Andrew Burrows

Current

Owner and Director at Charis FD

Past

Interim Group Financial Controller at Synovate
Finance Integration Consultant at Carillion
Head of Finance at Axiom Systems

VP Group Finance at Acision
Vice President, Telecoms Products Group Finance at LogicaCMG
Caribbean Business Controller at Courts plc (in administration)
Caribbean Financial Controller at Courts plc
Head of Business Performance Management (HR) at Centrica plc
Financial Controller, Corporate Centre at Centrica plc
Finance Director at Travelex
Head of Finance at Barclays Bank plc
Auditor at Tenon

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Education

Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales
Lancaster University

Recommended

25 people have recommended Andrew

Connections

285 connections

Industry

Management Consulting

Websites

Andrew Burrows’s Summary

Are you the owner or CEO of a business turning over between £1m and £25m?

Are the business finances giving you pain?

Do you wish you had an expert in business and financial management working alongside you, giving you confidence you were heading the right way to maximise profits and cash, but you don't want to employ an expensive full-time Finance Director?

Charis FD provides affordable expert finance and management assistance to businesses like yours, working with you flexibly on an ongoing basis to help you to make more money, generate most cash and gain confidence in the business finances. See our website www.charisfd.com.

Andrew Burrows’s Specialties:

Leadership; change management; performance reporting; cost control; financial planning; financial modelling; investment appraisal; finance processes; financial control.

Andrew Burrows’s Experience

Owner and Director

Charis FD

(Management Consulting industry)

June 2009 — Present (7 months)

Assisting businesses with turnover between £1m and £25m to get the management of their finances right. We aim to take the pain out managing the finances, helping small to medium-sized businesses make more money, generate more cash and get confident in the finances.
We run programmes suited to size and complexity of the business. Every programme has an element of onsite support, together with access to me by email or phone in between.
See the website - www.charisfd.com - for more details.
Interim Group Financial Controller

Synovate

(Market Research industry)

September 2008 — March 2009 (7 months)

De-risking balance sheet through improving global controls. Improved intercompany trading procedures, including month end eliminations and settlements. Improved procedures around management charges and transfer pricing transactions - including reporting and elimination controls. Improved weekly cashflow forecasting processes. Instituted regular balance sheet reviews with all business units.
Finance Integration Consultant

Carillion

(Public Company; Construction industry)

June 2008 — August 2008 (3 months)

Finance system transition and financial reporting restructuring following acquisition, as part of integration project.
Head of Finance

Axiom Systems

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Telecommunications industry)

January 2008 — June 2008 (6 months)

Day to day running of all financial processes, with a team of three. Support for board with reporting, analysis, budgeting and forecasting. Process improvement and M&A support.
VP Group Finance

Acision

(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

June 2007 — December 2007 (7 months)

Overall responsibility for the Group Finance function, which includes: group financial control and reporting (management and external); financial systems; investment appraisal and monitoring; tax; group financial analysis, performance management and decision support; M&A support. Managing a team of 18, plus responsibility for relationship with outsourced Accounting Service Centre in India.
Vice President, Telecoms Products Group Finance

LogicaCMG

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

December 2006 — June 2007 (7 months)

Responsible for management and statutory reporting for the international telecoms products group within Logica CMG. Also responsible for finance support to the business units, treasury and tax. Overall responsible for obtaining services from accounting shared service centre in Bangalore. Team of 19 (+ indirectly 18 in India).
Caribbean Business Controller

Courts plc (in administration)

(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Furniture industry)

September 2006 — November 2006 (3 months)

Financial analysis; review of monthly performance; short term balance sheet and cash flow forecasting.
Caribbean Financial Controller

Courts plc

(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Retail industry)

March 2006 — May 2006 (3 months)

Review and challenge of P&L and Balance Sheet variances for 11 Courts companies in the Caribbean, plus the captive insurance company.
Head of Business Performance Management (HR)

Centrica plc

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Oil & Energy industry)

October 2003 — December 2005 (2 years 3 months)

Responsible for financial management for the HR Services, Group HR and E-working functions. Advisor to the HR Leadership Team on financial and human capital measurement matters.
Financial Controller, Corporate Centre

Centrica plc

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Oil & Energy industry)

May 2002 — October 2003 (1 year 6 months)

Responsible for Corporate Centre reporting, Group Property Holdings, Investment holding Cos.. Share schemes and pensions accounting.
Finance Director

Travelex

(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Financial Services industry)

October 1999 — January 2002 (2 years 4 months)

Broad, divisional FD role, working for the foreign currency outsourcing business (Travelex Currency Services). Covered all finance and commercial aspects, from monthly management reporting and financial processing, tax, treasury and risk, through pricing and commercial modelling and contractual negotiations.
Head of Finance

Barclays Bank plc

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Banking industry)

August 1996 — September 1999 (3 years 2 months)

Barclays Transpay; division of Barclays Bank that provided the foreign currency and travellers cheques to the branch network. In October 1999 the currency services business was sold to Travelex and Royal Bank of Scotland. Responsible for all regular and ad hoc performance reporting to management and central finance, and decision support analysis, with a staff of 26.
Auditor

Tenon

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; TNO; Accounting industry)

1992 — 1996 (4 years )

Andrew Burrows’s Education

Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales

ACA , Accounting and Finance , 1992 — 1995

4th place in Southern Society order of merit at Intermediate level.
Lancaster University

BSc , Maths & Accounting & Finance , 1988 — 1991

Additional Information

Andrew Burrows’s Websites:

Andrew Burrows’s Interests:

Music - writing/recording; Partner in music production company (Mithril Productions Ltd); Church; Family (4 kids)

Andrew Burrows’s Groups:

Qualified Chartered Accountant (1995); Member of Institute of Directors

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Christian Business Institute (CBI)
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Music Industry Network
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Finance And Accountancy Network
Institute of Directors - Members Only
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British Library UK Entrepreneur Network
Hampshire, UK
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Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship