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Chris W

@cw_financial

Financial Controller: Budgeting, Forecasting and Cash Flow Modelling

United Kingdom
English
About me
CIMA part-qualified Financial Controller with 15+ years running finance functions for multi-million pound businesses — from FMCG manufacturing (H J Heinz) to logistics and property groups. Currently finance lead for an £8-9m multi-entity group, owning everything from month-end close to board-level reporting. I build the same dynamic budgeting, forecasting and cash flow models for small businesses that I use running live finance functions day-to-day — practical, bank-ready tools you can actually operate yourself, not static one-off spreadsheets.... Read more

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Budgeting & Forecasting
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Work experience

Kraft_Heinz

Site Controller

Kraft Heinz • Full-time

Aug 2023 - Dec 2024 • 1 yr 4 mos

Stepped into an Controller role at a major FMCG site. Resolved manufacturing variances with ~$1m cost impact, capitalised ~$5m of previously unrecorded fixed assets, and drove forecast accuracy from ~80% to over 90%. Responsible for month-end closure, budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, board reporting & building & maintaining dynamic dashboards.