SME business is notoriously volatile, with pressure from numerous stakeholders. With more than 15 years' experience on the front line and award-winning expertise, direct intervention offers immediate clarity and transparency, improvements in the working capital position and stabilisation of strained relationships. This operational stability frees owners and directors to step back, focus on core strengths, and drive strategic growth.
Industry Expertise
15+ Years Experience
A wide range of experience across all levels of the supply chain provides a comprehensive understanding of the industry from every perspective. Built on high-stakes, real-world business, every decision directly impacts bottom-line performance and organizational viability.
Working Capital
Primary focus remains dedicated to preserving working capital and mitigating investor exposure. Proven expertise encompasses the direct management of creditors, debtors, funders, and strategic partners across all tiers, from HMRC and institutional lenders to sole traders and employees.
Distressed Situations
Combining gold-standard professional qualifications with extensive cross-industry expertise, this background offers a unique positioning to safeguard stakeholder interests, protect value, and execute robust turnaround or exit strategies. Proven experience operating on the front line of insolvency scenarios provides deep, practical alignment with business owners managing high-stakes situations.
My Services
Cash Flow Management
Improving liquidity through detailed forecasting, debtor/creditor management and balance sheet review.
Financial Reporting and Strategy
Clear, straightforward and timely reporting to support decision making at all levels of your business.
Independent Lender and Stakeholder Assurance
Protecting exposure through financial oversight, controls and risk governance to de-risk investments.
Distressed Recovery and Advisory
Pragmatic and unwavering support for owners and directors, including honest reviews of options and responsibilities.
Continuous Improvement
Continuous streamlining of the finance function, from payroll to invoice processing, debt collection to KPI dashboards, focusing on practical opportunities to add value and save costs.
Creditor Negotiations
Management of purchase ledgers and balance sheets with hundreds of past due creditors, negotiating payment plans and navigating formal claims to protect working capital.
Cash Flow Forecasting
Cash flow forecast models that incorporate complex debt structures, volatile turnover and sprawling cost bases to help navigate fraught trading conditions.
ERP Implementation
Scoping and implementation of multiple bespoke ERP systems to improve financial transparency and save significant administration time and costs.
Development Group Restructure
Strategy and financial lead of the winding down of a successful property development brand, completing WIP in an orderly manner to facilitate a clean owner exit.
Case Studies
Credentials
With 10 years of post-qualification experience, a CIMA qualification complements a naturally forward-looking mindset, uncovering actionable truth in numerical data to deliver strategic value over static retrospective reporting
Completion of the full qualification within an 3x accelerated, concurrent with full-time professional commitments, evidences the high operational efficiency, discipline, and analytical precision that underpins service offerings.
Insolvency
The JIEB qualification for Insolvency Practitioners is the gold standard for the industry, and is notorious for being one of the most most difficult and sought after professional qualifications in the country. It demonstrates a thorough and highly practical understanding of the insolvency and restructuring law.
2024 JIEB award for the highest scoring candidate in the country..
The globally recognised CICM accreditation provides a deep operation understanding of credit risk, cash flow optimisation and supply chain liquidity.
Together with the CIMA and JIEB credentials, all stakeholders can be confident that their interests are in safe hands, with a level of trust that unlocks new options where previously there were stand-offs or dead ends.
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