David Wicker FCMA
Part Time Finance Director
Surrey, Sussex, London, Middlesex
Summary:
David Wicker is a commercially orientated Interim Finance Director with a proven track record in improving the growth, profitability, and performance of SME and PLC businesses including 3M, BOC, Diego and Next. Adept at building productive and co-operative working relationships with board members and other stakeholders to deliver the business strategy.
Contact David by calling 01483 301 911 or 07802 948 830.
Key Skills:
- Financial Leadership - Providing financial and management information that adds value to the organisation and supports informed decision-making. Able to clearly define financial objectives and ensure their delivery.
- Planning - Insisting on being ‘One step ahead of the game’ by having strong strategic, financial, and organisational planning skills.
- Commercial Awareness - Understanding the full commercial implications of business issues, enabling the establishment of frameworks that ensure the company’s best interests.
- Change Management - Implementing organisational change and managing business process improvement.
- People and Communication - Communicating pro-actively with all stakeholders and creating effective teams.
Style:
A well-organised financial leader with a strong results orientation and a ‘can do’ approach to business challenges balanced by well-developed team, customer and client management skills.
Achievements
- Conceived and implemented plans that improved a company’s cashflow by £23m.
- Improved a national multiple retailer’s profitability to 15% of net sales and enabled it to be sold on a p/e of 30 for £120m.
- Turned around a retail business from a £1m loss pa to a profit of £700k pa.
- Enabled high growth performance in a mature retailer.
- Conceived and managed the introduction of EPOS into 235 stores.
- Built successful, well-motivated finance and IT teams.
- Saved a company from a £1m bad debt.
Contact David by calling 01483 301 911 or 07802 948 830.