Virtual Finance Director Services

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VFDS provides Finance Director services to Entrepreneurs, Start ups and SMEs.

We work with and support MDs, CEOs and senior management teams across multiple industries.

For more information please visit our website www.virtualfds.com and book a free 40 minute consultation and learn how we can assist your business today!

Portfolio Finance Director

End of Life Doula UK 

Volunteer Finance Director

THAT Group

THAT Group is a property developer that designs, builds and operates hotels, Workspaces and F&B outlets. Ted Baker inspired THAT Group, has a unique design led approach to all of it’s projects.

Main responsibilities included:

-	Leading finance small team in all aspects of internal and external reporting
-	Liaising with external auditors and tax advisors
-	Liaising with operational finance teams at the hotels, workspaces and F&B outlets
-	Maintain close working relationship with hotel management company
-	Reorganisation of finance team tasks to make weekly and monthly reporting process more efficient
-	Mentoring and supporting finance team members
-	Cashflow management and Quarter End bank covenant reporting
-	Compiling monthly owner reports
-	Implementation of new SAP Concur employee expenses system

Interim Head of Finance 

Arriva Group

Originally recruited as an interim Finance Business Partner, the role developed into the Interim HoO for Road Transport Section, whose primary business is rail replacement services for five of the UK’s rail network franchises. 

Reporting to UK Finance Projects Director, main responsibilities included:

-	Leading the finance team side of a ‘stabilisation’ project following the relocation of operations and finance staff from Cardiff to Manchester
-	Leading a team of 25 finance and operations staff
-	Production of annual forecast and budget information
-	Production of monthly management information
-	Management of two finance assistants, as well as liaison with shared service centre and group finance
-	Working alongside external management consultants for finance process mapping project
-	Developing and documenting centralised finance processes and controls
-	Daily liaison with operations managers to ensure smooth running of both finance and operations teams

Interim Head of Arriva Road Transport Services

LYDALL INDUSTRIAL FILTRATION TEXTILE MANUFACTURING (EMEA) LIMITED

http://www.lydall.com/

Interim FC role for filtration materials manufacturing company. Responsible for all aspects of annual, quarterly and monthly financial reporting. 

Main responsibilities included:

-	Producing monthly management information within four day close period for 3 UK sites, to US based parent company
-	UK and US GAAP reporting to US based parent company
-	Monthly cashflow reporting against budget and forecast
-	Ownership of monthly Sarbanes-Oxley financial close controls
-	Liaising with internal and external auditors
-	Liaising with Group finance reporting team
-	Ad hoc management reporting such as weekly and monthly sales and inventory analysis
-     Coaching and mentoring finance team members

Interim Financial Controller

CROSSLANE FUND MANAGERS LLP

Interim FC for offshore PBSA property fund. Responsible for all aspects of internal and external financial reporting under IFRS. Other responsibilities included:

- Liaising with external fund tax advisors and auditors
- Managing fund accounting team
- Liaising with and reporting to fund board members

Claret - Accounting & Consulting

Claret is a professional accounting and business consultancy providing interim Financial Controller and Finance Director support.

Portfolio FD / FC

Graceway Trading Limited (Turks & Caicos Islands)

Managing a team of four part-qualified accountants my main responsibility was ensuring the day-to-day and monthly accounting for the supermarket group was completed on time and accurate. I reported to the Group’s Financial Controller.

The main aspects of the role included:
-	Managing all transactional accounting processes within the Financial Accounting team, including accounts payable, accounts receivable, weekly payroll, cashing up and sales
-	Ensuring that job responsibilities of my team are being performed in a complete and timely manner
-	Employee performance reviews and development of team members
-	Daily treasury and cashflow management
-	Liaising with bank on all matters
-	Responsible for the production of the monthly management report for distribution to company directors which includes P&L, Balance Sheet, Margin analysis, cashflow reporting under IFRS
-	Ad-hoc finance related projects such as implementing new systems and procedures to make the finance team more efficient
-	Reconciliation of all balance sheet accounts on a monthly basis

Senior Finance Analyst

BPP Holdings plc (London UK)

Managing a group team of 5 accountants (3 qualified and 2 part-qualified) my main responsibility was ensuring the monthly internal reporting and annual statutory reporting was accurate and complete. As BPP is now owned by US company Apollo (SEC registered) we also have to be SOX compliant. 

The main aspects of my role included:


-	Monthly management reporting to US parent. P&L, Balance Sheet and Cashflow (IFRS and US GAAP)
-	Day-to-day treasury duties, approving BACS payment runs. Monitoring daily cash balances and working capital requirements across the group
-	Cashflow forecasting  (weekly, monthly and annual)
-	Reviewing corporation tax and VAT returns
-	Bank covenant calculations
-	Liaising with subsidiary finance teams with regards to reporting timetables, technical accounting updates
-	Dealing with statutory auditors and SOX auditors
-	Developing team members through coaching and recommending personal development courses
-	Ad hoc projects such as simplifying the group structure, striking off dormant entities, closing bank accounts

Group Reporting Manager

DTZ (London UK)

Interim FC - Investment & Asset Management, & Global Corporate Services

Portfolio Finance Director

Big 4 trained 

Qualified in 2007

Worked across numerous industries including;

- retail
- medical
- real estate
- hospitality 
- education 

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