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Fractional CFO

Fractional CFO

We provide crucial forward looking support across every stage of your business

Strategic Perspective / Focus on Priorities / Financial Insight / Financial Planning / Cashflow Management / Business Optimisation & restructuring / Capital Support

In assoc. with ConnexionCFO (info@connexioncfo.com)

Transformation Advisory

Transformation Advisory

Supporting businesses bring their Investments in Transformation back on track ensuring value is maximised and outcomes are delivered as expected

Strategic alignment / Objectives & Key results (OKR) / Planning & perf. management / Investment appraisal & prioritisation / benefits & outcomes delivery

Resource Optimisation and Cost Management Consultancy

Resource Optimisation and Cost Management Consultancy

Supporting businesses to deliver their strategic cost plans and drive efficiency through the optimisation of business resources

Strategic cost planning / target operating model design to achieve planned synergies / strategic choices e.g outsourcing, offshoring, VFM, cost benefit / restructuring

Mentoring, Training & Team Development

Mentoring, Training & Team Development

Tailored skill build training, business leader mentoring via group or one-to-one basis

Developing Finance Professionals to become Strategic Business Partners and the concept of adding Strategic Value

Upskilling Transformation Portfolio teams in managing delivery of strategic outcomes & value

Experiences

Interim CFO NatWest Commercial Bank

Interim CFO NatWest Commercial Bank

Interim CFO role partnering the CEO in developing the Commercial Bank's new 5 year strategic plan supporting the newly appointed Bank CEO's plan.
Delivering the year end reporting close and working with the Bank CFO and Investor Relations in preparation for external market disclosures.

Resource optimisation and Cost Management

Resource optimisation and Cost Management

Finance leader in the strategic programme to offshore resources to India and then later into Poland, with responsibility for planning, execution and embedding

As Transformation lead, responsible for a no. of restructures to optimise current state models, design of target models and gap analysis

Transformation Portfolio Management

Transformation Portfolio Management

Responsible for a c£300m portfolio of change spend across 3 years with c60 programmes and achieving >80% of the committed OKRs.

Prioritisation, investment evaluation, and extensive engagement across both the Business and Functions to define a strategically aligned portfolio.

Strategic Vision, Objectives and Key Results

Strategic Vision, Objectives and Key Results

Worked with the Executive to define key objectives over the coming 3 year period linked to strategy driving clearer, more targeted Objectives and Key Results that were widely understood, well communicated and wrapped in an appropriate oversight rhythm to drive accountability and delivery

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Roles (/)
  • i.e. Marketing director
  • i.e. Mentor
  • Head Of Business Transformation
  • Charity Trustee
  • CFO, Board Member,
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  • i.e. Tech
  • i.e. Education
  • Financial services
  • Charities
  • Manufacturing
  • Accounting and finance
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Career experience

31+ years

 

Skills (/)
  • i.e. Research
  • i.e. Branding
  • Fractional CFO
  • Board Governance
  • Business-led transformation leadership
  • Business Transformation
  • Business Strategy
  • OKR & Design Thinking
  • Organisation Design
  • Budgeting, FP&A, Financial Operations
  • Strategy delivery, scenario planning
  • Business Insights
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  • i.e. Digital nomad
  • i.e. Ex-Google
  • trusted advisor
  • Outcome driven
  • Critical thinker
  • Strategic Partner
  • data driven
  • advisor
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