Kevin Briggs

I've split this into two sections:

• What I like to do
• What I have done

What I like to do

The work that I prefer to do are those jobs that draw upon the widest range of my financial and management skillsets and have the most tangible value added result. In providing a value added service, I am looking to meet the requirements of the specification that the client makes but also to bring my knowledge and experience of working in other organisations to address issues that emerge during the course of the assignment.

Invariably, this means the change management roles that are inherent in projects, number 1 roles in SME's and number 2 roles in larger organisations.

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What I have done

My work on different assignments have built my technical and management skillsets. These range from working on my own in a small company, to being a member of a multi-displinary team in medium-sized companies and to being part of a team of accountants in a large organisation. Although I would not say that I have a preference, I'm probably best at setting up management reporting and forecasting systems, particularly in smaller businesses. I have done this in different situations, such as the difficult financial circumstances of SMF Displays and Ultralife Batteries, the business start-ups at Interconnect and the Olympic Delivery Authority, the business integration work at Bookham Technology and DigiPos Group and the in-sourcing of the IT function at J Sainsbury.

These businesses are engaged in different types of business - manufacturing, sales and service, the public sector and retailing as well as different stages of organisational development, structure, culture and strategic position.

Due to this variety of assignments, I can demonstrate a track record of handling unfamiliar and unusual situations and of transferring my skills between different business situations without the benefit of having a mentor.

This means that I can be put into unfamiliar situations or businesses and be able to quickly identify the drivers for change, identify a range of solutions and be able to select the most appropriate intervention strategy and implement it.

Alternatively, I can work in steady state situations or where all that the client needs is a safe pair of hands. This usually happens in key staff replacement situations where the client simply wants a status quo maintained with the assurance that a highly experienced finance professional can maintain a settled finance function offering a first class financial service to the business whilst a permanent replacement is sought.

In any of these situations, a degree of management accounting or statutory accounting is needed and I have the strength to maintain both an operational finance function as well as progress the finance functions strategic objectives in the organisation.

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