KPI dashboard and labour & overhead rate comparisons.
- Audit: Ensured timely submissions of statutory accounts as well as SEC filings and Philippine Economic Zone Authority requirements on a monthly, quarterly and annual basis.
- Financial Management: Implemented long-term contract accounting in compliance with local accounting standards and US GAAP, to accurately account for deferred engineering expenses based on Percentage of Completion basis.
- Stakeholder Relationships: Managed the financial integration of six increasingly complex product lines (Ovens, 737 Advanced Lavatories, Eco systems, A350 Galleys, Coffee Makers and Refrigerators) by building relationships and ensuring credibility of the function to seamlessly transition all financial responsibilities from the UK, Holland and USA base operations.
- Transformation & Growth: During my time as FD, turnover for the site grew from $23m in 2012 to over $250m in 2015.
Ecco Tannery Finance & Administration Director at ECCO Shoes (2009-12 – 2012-02)
Responsible for the Finance, Human Resources, General Affairs and System Development functions within the ECCO Tannery operations, in Indonesia. Developed a team of 14 local nationals, including 4 managers reporting directly to me.
- ERP Implementation: Senior sponsor for the implementation of SAP system from scoping the solution through to cut over and go live.
- Financial Management: Established monthly KPI reporting to support business performance reviews.
Ford Motor Company (2001 – 2009)
