Functional Skills
Cost Reduction
Product Strategy
Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP)
Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP)
Forecasting / Projections
Finance Transformation
Operations Management
Private Equity Investing
Communications
Leadership Development
Supply Chain Integration
Visual Design
Change Management / Org Design
Software Skills
Microsoft Word
Microsoft Edge
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Office
Microsoft PowerPoint
Monday
Trello
Canva
Google Docs
Certifications
ACCAChartered Certified Accountant
Sector Experience
Business Services
Financial Services
Manufacturing
Real Estate
Telecom
Big 4 Accounting
Top Consulting Firms
Experience
Sekhon Consulting Limited, Global
Management Consulting
Director
5/2022 - 2/2025
Provide advice to a range of clients on specific projects relating to financial, operational, or structural transformation and change through my own company.
Most recent projects:
•End-to-end selection and implementation of AI software in global workspace provider to reduce sales cycle timeline by 80%, resulting in greater volume of signed deals and £1m p.a. cost reduction through workforce removal
•Organisational redesign of Middle East based manufacturing company, resulting in annualised cost savings of $2m through assessing current structure, gaps assessment, target models, and managing all employee exits and communication plans
• Delivered supporting business function transformation to deliver annualised cost savings of £10m through restructuring team operations, redesigning process flows and creating playbooks to ensure team implement best practices
Most recent projects:
•End-to-end selection and implementation of AI software in global workspace provider to reduce sales cycle timeline by 80%, resulting in greater volume of signed deals and £1m p.a. cost reduction through workforce removal
•Organisational redesign of Middle East based manufacturing company, resulting in annualised cost savings of $2m through assessing current structure, gaps assessment, target models, and managing all employee exits and communication plans
• Delivered supporting business function transformation to deliver annualised cost savings of £10m through restructuring team operations, redesigning process flows and creating playbooks to ensure team implement best practices
IWG Plc
Management Consulting
Transformation Lead
7/2021 - 4/2022
Designed and implemented a transformation programme to reduce the overall costs of the supply chain function function by 30% via:
• Redesigning the supply chain operating model to reduce spend with third parties and intermediaries, reducing costs by 20%
• Restructuring the team to create an offshore team for administrative delivery, saving £4m p.a.
• Creating new processes, tools, and controls to simplify, standardise and industrialise ways of working
• Defining revised requirements for product strategy and implementation, resulting in annualised savings of £8m
• Redesigning the supply chain operating model to reduce spend with third parties and intermediaries, reducing costs by 20%
• Restructuring the team to create an offshore team for administrative delivery, saving £4m p.a.
• Creating new processes, tools, and controls to simplify, standardise and industrialise ways of working
• Defining revised requirements for product strategy and implementation, resulting in annualised savings of £8m
Ernst & Young (EY)
Management Consulting
Manager, Restructuring
9/2014 - 6/2021
Provided financial and operational advice to a wide range of clients and stakeholders. Significant managerial project experience:
• Rapid cost reduction (Aerospace): Led project team in identifying £20m cost saving opportunities
• Contingency planning (Retail): Advised distressed UK retailer on impact of Covid-19, including protecting c800 jobs
• Operating model redesign (Advertising): Redesigned operating model to close regions and services to support growth
• Finance transformation (Infrastructure): Created finance transformation roadmap for post-acquisition integration
• Cash flow forecasting (Multiple): Built bespoke short-term cash flow forecasts for clients to identify trapped cash
• Refinancing (Private equity): Managed the successful re-financing of €1.1 bn external debt, resulting in €90m special dividend
• Business reviews (Government): Independent review of companies using financial models
• Rapid cost reduction (Aerospace): Led project team in identifying £20m cost saving opportunities
• Contingency planning (Retail): Advised distressed UK retailer on impact of Covid-19, including protecting c800 jobs
• Operating model redesign (Advertising): Redesigned operating model to close regions and services to support growth
• Finance transformation (Infrastructure): Created finance transformation roadmap for post-acquisition integration
• Cash flow forecasting (Multiple): Built bespoke short-term cash flow forecasts for clients to identify trapped cash
• Refinancing (Private equity): Managed the successful re-financing of €1.1 bn external debt, resulting in €90m special dividend
• Business reviews (Government): Independent review of companies using financial models