Interim Management
Malcolm is available to fill either general or senior financial management roles.
He possesses broad based business experience including the following :-
Business and strategic planning,
cash/treasury management,
capital project appraisal,
change management,
company start-up,
cost reduction exercises,
productivity improvements,
profit improvement programmes,
re-structuring,
strategic planning and team building.
What and who are Interim Managers ?
Interim Managers are appointed to temporary positions in the management structure of an enterprise, either in a functional role, or to undertake a specific short-term project.
Why Use an Interim ?
- Gap management - as companies have de-layered and downsized, the loss of a senior executive, for whatever reason, has a greater negative impact than in the past. Interim managers come into their own at a time of crisis caused by:-
- Cover the sudden loss of a senior executive through resignation, sickness or death.
- Planned or unplanned dismissals.
- Recruitment difficulties.
- Project management
- Efficiency, productivity or profitability improvements.
- Functional projects - finance, manufacturing, new product launch, business process engineering etc.
- Turnarounds.
- Short-term needs of acquisitions or sudden takeovers.
- Start-up or close down of company, subsidiary or division.
Reasons why clients use Interim Managers
- Flexibilty in use - can be deployed by the day for anything from a few weeks to over a year.
- Speed of appointment - interim managers are immediately available.
- Effectiveness - no learning curves; the ability to hit the ground running, self-starter, virtually immediate impact on defined tasks.
- High motivation - the need to deliver success within budget and cost constraints; effort is focused on achievement.
- Cost efficiency - interim managers represent outstanding value for money.
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