Robust, driven and commercial individual who has gained wide ranging experience within FTSE 250, Private Equity backed and US Fortune 300 multinational organisations, including:
•Supporting Divisional MD and sales team with commercial decision making
•Sensitively driving through change and influencing key stakeholders across multiple countries
•Leading commercial negotiations with external customers
•Supporting senior executives on commercial and financial issues
•Acquisition and integration activity
•Raising funds and management of cash including hedging
•Providing high quality, credible accounting information to all levels of management
•Proven experience in developing cohesive teams
•Building relationships at all levels
Chief Financial Officer @ From December 2014 to Present (1 year 1 month) Group Financial Controller @ Group FC for Infinity SDC Ltd, a Private Equity backed organisation currently undergoing a period of rapid growth.
Infinity is the UK’s fastest growing data centre operator and boasts an impressive portfolio of sites in prime locations in and around London. We design, build and manage highly efficient data centre facilities, helping to minimise our clients’ energy costs and carbon footprints.
Infinity is an award-winning company with clients that include some of the UK’s leading banks, systems integrators and telecommunications companies. We always aim to exceed our customers’ expectations by delivering exceptionally resilient and secure facilities.
Visit our website: http://infinitysdc.net/
Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Infinity_SDC From November 2011 to November 2014 (3 years 1 month) Commercial Finance Director @ •Partnering with Managing Director supporting sales team on new business wins and strategy. Advising on revenue recognition, innovative deal structuring and funding
•Setting and advising on monthly forecasts, sales targets and budgeting levels
•Leading financials and supporting sales executive on group’s largest contract bid to date – TCV US$165m,
•Presenting complex financial information to non finance staff
•Successful commercial negotiations with key customers and business partners, dispute resolution and SLA negotiations
•Strategic review of product portfolio to support stop / start decision making From November 2009 to November 2011 (2 years 1 month) Finance Director - Strategic Change @ Advising on and leading a number of business focused and challenging projects, including major acquisitions, driving efficiency through off-shoring and system implementation. I have led or been involved in several highly commercial and business critical projects. Key projects and experience gained have included:
•$100m Acquisition of US subsidiaryinvolving valuation exercise. Negotiating commercial terms and presentation to board
•Driving change across group on a global basis for peripheral systems and processes including introduction of standard costing and trading models.
•Overall responsibility for setting up offshore financial shared service centre and migrating functions to this. Business case preparation and obtaining financing from board
•Directing finance and business change on global roll-out of SAP across 20 countries, predominately EMEA.
•Taxation - leading global transfer pricing review
•Development of KPI and Board reporting packs From June 2007 to November 2009 (2 years 6 months) Group Financial Accounting Manager @ Key responsibilities that have given me a sound understanding of high level operations in a rapidly growing (£110m - £360m from April 2004 – April 2007) FTSE 250 company:
•Responsible for accurate and timely forecasting of the Group’s net debt / cash position to give desired operating cash to operating profit ratios. Hedging strategy
•Co-led $1bn fund raising and syndicated banking facility for a major acquisition and was responsible for hedging on this facility, including options and preparation of working capital model under tight timelines
•Re-structuring of the legal entities of the Group via hive-ups to best reflect the commercial reality of the different divisions, including associated tax structuring
•Instrumental in the recovery of the back office function after destruction of Northgate’s headquarters following the Buncefield oil depot blast From April 2004 to May 2007 (3 years 2 months) Financial Controller UK and Ireland @ Financial Controller UK and Ireland for EMEA division of AVNET, an American Fortune 300 electronics distributor and IT company. From January 2002 to March 2004 (2 years 3 months) Transaction Services @ •Two IPO’s including AIM listing - preparation of long form report and working capital report
•Bid defence
•Worked on a number of corporate / private equity acquisitions in the UK, Europe and the Far East for blue chip clients, with deal sizes varying from £20 million to £500 million From March 2000 to December 2001 (1 year 10 months)
ICAEW @ PwC From 1996 to 2000 Biology @ University of Nottingham From 1992 to 1995 Bachelor of Science (BSc), Biology, General @ University of Nottingham From 1992 to 1995 Haywood Chapman is skilled in: Finance, Forecasting, Accounting, Budgets, New Business Development, Change Management, Management, Restructuring, Integration, Mergers & Acquisitions, Strategy, Leading Change, Telecommunications, SAP, Mergers, Shared Services, Outsourcing