Summary
A Chartered Accountant with over 30 years experience in Industry and Commerce in senior financial management, I offer a part-time Finance Director service for growing businesses who wish to take control of their own financial management but cannot yet afford a full time Finance Director. WIth considerable experience of financial management and project management in a range of sectors including manufacturiing, chemicals, logisdtics and food processing I can provide solutions to a range of business problems and bring a comeercially based approach. Areas of interest include business planning and raising finance, budgets and forecasts, cash management, systems, procedures and controls, stock control, acquisitions and integration, product costing and profitability, management information and accounting, payroll, VAT and taxation and cost saving.I also have an in depth knowledge and understanding of rented transit packaging solutions particularly in the FMCG sector.
Contact me on 01457 871098; 07769 350886 or at [email protected]
Business planning
Budgets and forecasts
Product costing and profitability
Cost reduction
Statutory Accounting
Management Accounting;
Corporate Taxation;
HMRC Investigations;
VAT
Payroll Services;
Business Start Ups and raisng Finance;
Consultancy;
Interim Management;
Returnable Transit Packaging Control Systems
Contact me on 01457 871098; 07769 350886 or at [email protected]
Expertise
Business planning
Budgets and forecasts
Product costing and profitability
Cost reduction
Statutory Accounting
Management Accounting;
Corporate Taxation;
HMRC Investigations;
VAT
Payroll Services;
Business Start Ups and raisng Finance;
Consultancy;
Interim Management;
Returnable Transit Packaging Control Systems
Experience
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Adrian Cunningham LLB ACA
Part Time Finance Director
2007 - CurrentI have provided solutions to a range of businesses including solar energy, property management, poultry processing and shutter manufacturers. -
Grampian Country Food Group Ltd
RTP Control Manager
100+ Employees 2003 - 2006I designed, and implemented systems of control and a preocedure of best practice for retunable transit packaging in the chilled food sector across 43 sites nationwide. This avoided the loss of equipment and reduced expenditure by up to £1m p.a. -
Hazlewood Grocery Ltd
Divisional Project Manager
100+ Employees 2000 - 2002I initially ran a £50m insurance claim following the destruction of the Selby Sauce Factory by flood. This was an intricate claim covering Material Damage, Additional Costs of working and Consequential losses from Business Interruption. Subsequently I carried out systems reviews and recovered a Purchase Ledger that had been totally compromised at a £65m turnover bakery. -
F H Lee Ltd
Finance Director
100+ Employees 1999 - 2000Site Finance Director of £27m t/o company manufacturing domestic tissue products . -
Pandora Foods
Finance Director
100+ Employees 1988 - 1999Finance Director of a Pickle and Sauce manufacturer. I implemented integrated IT systems on an IBM AS400 platform and developed bespoke software to provide accounting, sales order processing, stock control and MRP. I developed product and customer profitabilty models that enabled the business to grow organically and was responsible for acquisitions that grew the company by a further 50%. -
Celmac Ltd
Financial Controller
100+ Employees 1985 - 1988Part of a new management team set up to turn around an ailing plastice manufacturing company. I oversaw the implemetation of integrated Real Time Accounting systems in a very short timescale. This enabled a significant improvement in reporting which in turn ebabled devolved cost centres to be set up with enhanced budgetary controls and accountability for department heads.The company was truned into profit within 12 months. -
BASF (UK) Ltd
Internal Audit Manager
100+ Employees 1982 - 1985I set up an independent UK internal audit function for the BASF group. This liaised closely with the internal audit function at the German parent company but in addition to financial and compliance auditing undertook successfully operational audits designed to add value. -
Peat Marwick Mitchell & Co
Senior Accountant
100+ Employees 1979 - 1982Senior Accountant at Manchester office of International firm of Chartered Accountants. I led audit teams on assignments at a range of large companies. I was also closely involved in 2 large and complex Inmland Revenue tax investigations. -
Thomas May & Co
Trainee Accountant
21 - 100 Employees 1976 - 1979Trainee accountant at a medium sized firm of Chartered Accountants in Leicester. I was trained in double entry bookkeeping, accounts preparation, tax computations and auditing. I passed all my ICAEW examinations at the fiirst attempt during this training contract.
Education History
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Law
University of Leicester
1971 - 1974LLB Hons -
Law Society Part 2 Examinations
The College of Law, London
1974 - 1975
Qualifications
Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, admitted 1980. LLB (Hons) University of Leicester
Clubs and Associations
Busines for Breakfast Tameside (Co--Ordinator)
Interests and Hobbies
Football, Motor Sport, Resding, Crosswords and Brewing
