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Strategic planning, facilitation, business coach
Victoria Hopkins
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NEWMARKET, United Kingdom
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Strategic planner with skills in facilitation, long term financial planning and business coaching. An experienced, commercially focused business partner with 10 years experience in heritage, tourism and commercial operations. I am keen to utilise these skills to help businesses move forward in a planned, strategic and sustainable way.
Markets
United Kingdom
Language
English
Fluently
Ready for
Ongoing relation / part-time
Available
My experience
2019 - ?
freelance
Strategy Consultant, Facilitator & Business Coach
Unanimity Ltd.
Achievements and responsibilities:
● Supporting Greenlight Trust with the creation of their 5 year strategic development plan, including
facilitating strategic visioning session with board of trustees
● Coaching assorted clients specifically those needing additional business knowledge to aid career
progression
● Supporting Greenlight Trust with the creation of their 5 year strategic development plan, including
facilitating strategic visioning session with board of trustees
● Coaching assorted clients specifically those needing additional business knowledge to aid career
progression
Coaching, Facilitator, Development, Coach
2011 - 2019
job
Finance Business Partner - East of England
National Trust.
Achievements and responsibilities:
● Business Partnering with East of England General Managers, including 10 year strategic business
planning to include operating income & expenditure, capital expenditure and reserves forecasting
● Finance lead for Experience Design - a strategic, long term and holistic approach to developing
the visitor experience. Driving the property's business and visitor value within the context of what
makes them special.
● Formulation of commercial investment pipeline for 15 food & beverage and retail outlets of varying
sizes and complexities within the region. Identifying the resources required to efficiently deliver the programme without impacting on the delivery of the existing regional project plan.
● Project managed the removal of the ticket charge to National Trust members at Wimpole Estate.
Included the coordination of multiple workstream leads to ensure successful implementation and achievement of project business case objectives.
● Supporting projects and acquisitions throughout the whole life cycle, from feasibility and options
appraisal, to the end of project benefit realisation reviews. My particular areas of strength are
linked to the feasibility and options appraisal and ensuring that the stakeholders approve the project, whether internal or external, such as the National Lottery Heritage Fund
● Challenging current ways of working in operational areas, to identify income generating
opportunities and potential cost savings as well as driving efficiency
● Working collaboratively with operations and consultancy peers to ensure the region has a robust,
affordable, and deliverable 3 year project plan & operational budget
● Supporting the roll out of new finance system (Business World) including stakeholder engagement,
change management, user acceptance testing and training. Culminating in the successful
embedding of new systems and tools.
Finance Business Partner - Operations South, ICI Dulux Decorator Centres
(October 2009 - May 2011)
Achievements and responsibilities:
● Business Partnering with the Southern Division Operations team: including budgeting, forecasting,
rebate profitability analysis, implementing stock optimisation and cost control initiatives.
● Coaching of Regional and Store managers to highlight opportunities for improving performance
● Completion of bottom up budgeting and forecasting to reconcile to top level numbers.
● Delivery of finance training, including Gross Margin and Balanced Scorecard, to operational staff
● Development of benchmarking reports for electricity usage to enable both consumption and cost
reductions
● Business Partnering with East of England General Managers, including 10 year strategic business
planning to include operating income & expenditure, capital expenditure and reserves forecasting
● Finance lead for Experience Design - a strategic, long term and holistic approach to developing
the visitor experience. Driving the property's business and visitor value within the context of what
makes them special.
● Formulation of commercial investment pipeline for 15 food & beverage and retail outlets of varying
sizes and complexities within the region. Identifying the resources required to efficiently deliver the programme without impacting on the delivery of the existing regional project plan.
● Project managed the removal of the ticket charge to National Trust members at Wimpole Estate.
Included the coordination of multiple workstream leads to ensure successful implementation and achievement of project business case objectives.
● Supporting projects and acquisitions throughout the whole life cycle, from feasibility and options
appraisal, to the end of project benefit realisation reviews. My particular areas of strength are
linked to the feasibility and options appraisal and ensuring that the stakeholders approve the project, whether internal or external, such as the National Lottery Heritage Fund
● Challenging current ways of working in operational areas, to identify income generating
opportunities and potential cost savings as well as driving efficiency
● Working collaboratively with operations and consultancy peers to ensure the region has a robust,
affordable, and deliverable 3 year project plan & operational budget
● Supporting the roll out of new finance system (Business World) including stakeholder engagement,
change management, user acceptance testing and training. Culminating in the successful
embedding of new systems and tools.
Finance Business Partner - Operations South, ICI Dulux Decorator Centres
(October 2009 - May 2011)
Achievements and responsibilities:
● Business Partnering with the Southern Division Operations team: including budgeting, forecasting,
rebate profitability analysis, implementing stock optimisation and cost control initiatives.
● Coaching of Regional and Store managers to highlight opportunities for improving performance
● Completion of bottom up budgeting and forecasting to reconcile to top level numbers.
● Delivery of finance training, including Gross Margin and Balanced Scorecard, to operational staff
● Development of benchmarking reports for electricity usage to enable both consumption and cost
reductions
Management, UP, Formulation, Business Partner, Development, Testing, Implementation, Business Case, Finance, Design, Optimization, Forecasting, Training, Budget, Operations, Retail, Coaching, Change management
2009 - 2009
job
Financial Accountant
ICI Dulux Decorator Centres.
Achievements and responsibilities:
● Responsible for full range of financial accounts covering all statutory reporting, internal month end
reporting, taxation and pension reporting, as well as quarterly gross margin reviews for 190 stores
● Business partnering with the commercial team, including managing supplier rebates receivable,
reviewing promotional expenditure, cost modelling for recycling project and reducing slow moving
stock.
● Manage the financial reporting team, and supervise the month end activities of the shared service
centre team in India
● Preparation of balance sheet budgets and submission of top level p&l budgets, as well as monthly
variance reports.
● Responsible for full range of financial accounts covering all statutory reporting, internal month end
reporting, taxation and pension reporting, as well as quarterly gross margin reviews for 190 stores
● Business partnering with the commercial team, including managing supplier rebates receivable,
reviewing promotional expenditure, cost modelling for recycling project and reducing slow moving
stock.
● Manage the financial reporting team, and supervise the month end activities of the shared service
centre team in India
● Preparation of balance sheet budgets and submission of top level p&l budgets, as well as monthly
variance reports.
Service, Accountant, Pension
My education
2000
-
2004
Manchester Metropolitan University
BA Hons, Accounting and Finance in Europe
BA Hons, Accounting and Finance in Europe
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