Clare Boynton

FD/CFO

Guildford & Kingston Upon Thames

Clare Boynton In 60 Seconds

In a career characterised by collaborative business partnering in both technical and commercial senior finance roles, I have experience across a variety of industries with some of the biggest global brands, including Unilever, Amazon and the ‘finger-lickin’ good’ KFC. Having identified that my passion lay with small businesses and working directly with owners, I joined The CFO Centre in 2020. Since then, I have had the pleasure of working with inspiring business leaders in Guildford, Walton-on-Thames, and Brighton.

Specialist Skills

Budgeting & Forecasting

For fundraising, banking covenants, grant applications & to drive action in BAU.

Profit Improvement

Segmentation analysis, cost base & supplier reviews, process improvement.

Management Information

Clear, insightful, efficient reporting for finance and non-finance stakeholders.

Strategic Thinker

Partnering and thinking across all functions. Competitor analysis. Risk Review.

Leadership

Led large & small teams & individuals at all levels to best in class performance.

Track Record Highlights

Secured multi-million pound cashflow funding for partners when an internal logistics failure closed stores. Resolved related complex debt position with third party and distribution of compensations.

Uncovered multi-million pound fraud through rigorous data analysis and leadership of cross-functional investigation team. Secured funding for and on-boarded Project Manager to support resolution.

Generated cost-base savings due to rigorous review and categorisation of £250m cost base. Used increased transparency to improve profitability via new pricing strategies and better resource allocation.

Drove significant restructure of marketing spend (savings & re-direction of funds) whilst increasing sales through customer segmentation, marketing efficiency and customer lifetime value modelling.

Improved several business control environments through cross-functional risk review leading to process/policy re-writes. 2 years spent in Internal Audit in complex Africa region of a global business.

Led large finance/shared service team to first ever (global) 'Well-Controlled' audit rating through process/control improvement & team collaboration.

Step-change in employee engagement scores in every team I have led due to strong leadership, coaching, process improvement and passionate, open communication.

Sector Experience

Retail & Consumer Products: FMCG & E-Commerce

Hospitality & Tourism: Including Franchising

Insurance

Manufacturing, Transport & Logistics

Construction: Modern Methods

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