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Rebecca Mallon
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Rebecca Mallon ACMA
South Cheshire
07919 582922 | rebeccamallon20@gmail.com | http://uk.linkedin.com/in/rebeccamallon/
PROFILE
A hands-on Finance Director with strong commercial and managerial skills used to working in a busy
environment. Strong cross functional manager with close team relationships at senior level and with own team.
Working with SME/ private equity and recently AIM requirements.
Analytical mind with close attention to detail, backed up with excellent Microsoft office skills (in particular Excel)
responsible for internal & external reporting requirements across functions, including business case analysis.
Board experience with reporting & legal obligations. Company Secretary for Ltd SME. Broad commercial
knowledge in an environment that covers retail, warehousing, logistics and wholesale.
KEY SKILLS
 Analysis & Decision Making - Analytical viewpoint, with a strong commercial understanding and awareness.
 Cost Control - Budgeting & Planning - Strong budgeting skills and very cost conscious, logical and well
prepared with high degree of accuracy and attention to detail at all times.
 Reporting & Presenting – Organised with accurate record keeping and well structured reports and
spreadsheets. Can communicate confidently and present at all levels internally and externally.
 Leadership & teamwork –Work well with others, supporting their ideas and projects. Experienced in leading a
team and motivating and mentoring them to maximise results and efficiencies. Key part of formulating and
implementing large scale organisational change driven by CEO and Board, positively driving change through
others with clear communication and understanding.
 Organiser – good at managing variables and organising or arranging them, be they reports, projects or people.
Good general commercial knowledge means so able to consider all the factors, giving a very practical outlook.
 Commitment - Strong sense of integrity and dedication to hit tight deadlines where necessary.
 KEY ACHIEVEMENTS
 Financial - Heavily involved in the refinancing of private equity owned business: Repaid debt early. Reduced
financing costs and extended working capital facilities. Built strong relationships with the 3rd parties involved.
Strengthening the company’s balance sheet and improving profits.
- Reviewed Tobacco guarantees (£13.5m) with suppliers following float, able to reduce guarantee with one
supplier, reducing costs associated with it.
- Full clean audits always achieved under UK Gaap and IFRS once floated.
 Strategic – As board director: More closely involved in the strategic direction of the company and more
responsibility, key part of the change programme introduced with new CEO. Changed some of the internal
company processes to be more corporate and structured with clearer lines of communication and
accountability.
- Played a core part in floating CVR on the AIM market in around 10 weeks whilst doing the year end audit: Very
successful float (market valuation £65.5m) and clean audit. Enabling the company to expand debt free.
 Commercial – Prepared business case and reviewed due diligence to decide which stores to buy from the
Rhythm & Booze stable (paid £1.5m). Enabling the company to only take on stores that had the potential to
turn around and expand the territory and brands into Yorkshire.
 Operational - Choosing and implementing a new accounts and payroll package, still being used 12 years later
as flexible enough to grow with the company. Streamlined processes as both the same supplier and flexible
enough to allow additional divisions to be added easily to improve reporting, variance analysis and budgeting.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
 All round Windows knowledge with particularly strong excel skills.
 Full Driving licence.
 Payroll and HR experience in particular with RTI, SIP schemes and introducing auto enrolment
 Bonded Warehouse experience with duty requirements for alcohol