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Victoria Pickering

FD/CFO

My passion is helping business owners focus on running and growing their business. I take the burden of financial reporting, compliance, cash flow management and team leadership off their shoulders, creating robust, self-sufficient finance functions that support informed decision-making and sustainable growth.

Victoria Pickering

Track record highlights

  • Built the financial infrastructure for First Central Insurance Group, enabling the business to scale from start-up to £100 million turnover within its first two years of trading.
  • Transformed a failing international reporting process at AIG Insurance, improving the audit rating from D to A across 33 entities through stronger controls and reporting discipline.
  • Led the investigation into more than £2 million of historic inventory losses at Canon UK & Ireland and implemented controls to prevent recurrence.
  • Insourced European accounting activities at Avalara, reducing reliance on external providers, strengthening financial control and improving efficiency across multiple countries.
  • Eliminated duplicate finance systems across acquired businesses, creating a single source of financial information and improving reporting consistency across Europe.
  • Designed and implemented finance systems, reporting frameworks and controls from the ground up, creating scalable foundations for growth.
  • Established and ran a successful interim and fractional finance consultancy for seven years, supporting businesses through growth, change and finance transformation.

Sector Experience

  • Banking financial services
  • Insurance
  • Retail consumer products

Victoria's specialist skills

Business planning

Helping businesses put the right financial foundations in place to support growth, from ambitious start-ups through to established organisations navigating expansion and change. My experience includes building finance functions from the ground up and creating scalable processes, reporting and controls that support long-term success.

Systems and controls

Turning complex, underperforming finance functions into organised, self-sufficient operations that provide accurate information, robust controls and a platform for sustainable business growth. I help businesses move from firefighting and uncertainty to clarity, structure and confidence.

Managing risk

Helping business owners identify and manage financial, operational and compliance risks before they become costly problems. My experience in highly regulated environments enables me to put practical frameworks in place that protect the business while supporting growth.

Financial operations

Improving the efficiency and effectiveness of finance functions by streamlining processes, insourcing activities where appropriate, eliminating duplication and ensuring teams have access to reliable information to support decision-making.

Leadership

Working alongside business owners and leadership teams as a trusted sounding board, providing clear financial insight, practical support and calm leadership through periods of growth, change and challenge.

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