Phil Drury

FD/CFO

I am an experienced, highly commercial and strategic thinking, out of the box CFO, with a track record of transforming businesses and leadership teams, using finance as a catalyst to drive a winning culture and increase in performance. Successful in raising finance for growth and working with funders to turnaround struggling businesses.

Track record highlights

Responsible for developing a new performance ethos. This meant pushing decision making to a local level, closest to the customer resulting in faster more effective decision making.
The relationship with the bank was under strain as the financial performance and reporting was a cause for concern. Turned the relationship around, so now the bank is fully supportive of the business.
Successfully supported a client in making their first acquisition.
Successfully restructured an insolvent business, allowing it to continue trading.
Taken a business where financial performance was only reviewed quarterly, to where the numbers are reviewed monthly and we have a clear 3 year plan and able to track performance against it.

Sector Experience

Sport & Recreation: Leisure Trusts
Services: Support services to the Maritime Industry, Out of Home Advertising
Technology, Media & Telecoms: Outsourced IT Support
Manufacturing, Transport & Logistics: Removals and Logistics

Phil's specialist skills

Business Planning

Making sure that the strategic direction of the businesses is translated into financial performance.

Management Information

Represent the numbers to management to provide much better insight and make better decisions. A good CFO makes the numbers dance.

Banking Relationship

Can build strong relationships with funders, by providing accurate numbers on time and build up trust in the relationship.

Strategic Thinker

Ability to think laterally and support businesses in achieving their strategic aims.

Budgeting & Forecasting

Help the business understand why its missing its forecast and support in improving the performance.

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