Claire Gibb
A part time finance director working with SMEs to provide support tailored to help them enhance and develop their business.
Claire trained as an accountant with Deloitte and brings over 17 years of experience working in a range of organisations. Proven strategic, commercial and technical capabilities coupled with a track record of understanding the specific challenges faced by organisations enable her to deliver results quickly, having a positive impact and adding value.
Support Available to SMEs
Claire’s favourite thing outside work is holidays to interesting places, preferably coupled with an opportunity have a nice glass of wine. She also enjoys keeping fit and has run the Great North Run eleven times (very slowly) and playing bassoon in Lancaster’s Haffner Orchestra.
Claire trained as an accountant with Deloitte and brings over 17 years of experience working in a range of organisations. Proven strategic, commercial and technical capabilities coupled with a track record of understanding the specific challenges faced by organisations enable her to deliver results quickly, having a positive impact and adding value.
Support Available to SMEs
- Business planning
- Budget setting
- Developing meaningful financial management information:
- Bringing context to the figures
- Linking to KPIs
- Preparation
- Interpretation
- Reviewing and updating content and layout
- Cashflow forecasting
- Refining financial systems and procedures to improve accuracy and efficiency
- Developing and upskilling transactional staff
Claire’s favourite thing outside work is holidays to interesting places, preferably coupled with an opportunity have a nice glass of wine. She also enjoys keeping fit and has run the Great North Run eleven times (very slowly) and playing bassoon in Lancaster’s Haffner Orchestra.