ICAS-qualified Financial Controller with 12 years’ experience built on strong Big Four audit training, now operating at the heart of a listed financial services group. A technically excellent, commercially minded finance leader who has consistently been trusted to drive transformation, tighten control environments, and lead through complex corporate change in businesses up to c.£300m revenue.
Career spans listed financial services, hospitality, and Big Four practice — with a track record of taking on bigger remits and delivering tangible improvement every time.
What makes them genuinely different:
- Halved the Group reporting timetable, reducing month-end close from 20 to 10 working days — a transformational improvement to board reporting quality and speed.
- Delivered an IAS 38 capitalisation project generating a £1.4m EBITDA benefit in one financial year, with a multi-million pound uplift in the years following — genuine technical expertise translated into bottom-line impact.
- Finance lead on a £600m refinancing and corporate restructure, working directly with Big Four advisers and lawyers to design a more efficient, covenant-compliant structure.
- Redesigned a Group finance operating model into a Group/Shared Service Centre structure, recruiting 8 FTEs and building specialist sub-teams to improve control and succession planning.
- Led a full NetSuite implementation across 5 subsidiaries, standardising the chart of accounts and processes Group-wide.
- Strong technical accounting leadership across IFRS and FRS 102, including preparation of Audit Committee papers and statutory financial statements for a listed Group.
- EY-trained, managing audit portfolios worth £750k including FTSE-listed and SOx-controlled engagements before moving into industry.
- Employee-nominated Defined Benefit pension trustee — brings genuine governance experience beyond the day job.
Best suited for: Financial Controller or Group Financial Controller roles within a listed, private equity-backed, or large complex group structure — a clear stepping stone towards Finance Director. The ideal hire for a CFO who wants a technically rigorous, transformation-minded finance leader who can professionalise a function and step confidently into board and audit committee settings.
