I am willing to work with any
organisation (except not-for-profit) finding itself in any strategic scenario. To
summarise my experiences so far:
·
Public
sector assignments have generally been to backfill for the absence of key staff
·
Private
sector assignments have either been turnarounds or post-acquisition integration
and many of these assignments have been in the SME sector.
However, there have been
other features of change management in many assignments, such as implementing
new systems, implementing or upgrading forecasting or reporting, or developing
the finance team into a modern finance team that supports commercial decision
making. Invariably, SME assignments are at finance director level whereas
larger organisations are not.
SME sector assignments appeal
most of all because they use the widest range of skill sets and I see this as a
key element in an enjoyable assignment.
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Key staff replacement / backfilling |
Implement
/ improve financial reporting |