Andrew Davis

FD/CFO

I’m a KPMG-trained Chartered Accountant with 30+ years’ experience leading Finance, IT, and Operations across Retail, Wholesale, and Logistics – primarily UK-based. I partner with founders and boards who need calm, decisive leadership through transformation. Whether rescuing a failing ERP, stabilising post-crisis, or scaling businesses, I combine strategic judgement with hands-on delivery.

Andrew Davis – Fractional CFO – Manchester

Track record highlights

Industry-Recognised Turnaround: Reversed retailer performance from -4% to +29% like-for-like growth year-on-year by rescuing a failed ERP implementation and transforming operations—recognised with Finance Director of the Year (North West) award.
Working Capital & Process Excellence: Delivered £1.1m working capital improvement and reduced financial close time by 80% for an international logistics business, implementing BI tools generating £200k annual benefit.
Cyber-Attack Recovery & ERP Migration: Led a £65m paper distributor through cyber-incident recovery with minimal business disruption, stabilising finance operations and sponsoring successful NetSuite-to-JDE ERP migration.
Scaling High-Growth Businesses: Professionalised finance for a £4m FMCG beverage business, cutting month-end from 20 to 5 days and building planning infrastructure enabling 30% year-on-year growth.
PE-Backed Finance Transformation: Led finance function for £300m retailer post-acquisition, creating 80+ initiative roadmap, establishing investor-grade reporting and delivering weekly investor updates.

Sector Experience

Retail & Consumer Products: General Merchandise, Textiles, Homewares
Manufacturing, Transport & Logistics: International Freight, Supply Chain Management, Wholesale, FMCG
Banking & Financial Services: Insurance, Retail Banking, Strategic Transformation
Services: Paper, Print, Healthcare, Facilities Management

Andrew's specialist skills

Strategic Thinker

Board-level experience across Finance, IT, and Operations enables me to see the whole commercial picture. I set finance strategy aligned with growth ambitions - from supply chain optimisation to digital expansion - and prepare businesses for investment, refinance, or strategic exit.

Systems and Controls

I lead ERP stabilisation, migration and recovery across platforms including NetSuite, JDE and bespoke systems. I rescue failed implementations and design scalable architectures, providing calm, decisive leadership through technical complexity and crisis.

Management Information

I transform data into decisions through practical BI frameworks, building MI dashboards that drive commercial action - margin analysis, stock-turn metrics, sales performance.

Cash flow Improvement

I specialise in working capital optimisation and rebuilding control environments, with a strong track record improving cashflow, stock turns and liquidity - particularly during rapid growth, restructuring or preparing for refinance.

Profit Improvement

I identify and execute margin-enhancing initiatives through commercial analysis and process re-engineering, with proven delivery across businesses from £4m scale-ups to £300m+ operations, strengthening profitability through operational efficiency and disciplined cost management.

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