Fractional Finance Director (FD) – UK Logistics SME | Xero & Cashflow - Contract to Hire

We are looking for an experienced UK Fractional Finance Director to work with London Delivery Network (LDN), a growing logistics business.

We already have bookkeeping/accounting support and a rolling treasury/cashflow system. I now want an experienced FD who can come into the business, review the numbers and introduce the level of financial management and commercial oversight you would expect from a good SME Finance Director.

This is not a bookkeeping role.

I need someone who can help me understand and control:

* Cashflow and 13-week treasury forecasting

* Weekly financial performance

* Customer and contract profitability

* Gross margins and contribution

* Vehicle/fleet and operational costs

* Debtors, creditors and working capital

* Budgets and rolling forecasts

* Management accounts

* VAT/tax provisions and upcoming liabilities

* Financial risks and upcoming cash pressures

* Pricing and commercial decisions

* Monthly management/board reporting

We use Xero, alongside operational spreadsheets/data.

Initially, I want you to approach LDN as though you have just joined as its Finance Director: review how the company operates, assess our existing financial information and treasury, identify what is missing, and establish what I should be reviewing daily, weekly and monthly as Managing Director.

I am particularly interested in people who have worked with owner-managed SMEs where cashflow, working capital and profitability need active management. Logistics experience would be useful but is not essential.

Please include in your proposal:

1. Your FD/CFO experience.

2. Typical size of businesses you’ve worked with.

3. Your experience with Xero and 13-week cashflow forecasting.

4. An example where you identified a profitability or cashflow problem and helped management address it.

5. Your proposed approach for your first 30 days with LDN.

Please start your proposal with “LDN FD” so I know you’ve read the brief.

This will begin as a fractional/part-time engagement, with the potential for ongoing work if we work well together.

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