Head of FP&A at Tombola (2025-03 – Present)
Lead FP&A for a major business unit within a group environment, with responsibility for financial planning, forecasting, cost management, performance analysis and strategic decision support.
- Own a £100m cost budget through to EBITDA, providing financial leadership across budgeting, forecasting and ongoing performance management.
- Lead the annual budgeting and forecasting cycle, partnering with accounting, commercial finance, business owners and senior directors.
- Developed and embedded a driver-based forecasting methodology, combining bottom-up operational inputs with top-down strategic assumptions.
- Deliver forecasts consistently within approximately 3% of actual performance, providing senior stakeholders with reliable forward-looking financial insight.
- Partner with business owners to understand performance drivers, challenge assumptions and identify opportunities to improve financial outcomes.
- Provide financial analysis and commercial insight to support senior management decision-making.
- Drive continuous improvement across planning, reporting and forecasting processes, improving standards, data quality and accountability.
- Strengthened financial ownership across business areas by improving the way business owners understand and manage their cost bases.
- The wider group has taken inspiration from the business unit's approach to cost management and business-owner accountability, demonstrating the scalability of the finance model.
- Use AI to enhance financial modelling and dashboards, improving analytical capability and accelerating the generation of management insight.
- Apply AI to interrogate and validate raw data, helping identify inconsistencies and improve confidence in analysis.
- Use AI to streamline reporting and data manipulation, reducing repetitive manual activity and allowing greater focus on value-added analysis.
- Identify opportunities to improve finance processes through technology, automation and better use of data.
- Act as a people and culture lead, mentoring colleagues, supporting career development and helping build a high-performing finance environment.
Portfolio Finance Manager at GXO Logistics (2022-09 – 2025-03)
Portfolio finance lead for approximately £50m of warehouse, logistics and transport contracts across multiple industries and locations throughout the UK.
- Managed financial performance across a complex portfolio of customer contracts, providing financial insight to both internal leadership and external customers.
- Managed approximately nine contracts simultaneously, each with different operational, commercial and financial drivers.
- Led budgeting, forecasting and financial performance analysis across the portfolio.
- Worked closely with operations leadership on cost reduction, productivity, synergies and gain-share opportunities, with a focus on maximising contract returns.
- Developed and monitored operational KPIs including cost per unit, cost per cube, MPG, driver hours and labour costs, linking operational performance directly to financial outcomes.
- Provided detailed variance and performance analysis, identifying drivers of underperformance and opportunities for corrective action.
- Built strong relationships with operational leaders and customer stakeholders, translating financial analysis into practical commercial and operational decisions.
- Supported contract strategy, pricing, productivity and cost-control decisions through detailed financial modelling and analysis.
- Reduced month-end reporting from five days to three days, streamlining reporting across multiple contracts and separate reporting files.
- Improved reporting standardisation and reduced manual effort, enabling management to receive financial information more quickly.
- Produced budgets and forecasts for both internal leadership and external customers.
- Managed and analysed labour and payroll-related costs, providing visibility over major drivers of contract profitability.
Financial Controller at BH Savidge & Son / Woodfields Fruit (2021-03 – 2022-09)
Owned the complete finance function for an operationally intensive business, combining financial control, FP&A, treasury and commercial decision support.
- Held end-to-end responsibility for finance, from bookkeeping and transactional accounting through to management reporting, forecasting and year-end preparation.
- Managed cash flow forecasting, treasury and banking relationships, including lender facilities.
- Worked directly with directors and senior operational stakeholders on financial and commercial decisions.
- Managed relationships with external accountants, auditors, banks, lenders and professional advisers.
- Led P&L forecasting in a business exposed to significant external variables including weather, supermarket demand and external pricing.
- Developed forward-looking financial analysis in an environment where demand, pricing and operating conditions could change rapidly.
- Worked closely with operations to identify cost reductions, productivity improvements and more efficient working practices.
- Maintained detailed cost control in a low-margin business where small changes in costs could have a material impact on profitability.
- Used financial and operational information to support scenario analysis and decision-making under uncertainty.
Finance Manager at Emmet Medical (2017-10 – 2021-03)
Led the complete finance function within a medical products business, combining financial control with FP&A, treasury and commercial support.
- Owned the finance function from bookkeeping through to management reporting, forecasting and financial control.
- Managed P&L forecasting, cash flow forecasting and treasury.
- Worked directly with directors and senior stakeholders to provide financial insight and challenge.
- Managed relationships with external accountants, auditors, banks and lenders.
- Managed banking relationships and supported loan and lender facilities.
- Led the financial aspects of the company's NHS framework agreement tender, supporting the tendering process to secure access to a framework for supplying products across the NHS.
- Prepared financial information and analysis to support commercial and strategic decisions.
- Worked closely with external accountants throughout the year-end process.
- Developed financial controls and reporting processes to improve management visibility and decision-making.
- Gained experience operating within a regulated healthcare/medical-products environment.
Accounting Consultant (2015-05 – 2017-08)
Provided finance and accounting support across client businesses, developing broad experience across management accounting, financial reporting, controls and finance processes.
Management Accountant at Wye Valley Group (2013-11 – 2015-05)
Management Accountant within a diversified, multi-entity UK group operating across scrap metal, waste recycling, skips, aggregates, reclamation/salvage and manufacturing.
- Managed cash flow and forecasting across multiple entities within a complex group structure.
- Managed bank reconciliations, cash accounts, banking and physical cash balances of approximately £20,000.
- Worked directly with group directors to provide financial information and operational insight.
- Implemented a biometric employee clocking system, replacing paper-based attendance processes and reducing the risk of buddy clocking.
- Used the system to generate reliable attendance information for fire-call reporting across a large operational site.
- Implemented a till and stock-control system within the reclamation business, improving stock visibility, valuation and controls while reducing theft and loss.
- Used Sage and QuickBooks to support financial management and reporting.
