JAMES WENNINGER

• Company Overview: Insight is a NASDAQ listed, global IT hardware, software and services organisation with revenues in excess of $10bn. UK revenues will exceed £700m in FY25, around sixty percent of EMEA revenues
• Full financial and commercial responsibilities for the UK business with overall responsibility for day to day running of the central finance team, including monthly management accounts, statutory and regulatory reporting, quarterly business reporting, leadership of annual budgeting process, compliance with all corporate and indirect taxes filings and liaising with internal stakeholders and external advisors to drive excellence
• Established number two to the UK Managing Director entrusted with considerable day-to-day responsibility including business leadership and Exec Sponsor/Project Lead responsibilities
• Driving the respective businesses towards increased performance and profitability with key involvement in teammate and client satisfaction, development of long-term business planning and attainment of monthly/quarterly/annual targets and objectives

Key Achievements

• Led FY24 Excellence program. A complete reorganisation of all facets of the UK business, including significant staffing restructure, new sales compensation models and selling methodology. The largest single project in the history of the UK business
• Key part of project team to integrate 2019 acquisition of PCM, a $2bn global/$65m UK revenue business acquired and integrated fully into Insight over a four month period. Involved changes to systems, sites and headcount and significant synergy savings
• Complete review and rework of key finance processes around forecasting and closing. Work done in this area has become an integral part of the ability to track and manage to targets and helped to achieve consistent fulfilment of business goals
• Interim Sales Director, managing two separate sales divisions across a combined nine-month period. This involved all elements of Sales Director responsibility including target setting, team management and motivation and ultimate accountability for delivering on the quarterly financial objectives
• Mentoring and teammate development. Providing support to teammates across all areas of the business to assist in fulfilling potential and driving success
• Directed administration and optimisation of financial operations, payroll and accounting processes, leading cost control projects and profit improvement planning, plus optimisation of working capital levels to maximise free cash flows
• Rationalisation of UK finance team to ensure best in class function driving business partnership and commercial improvements

• Company Overview: Bluebell Wood offers care and support to children and young people with life-shortening, life-threatening conditions
• Working with the rest of the Board directing the management and running of this phenomenal charity with particular emphasis on the commercial and financial elements of the organisation

• Company Overview: TNS is a leading global provider of data communications and innovative network services, formerly NYSE listed and private equity owned since 2013
• Responsible for day to day running of the finance department, including monthly management accounts, statutory and regulatory reporting, accounts payable, accounts receivable, treasury management and corporate support
• Key member of UK senior management team
• Annual budgeting and quarterly forecasting for the UK business, overseeing audit and SOX requirements of UK companies, compliance with all corporate and indirect taxes filings and payment requirements and liaising with Group and external advisors
• Only UK based statutory director with responsibility for statutory and regulatory requirements for the company and its employees

Key achievements

• Rework of existing bid review process to include both financial analysis of key deals plus key commercial data such as competitors, key products and sales strategy involving buy-in of this process with sales teams and UK senior managers
• Partnership with UK Head of Sales to review all key customer commercial negotiations and agreements and develop and implement short, medium and long term business planning to drive business growth
• Led review of global budget process involving overall review of all elements of this process, set-up of cross functional budget committees to look at key areas of the business and delivery of consistent presentations to the US Executive Team
• Instigated overhaul of AR team structure and processes leading to £1m+ increase in free cash flow to return to Group
• Review of UK property portfolio leading to complete management of successful relocation of Welwyn Garden City operation to reduce annual costs by around £500k pa, bringing together previously dysfunctional operating teams, increased morale and productivity and reduced business risk by outsource of Data Centre operations

• Company Overview: Stanley Black and Decker is one of the worlds most well-known providers of power and hand tools, mechanical and electronic security/monitoring tools, NYSE listed with revenues in excess of $14bn
• Assistant to UK Finance Director with day-to-day management of UK finance function including production of monthly group accounts, calculation of corporation tax liabilities, controlling year end group audit, production of statutory accounts and Project lead for implementation of Sarbanes Oxley and gaining of SOX404 status
• Attendance at quarterly European Finance Councils with European/US colleagues, CFO and Corporate Controller to present UK finance pack
• Financial Controller of Mac involving financial reporting and management

Key achievements

• Direct reporting to Mac Tools MD with responsibility for review of commercial offerings and projects including product rationalisation programs and new product promotion initiatives. This contributed to increased year on year revenue growth and reduced inventory levels
• Working capital initiatives including product rationalisation programs to reduce number of products held and reduce inventory levels, plus receivables programs working with accounts receivable team and sales management force to drive down customer debt levels

• Company Overview: InHealth provide expert diagnostic and healthcare solutions across the UK and Ireland
• Leadership of management accounts team with involvement in all operational areas of the business including attendance at monthly operational and business review meetings

Key achievements

• Significant involvement and project work with the change over from Pegasus Opera software to Microsoft Great Plains
• Presentation of key monthly managements accounts, commentaries and KPI's for executive team review
• Direct responsibility for integration of £10m turnover acquisition into the Group, including merging of accounting systems and procedures and assistance in operational

• Company Overview: Hawsons is one of the largest independent firms of Chartered Accountants in the region with a diverse portfolio of clients
• In charge of audit and statutory accounts preparation for companies and groups of up to £250m turnover plus pension scheme audits and accounts preparation
• Secondment to the Channel Islands for work in anti-money laundering practices and procedures
• Staff supervision, training and mentoring