Suki Cavendish

FD/CFO

Guildford & Kingston Upon Thames

Suki Cavendish In 60 Seconds

I am a experienced and highly accomplished CFO with extensive commercial as well as charity/not-for-profit experience. I am passionate about adding value to the SME sector and for the last 15 years have focussed on strategy, implementation & transformation in changing and growing SME businesses. Big 4 trained. Directorate responsibilities have included Finance, Performance, HR, IT, Property.

Specialist Skills

Banking Relationship

Created confidence in financials enabling delivery of favourable Funding, Overdrafts, Debt Restructure & Rates resulting in improved cashflow.

Budgeting & Forecasting

Produced top level plans with detailed budgets and forecasts.

Profit Improvement

Created and led profit improvement strategies, including large scale business transformation (product mix, pricing, productivity, management span, restructuring).

Raising Funds

Won unprecedented funding deals (£30m), soft loans and grants from creation of robust, achievable financials.

Strategic Thinker

Created and delivered financial strategies for 5 loss making SMEs creating profitable and sustainable companies.

Track Record Highlights

Created & led strategic program to make company viable and sustainable. Culminated in £2.2m annual savings: defining pricing strategy (increased income by 20%); Staff restructure & productivity review (saving 11%); Tendered contracts (saving 25%); Improving cashflow by renegotiating loan covenants & Closure of loss making activities.

Halted insolvency position by renegotiating covenant definitions and repayment timelines for £23m loan facility.

Led finance department restructure to ensure adequacy for size of business (in 4 companies), including performance management and investigation/dismissal for funds misappropriation.

Created & led strategic merger plan enabling business to be fit for purpose and merger-ready. Obtained £1.1m merger funding to enable delivery of strategy. Resulted in merger with preferred target.

Set up performance departments for 3 companies. Created and implemented new performance models and KPI reporting. Improving productivity 3%.

Upgraded IT accounting systems and introduced new month-end procedures (2 companies). Reducing month end process by 3-5 days.

Led £2.1m office relocation projects delivered on time and on budget.

Sector Experience

Healthcare

Property & Real Estate

Human Resources & Recruitment

Not for Profit: Charities, Education

Legal

Retail & Consumer Products

Government & Defence

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