JOHN MARTIN

• Manage and mentor finance teams for UK SMEs, regularly taking over daily oversight of transactional tasks and guiding ledger and reconciliation processes during system changes or rapid growth.
• Prepare monthly management accounts for client entities, with drill-down commentary and actionable analysis used in board meetings.
• Directly support Finance Directors with statutory audit files, analytical reviews for year-end, and ad hoc project-based assignments (e.g., new reporting packages, production/inventory accounting improvements).
• Supported production and operational leads during systems upgrades, ensuring clear communication of financial performance and KPIs

• Oversaw teams delivering daily core finance services (AP/AR, ledger management, reconciliations) and provided hands-on support to transaction teams during periods of transition.
• Reworked management reporting cycles, driving improvements in commentary quality, budget variance explanations, and forecast reliability.
• Assisted the Finance Director in statutory reporting requirements and collaborated with multiple cross-functional teams on large project rollouts.

• Managed a finance and operations unit within a growing SME division, introducing efficient accounting processes and upskilling junior finance staff.
• Designed and implemented weekly and monthly reconciliation checks—cutting error rates and supporting timely management accounts reporting.
• Led project teams through process improvement and digital transformation, ensuring finance remained an effective business partner to operational leads.

• Reported to Azerbaijan President, with a mandate to perform strategic in-country risk assessment of State Oil and Refining operations and provided sustainable strategy and transformation plan to move from 100% dependency on oil.

Various roles as accountant, finance manager and finance systems implementation