PE-backed engineering & services group
Deals, Carve-Outs & Post-Deal Integration
Private equity exit preparation
>£70m
cost locked in
Operating model, transition plan and BPO contract delivered pre-exit, locking in more than £70m.
Expertise
Where I can help
Finance and operations problems, solved end to end, not just diagnosed. Five areas, each grounded in real results delivery.
Deals, Carve-Outs & Post-Deal Integration
Standing up a business post-carve-out, post deal integration, and exit readiness. Building the operating model, systems, and back-office functions a newly independent or newly combined business.
PE-backed power tools manufacturer
Deals, Carve-Outs & Post-Deal Integration
Integration at speed
30%
European G&A cost saving
HQ and back-office functions integrated across two continents after a European acquisition. Digital fixes to payables and receivables improved working capital.
Global media group
ERP, Digital & AI
Finance outsourcing and MS Dynamics to support growth
£12m
annual cost reduction
Outsourcing and scaling a Finance SSC, to support acquisitive growth. 300 FTE reduction and £12m a year saved. 32 markets moved onto one MS Dynamics platform and a new BPO.
Operational Cost Reduction
Reducing cost across Finance, operations, procurement, and back-office functions. From urgent, in-year savings under real financial pressure to full restructuring, measured directly against EBITDA.
Steel manufacturer
Operational Cost Reduction
Distress business turnaround
£100m
operating cost reduction
£100m of savings found by a small turnaround team. Contributing to moving the business from loss-making to £82m profit the following year.
UK building products distributor
Operational Cost Reduction
Urgent cost reduction to enable refinancing
c.£10m
annual saving
Low-value activity cut and outsourcing contracts reworked to show operational performance transformation and enable refinancing.
PE-backed healthcare clinics group
Operational Cost Reduction
COVID-response cost transformation
Buying time
End-to-end cost review delivering quick, tactical actions under COVID pressure.
Finance & Business Services Transformation
Redesigning how Finance and back-office functions operate. Moving from decentralised, inconsistent structures to a standardised, scalable operating model. Shared services, outsourcing, BPO, and location strategy all sit here.
Education & Travel
Finance & Business Services Transformation
Building a Global Back Office & ORACLE backbone
30%
cost reduction
Implementation of a Global Business Service model, and Oracle ERP, delivered an €85m business case. Headcount reduction and 30% cost out of Finance and HR in 18 months.
Major UK broadcaster
Finance & Business Services Transformation
Shared services relocation and ERP upgrade
SAP
Finance roles moved from the capital to a lower-cost onshore centre. The SAP upgrade alongside it drove further process improvements.
Global telecoms & communications company
Finance & Business Services Transformation
One global business, competing as one
Competitive Edge
Faster, more confident responses to global bids. Entity structure, governance and reporting aligned across the enterprise business.
ERP, Digital & AI
Design, delivery, and transition of enterprise systems, Oracle, SAP, and Microsoft Dynamics, plus the automation and digital tools that go alongside them. Technology that measurably reduces cost or speeds up decision-making, not innovation for its own sake.
Education & Travel
Finance & Business Services Transformation
Building a Global Back Office & ORACLE backbone
30%
cost reduction
Implementation of a Global Business Service model, and Oracle ERP, delivered an €85m business case. Headcount reduction and 30% cost out of Finance and HR in 18 months.
Global media group
ERP, Digital & AI
Finance outsourcing and MS Dynamics to support growth
£12m
annual cost reduction
Outsourcing and scaling a Finance SSC, to support acquisitive growth. 300 FTE reduction and £12m a year saved. 32 markets moved onto one MS Dynamics platform and a new BPO.
Major UK broadcaster
ERP, Digital & AI
From paper to digital
Digital Board Report
Thousands of pages of reports replaced by one digital dashboard. Less time preparing reports, and sharper focus on what mattered.
Planning, Reporting & Analytics
Enterprise performance management: planning, budgeting, forecasting, and reporting. Making sure leadership teams can actually see performance clearly enough to act on it, not just report on it after the fact.
Global oil major
ERP, Digital & AI
SAP & FT Programme turnaround
c.$80m
saved against budget
A major Finance and ERP programme put back on track. Leaner governance, reset priorities, and around $80m saved against budget.
Global consumer goods company
Planning, Reporting & Analytics
ORACLE Planning in the cloud
>£25m
annual value
Global Oracle cloud planning solution, proven in North America and South-East Asia. Better forecasts cut stock-outs and freed working capital.
Network & communications business
Planning, Reporting & Analytics
Resetting a floundering integration
Hyperion
A failing post-merger planning and reporting project reset and delivered. Requirements simplified and cash burn stopped.
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