Alison Mitchell In 60 Seconds

I am an experienced strategic and commercial FD, who is passionate about building relationships to drive change and improvement. I have extensive experience in long term forecasting, cashflow management, system implementation and development and compliance. I’ve worked with SMEs throughout my career and love to operate alongside business owners to help them achieve their goals.

Specialist Skills

Management Information

Know where you stand and get that information in a timely, focused and digestible format.

Systems and Controls

Get the very best out of systems to drive efficiency whilst keeping checks and balances in place.

Budgeting & Forecasting

Work with businesses to look ahead and create realistic, achievable budgets looking beyond the next 12 months.

Profit Improvement

Create tools to drive sales and margin, whilst also focusing on appropriate cost control.

Financial Operations

Create an efficient and effective finance function to meet the needs of the business now and in the future. Support finance teams through training and mentoring.

Track Record Highlights

  • Disbanded 5 remote underperforming client accounting teams, creating a centralised team from scratch. This resulted in a 20% cost saving and greater client retention.
  • Devised a universal pricing calculator to enable fee earners to allocate resource and time to jobs, whilst assessing break even and profitability.
  • Led numerous system implementations including job management, billing, financial, payroll and property management systems.
  • Created numerous user friendly and relevant management reporting, budgeting and forecasting tools to inform decision making.
  • Proven team builder, mentor and leader, with significant training experience within finance teams and at board level.

Sector Experience

  • Property & Real Estate
  • Legal
  • Retail & Consumer Products
  • Services

What's next?

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