Helen Finely

Experienced Operations Executive | Problem Solver | Strategic Planner | High Performance Team BuilderAn experienced, pragmatic Executive with high levels of curiosity and a keen interest in problem solving. A qualified accountant with more 20 years of experience of delivering change, and building and managing delivery focussed teams in a range of sectors including investment banking, finance and the not for profit sector at senior leadership level. Currently Chief Financial Officer and Head of Operations for an SME.An experienced, pragmatic Executive with high levels of curiosity and a keen interest in problem solving. A qualified accountant with more 20 years of experience of delivering change, and building and managing delivery focussed teams in a range of sectors including investment banking, finance and the not for profit sector at senior leadership level. Currently Chief Financial Officer and Head of Operations for an SME.Key skills and experience:• Demonstrated an ability to build and coach (often from a low base) effective teams to solve a variety of business problems from managing competing requirements from international regulators through to scoping and delivering a £1.8m building repair programme.• Highly effective at leveraging experience and wide range of industry contacts to solve diverse problems. Recently responsible for building an operations department for an SME from scratch during lock-down. This included setting up HR, IT, Compliance and facilities management in addition to providing support to build out business strategy and manage staff remotely throughout the lock-down period. • Able to effectively influence senior executives, peers, and teams in complex, highly matrixed global organisational structures as well as navigate the strong inter-personal relationships within smaller organisations and move projects forward despite obstacles. • Recognised for building and coaching operations teams to be highly loyal, motivated, and results oriented.• Experience across Business Strategy, Operations, Technology, Finance, Risk and Compliance.• Track record of successful delivery of high profile, diverse and complex programmes.• Understanding of complex operational, technology and regulatory challenges faced by both small and large organisations as well as innovative and digital transformation solutions• Wide-ranging regulatory and compliance experience from MIFID II and GDPR through to ISO 9001 and 27001 and Cyber Essentials.• Wide ranging experience reporting and presenting to both commercial and third sector Boards.