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Karen Pulford

FD/CFO

Experienced CFO and Finance Director supporting organisations to drive growth, improve performance, and strengthen financial leadership. I work as a fractional CFO, partnering with business owners and leadership teams to deliver clarity, control, and sustainable results.

Karen Pulford – Fractional CFO – Coventry & Warwickshire

Track record highlights

  • Serving as FD for European region across 7 countries.
  • Development of strong and effective working relationships with Senior leadership teams across territories.
  • Cost management and change programme developed and delivered to support business strategy.
  • Delivery of high quality, consistent and effective financial reporting to support effective decision making.
  • Established UK financial reporting control framework to support US group reporting compliance.

Sector Experience

  • Healthcare: Pharmaceutical and Scientific Distribution, Life Sciences
  • Manufacturing, Transport & Logistics: Biopharma Manufacturing, Cleanroom Manufacturing, Specialist Product Distribution , Electronics Manufacturing
  • Not-for-Profit: Charity
  • Services: Scientific Laboratory Services

Karen's specialist skills

Budgeting & Forecasting

Delivery of budgeting and forecasting for multiple companies to stakeholder timetables. Analytics of outcomes and identification of areas for gap closure or opportunity.

Profit Improvement

Delivery of EBITDA improvement year on year through identification of opportunities through margin and cost management, new markets, M&A activities.

M&A Specialist

Involved in due diligence and business modelling to support 8 M&A acquisitions. Delivery of post acquisitions synergies and system integration.

Exit Planning

Support of dataroom build out, positioning business for sale, identification of key drivers and stories.

Compliance

Experience of financial control implementation and audit, operations in regulated environments, compliance reporting requirements.

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