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India
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Simon Parkins In 60 Seconds
A commercially focussed strategic thinker and business coach who drives success. Prior to joining The CFO Centre I held several senior positions within large corporates, specialising in bringing sense and order to complex business models, and delivered impressive positive outcomes. I excel at working with entrepreneurs to improve processes, reporting, and cash-flow, and deliver profit improvement.
Specialist Skills
Business Planning
Delivers both great financial, and non-financial reporting, focussed on driving financial success.
Managing Risk
Removing, or being ready for, the things that can trip a business up.
Profit Improvement
Driver of profit improvement in low margin and project environments. Lean Six Sigma experience.
Leadership
Extensive Board experience, working collaboratively and positively to actively drive a success culture.
Strategic Thinker
Adept at evaluating business models, spotting strengths and weaknesses, and changing priorities.
Track Record Highlights
- "Simon has been instrumental in the progression and restructuring of our group and its subsidiaries over the past 18 months." "His input has been revolutionary to our business" Client quote.
- Part of senior team on UK's largest PFI that delivered a 12% margin improvement over 3 years through a systematic and relentless drive to find efficiencies, backed by Lean Six Sigma methodology.
- Shines a bright torch into the dark corners of a business, leaving no stone unturned, and sets about putting any issues right.
- Saved a struggling client from going under, and saw the owner to an exit inside 18 months.
- Track record of being "cost neutral" to his clients.
Sector Experience
- Construction
- Engineering
- Technology, Media & Telecoms: Security
- Manufacturing, Transport & Logistics
- Services: Consultancy Businesses
What's next?
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