Results delivered
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.
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.
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.
Private equity exit preparation
>£70m
cost locked in
Operating model, transition plan and BPO contract delivered pre-exit, locking in more than £70m.
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.
Resetting a floundering integration
Hyperion
A failing post-merger planning and reporting project reset and delivered. Requirements simplified and cash burn stopped.
Standing up the holding group
Strategic Alignment
Leadership and board dashboards designed and delivered. Built for a newly formed airline holding group.
Performance framework for a buy-and-build
Lean Reporting
TSA exit on time and below budget. Built on a performance framework of clear targets and lead indicators.
Consolidating two finance teams
Integrated Planning
Two finance teams’ planning, budgeting and reporting brought together. Following the merger that created the largest UK-listed tech company at the time.
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