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Tunde Ayanleke

Bedworth,United Kingdom

Summary

Accomplished professional with expertise in cash flow management, long-term business planning, and driving performance improvements. Demonstrates strong leadership skills and business acumen, with a proven track record in forecasting, profitability analysis, and financial modelling. Advanced Excel knowledge and effective communication abilities support analytical thinking and decision support. Committed to leveraging skills for strategic growth and operational excellence.

Proactive Finance professional with strong analytical and strategic planning skills, complemented by outstanding communication and problem-solving abilities. Skilled in financial modelling and business analysis, with track record in enhancing financial performance and driving cost efficiencies. Committed to delivering data-driven insights that support informed decision-making and foster organisational growth.

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience
2017
2017
years of post-secondary education

Work history

Group Finance Business Partner

Travis Perkins
Northampton, UK
09.2022 - 01.2025
  • Created and presented accurate, detailed financial forecasts.
  • Developed strong relationships across the organisation; fostered a collaborative approach to achieving fiscal objectives.
  • Supported management in strategic planning through insightful financial advice.
  • Managed budgets and cashflow, income and expenditure accounts, financial ratios and statutory accounts.
  • Conducted regular reviews of business performance against budget, pinpointing any discrepancies promptly.
  • Improved financial performance by conducting detailed profitability analysis.
  • Harnessed data visualisation to drive insights through management reporting.
  • Produced accurate financial reporting and provisioned appropriate management information.
  • Advised senior managers on complex financial issues.
  • Coached and mentored junior staff to maximise finance department capabilities.
  • Prepared consolidated monthly management accounts and flash reports.
  • Built and maintained collaborative working relationships with non-financial colleagues.
  • Undertook regular forecast variance analysis in conjunction with budget holders.

Finance Lead

BELOXXI INDUSTRIES LIMITED
10.2018 - 09.2022
  • Led financial reporting, budgeting, and forecasting for £200m FMCG business
  • Led team of 15 professional accountants partnering with sales, marketing, engineering, logistics and operations
  • Led development and ownership of five-year rolling plan with continuous Board and CEO engagement
  • Developed financial tools reducing production costs by £0.5m in one year
  • Advised Board on financial aspects of £4m expansion project
  • Developed models to improve product line gross profit margins and reduce SG&A expenses
  • Developed and implemented formal budgeting, forecasting, and reporting systems for board and investors
  • Reduced monthly reporting timeline by 3 days
  • Implemented cloud-based financial reporting system integrating Procurement, Inventory Management and Payroll
  • Streamlined accounts payable processes to enhance vendor payment management
  • Oversaw account management and annual audit process
  • Managed EBITDA enhancement efforts and bespoke reporting
  • Developed pricing strategy to optimise product mix
  • Modelled detailed five-year rolling plans using advanced Excel

Commercial Controller

RECKITT BENCKISER (RB)
01.2018 - 09.2018
  • Commercial Finance leader for both divisions (Health & Hygiene-Home)
  • Held responsibility for protecting the earnings model – optimizing gross margin mix for over 50 SKUs across all markets and geographies, supporting brand and category profitability, leverage S&OP process to improve forecast accuracy, optimized pricing strategy, drove new product development (NPD) finance, as well as managed trade spend and commercial fixed costs
  • I was also responsible for credit control, FP&A and business partnering
  • Was fully responsible for brand and category P&L including month, YTD, YTG and full year variance analysis (versus forecast, previous forecast iterations & prior year)

Country Commercial Controller

LAFARGE AFRICA (A member of the Holcim Group)
04.2015 - 12.2017
  • As Commercial Controller, reporting to the Managing Director, Group CFO-Cement, and 3 separate Divisional Finance Directors while supporting Business Unit Leadership specifically the Sales, Marketing and Pricing Directors, I was responsible for driving decision support, performance management, Pricing & Commercial Strategy, product portfolio mix, RTM optimization, margin improvement initiatives, credit management and business controls in the commercial sphere
  • Complete ownership of countrywide pricing systems and controls across all three-business divisions
  • Drove pricing policy and strategy implementation
  • Key member of the Commercial Leadership Team responsible for delivering average annual revenue of circa $1bn for 3 years
  • Managed optimal utilization of annual trade spend budgets of circa $50m
  • Commercial Finance Business Partner supporting strategic decision making by producing incisive analysis of business environment and EBITDA impact of decisions
  • Owned and managed business credit portfolio (Circa $100m) as leader of the credit committee
  • FP&A lead with full control A&P (advert & Promo) budget as well as manage A&P projects’ profitability
  • Act as co-pilot to Sales Directors for the 3 business divisions, providing periodic dashboard performance reviews, tracking KPIs and evaluating deviations from plan with the objective of providing clear business performance, identifying risks & opportunities, and driving corrective actions where necessary

Commercial Finance Manager

PZ CUSSONS PLC
06.2010 - 03.2015
  • Regional Finance Business Partner for three Operating Units, supporting Sales & Marketing Directors and their teams, overseeing the implementation of major product alignments and launches as well as support 5-year category and brand planning
  • Ownership and management of brand P&Ls, monitoring and advising on impact of brand investments (Return on Investments, value chain, tracking and measurement of ATL & BTL spend versus expected benefits, pricing simulation etc.)
  • Finance lead for New Product Development (NPD) initiatives, challenging NPD assumptions and evaluating NPD short and long-term viability using investment appraisal techniques (PBP, NPV & IRR)
  • Challenged and supported Supply Chain team by driving analysis of production costs, identify & evaluate margin improvement opportunities, jointly investigating material price and usage variances, assess CAPEX investment and ROI
  • Provided regular financial reports & updates to management, with detailed analysis, variance reports in comparison with forecast, KPIs, sales & product/SKU analysis to support business decisions
  • Business Partner to leadership team, led the business planning process, in coordination with leadership team and provide business plan reports, strategic forecast plans, carry out analysis to identify & interpret financial & non-financial risks to enable management to improve existing performance in line with business objectives
  • Monitored price structures on all products/SKUs in coordination with marketing, sales & commercial teams to ensure profitability & product margin were achieved
  • Identified areas of cost or expense reduction potential or excessive cost occurrence through effective analytical techniques to ensure profitability across all line items in the P&L
  • Led and managed the budget process - Challenged budget submissions and forecasts to drive accuracy and insightful planning, prepared P&L forecasts and latest estimates for quarterly business reviews, and produced variance reports of forecast P&L and Balance Sheet against various reference points (Prior Year, Budget, and Latest Forecast)
  • Provide detailed analysis and review of variances
  • Team Lead, Internal Audit
  • Deputizing the GM/Head, Internal Control, I was responsible for the Internal Audit teams on various audit/investigation assignments at the head office, 3 factories and 26 depots
  • Developed Internal control objectives and policies directed at achieving Management objectives
  • Developed, reviewed, and updated internal audit programs and audit guidelines for audit assignments
  • Identified business and operational risks, maintained continuous evaluation of the adequacy of existing controls and advised top level management of necessary actions to mitigate risks with loss potential
  • Team lead for investigations and other special audit assignments
  • Managed audit teams, ensured audit procedures and processes meets international standard vis-à-vis best audit practices
  • Performed scheduled and unscheduled (spot checks) audit visits to 26 Depots and 3 factories spread across Nigeria

Education

B.A. (Hons) - Business Accounting & Financial Management

UNIVERISTY OF SUNDERLAND
Sunderland, UK

CIMA (ACMA, CGMA) -

Chartered Institute of Management Accountants

ACA -

ICAEW

Skills

  • Cash flow management
  • Long-term business planning
  • Driving performance improvements
  • Leadership skills
  • Business acumen
  • Forecasting
  • Advanced Excel knowledge
  • Profitability analysis
  • Effective communication
  • Analytical thinker
  • Decision support
  • Financial modelling

Timeline

Group Finance Business Partner

Travis Perkins
09.2022 - 01.2025

Finance Lead

BELOXXI INDUSTRIES LIMITED
10.2018 - 09.2022

Commercial Controller

RECKITT BENCKISER (RB)
01.2018 - 09.2018

Country Commercial Controller

LAFARGE AFRICA (A member of the Holcim Group)
04.2015 - 12.2017

Commercial Finance Manager

PZ CUSSONS PLC
06.2010 - 03.2015

B.A. (Hons) - Business Accounting & Financial Management

UNIVERISTY OF SUNDERLAND

CIMA (ACMA, CGMA) -

Chartered Institute of Management Accountants

ACA -

ICAEW

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