Emmanuel Amoah-Ababio
Essex
Summary
ACCA-qualified Finance Business Partner with 10+ years across UK public and commercial sectors, acting as a finance counterpart to senior leaders across portfolios from £78M to £100M+. Experience spans revenue and capital budget monitoring, medium term financial planning, team leadership and performance management, and business case development for Executive and Service Directors.
Overview
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Certification
7
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years of post-secondary education
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7
years of professional experience
Work history
Finance Business Partner
Essex County Council
Essex
2025.08 - 2026.03
- Acted as senior finance contact for £78M ASC portfolio, collaborating with Commissioning Leadership and Cabinet Members to inform medium term financial plan (MTFS) cycles.
- Monitored and reconciled revenue and CAPEX across the portfolio, maintaining budget-setting discipline within statutory local authority frameworks and assuring Directors on financial positions.
- Delivered performance reporting and variance analysis, facilitating early risk identification and guiding in-year financial decisions for SLT.
- Developed business cases and re-tendering papers supporting Executive Director-level transformation decisions, working across commissioning, operations and programme teams.
- Enhanced grant-tracking processes for external funding oversight and improved regional stakeholder reporting.
Finance manager
NRS Healthcare
Leicester
2024.08 - 2025.08
- Led the budget-setting process and P&L management for three London depots, delivering a £500k profitability turnaround through transport cost modelling and fleet optimisation.
- Owned financial controls and data integrity workstream of ERP transformation programme, defining reporting standards for implementation.
- Managed two finance associates, conducting goal-setting, performance reviews, and development cycles while upskilling non-finance managers in budget management and reporting.
Finance business partner
Cabinet Office
London
2023.03 - 2024.06
- Secured £8M of additional funding for priority government projects through budget reallocation within statutory planning frameworks.
- Developed business cases and financial reporting packs in collaboration with commissioning, operations and programme teams to facilitate informed senior decision-making.
- Partnered with sales team to develop profitable pricing strategies; drove revenue growth.
- Reduced budget variances with tighter control measures in place.
Operations analyst
UKHSA
London
2021.04 - 2022.12
- Provided financial oversight of £100M+ capital investment programmes, preparing investment appraisals for ministerial and C-suite decisions.
- Generated £8M in savings through operational efficiency analysis across government programmes.
Senior finance analyst
Visa Europe
London
2019.07 - 2021.03
- Acted as interim line manager for three analysts during organisational restructuring, owning objective-setting, output review and capability development.
- Delivered £10M+ in cost savings through Covid-19 scenario analysis, improving forecast accuracy by 17% via predictive analytics across European markets.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Business Management: Accounting
Brunel University London
Uxbridge 2008.08 - 2012.08
Master of Business Administration - ACCA
Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA)
London 2016.08 - 2019.06
Skills
Commercial Finance: P&L management, FP&A, budgeting & forecasting, revenue and capital budget monitoring, variance analysis, business case development
Leadership & Team Management: Team leadership, performance management and development, goal-setting and review cycles, mentoring and upskilling non-finance managers, proactive leadership
Public-Sector Finance: Local authority budget-setting process, medium term financial planning, capital programme monitoring, CIPFA Code compliance, statutory planning
Data & Systems: SQL & data querying, Power BI, advanced Excel, MS Office and self-service digital platforms, ERP systems (SAP)
Key Achievements
- Delivered a £500k profitability turnaround, moving three London depots from loss to profit through transport cost modelling, fleet optimisation and budget-setting discipline.
- £50M+ savings modelled against medium term financial plan targets for a £78M portfolio.
- £20M+ cost savings across multi-site operations through financial analysis, ERP transformation and efficiency programmes.
- Supported £100M+ of budget decisions through investment appraisals and business cases for ministerial and Cabinet-level investment decisions.
- 17% forecast accuracy improvement through predictive analytics and structured KPI challenge across European and public-sector portfolios.
Certification
ACCA, Member, Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (2019)
Timeline
Finance Business Partner
Essex County Council
2025.08 - 2026.03
Finance manager
NRS Healthcare
2024.08 - 2025.08
Finance business partner
Cabinet Office
2023.03 - 2024.06
Operations analyst
UKHSA
2021.04 - 2022.12
Senior finance analyst
Visa Europe
2019.07 - 2021.03
Master of Business Administration - ACCA
Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA)
2016.08 - 2019.06
Bachelor of Science - Business Management: Accounting
Brunel University London
2008.08 - 2012.08