- Senior commercial finance professional - ACMA, with a proven track record of driving improved business performance. - Diversified portfolio of experience including strategic planning, business recovery, divestment, commercial review and analysis, and successful large scale organizational change and business transformation. - Very focused on people and high performance team development. - Quick career progression in manufacturing / automotive and distribution / building materials blue chip companies.

Commercial Finance Director @ - To maximise margin and improve the accuracy and speed of margin analysis across Saint-Gobain Building Distribution UK & Ireland, centred on Supplier Rebates and Claims. From February 2014 to Present (1 year 10 months) Coventry, United KingdomFinancial Controller - Operations, Jewson @ - Dual finance role to integrate Build Center into Jewson, and drive improved business performance / develop regional strategies. From June 2012 to Present (3 years 6 months) Coventry, United KingdomFinancial Controller @ - Financial Controller of a portfolio of builders' merchant brands - Build Center, Drain Center & Encon Insulation. - Business partnering the MD and Regional Trading Directors. - Significant achievements included driving and controlling a substantial cost saving exercise on the back of the market downturn, and playing a major role in the divestment work for Build Center, (Build Center was acquired by Saint Gobain in 2012) whilst continuing to run ‘business as normal’. From December 2007 to May 2012 (4 years 6 months) Supply Chain Commercial Finance Manager @ - Provision of commercial finance decision support to Supply Chain – both operationally and strategically, including Working Capital management. - Significant achievements included the re-evaluation of the UK Logistics Distribution Centre Strategic 5yr Plan, and changing the process for recharging distribution costs back to Brands’ P&L accounts, to more accurately reflect true cost absorption. From April 2005 to November 2007 (2 years 8 months) Product Development Principal Finance Analyst @ - Responsible for the generation and control of the Engineering Expense Budgets, i.e. Prototype Materials & Tooling, and Design and Development expense for the Freelander & Range Rover Programmes. From November 2002 to March 2005 (2 years 5 months) Graduate Scheme @ - Various graduate roles across the Group. - CIMA qualified during this period. From September 1999 to October 2002 (3 years 2 months)

Management Sciences @ University of Warwick From 1995 to 1999 alton college James Martin is skilled in: Financial Modelling, Company Integration, Business Transformation, Managerial Finance, Strategic Financial Planning, Management Accounting, Working Capital Management, Strategic Business Partnering, Financial Analysis, Business Strategy, Financial Reporting, Change Management, Budgets, Pricing, Forecasting