The Value of Experience
I have recently completed a Finance Process Review with ERP validation for a Client and having sent off my new Book to the printers, I am now searching for my next assignment in earnest. Welcome to the 1,860 Subscribers to this Newsletter and I hope you are coming to terms with the fact that its 'not coming home' just yet.
If you do not know me by now, I have been gainfully employed directly by UK companies or as a Consultant by UK Clients since the early 90's. A career that started as an Accountant at Whitbread, expanded into Change & Project Management whilst there and continued with Argos where I gained my first experience creating a Finance Shared Services Centre means I have passed my 'mid point' as you can tell in the Book.
I learned how to be a Consultant in 5 years at Deloitte, followed by 2 years at Logica and I have spent the last 13 years as a career Interim. That means I have to find my own Clients which means I am Chief Marketing Officer as well as Chief Transformation Officer. It is a challenge and I will use all means at my disposal in order to find the next one.
Over the last 20 years, Recruiters come and go, Recruitment Firms come and go, splinter into many pieces and start all over again. So not everybody knows who I am or what I do. I should point out that if you want work as an Interim you will need to get over being an introvert.
I have a Website and you can view it here Finance Transformation UK which shows my many services, experience and offerings. My 'bread and butter' is running Projects. I can create a Shared Services Centre, run a Transformation program or turnaround either of the above as in flight projects.
I also perform Reviews, Assessments & Assurance. This means, based on extensive practical operational Finance leadership experience I review and grade where your Finance function is at or provide you with a 2nd opinion on your project
Why is this experience valuable? Because I am not a 'by the numbers' Consultant, I know exactly where to look for issues within a Finance team based on the fact that I have managed most of them. I have never failed to teach a team something new, which is where having such broad experience comes in to its own.
Over the last 4 years since Covid, I have helped Finance teams assess their Business Case for Global Business Services, reviewed their Finance processes via my health check approach, given comfort or challenge to their ERP decisions or where needs be stepped in and managed their Finance teams for them, until the ship is steadied.
By the end of this week the Audible version of the Book will be ready and with that achievement I am raring to go to start my next assignment. For those of you who follow the Newsletter you know I offer Referrals, so reach out if you can help.
If you wish to discuss your Finance Shared Services & Transformation needs then just drop me a DM.
In other news congrats to our Brand Ambassadors club mate Jack Rafferty who has been selected to run for Ireland at the Paris Olympics!!! Well done Jack.
Best Regards,