Charles Whiteman is dual qualified as a chartered accountant and a solicitor.

Accountancy qualification: FCA (ACA qualified in 2002)

Legal qualification: solicitor (qualified in 1996)

LinkedIn profile: http://uk.linkedin.com/in/whitemancharles

Services provided

I have experience in most areas of accountancy and in business and finance more generally. I'm happy to consider all types of work and my rates are extremely competitive. The main areas I focus on are:

- full-time roles (finance director/CFO/consultant/practice/advisory)

- business model review and turnaround

- preliminary reports and analysis

- financial modelling and forecasting

- monthly and year end reporting

- general commercial analysis

- preparing and negotiating contracts

- process implementation, improvement and controls

- advising private equity funds and investors

- due diligence and valuations

- fundraising and capital introduction (list of startups looking for investment)

- statutory accounts and company secretarial

- tax and related issues

- reclaiming commissions/retrocessions from Swiss banks

Career history

Since 2003 Charles has worked mostly in industry. He spent 5 years as the chief accountant and group financial controller at Omnicom Media Group UK. From 2016-19 he was the finance director at Caffe Kix Limited (workplace cafes).

Charles has had a varied career with business administration being the underlying theme. After graduating in Economics he trained as a corporate lawyer with Allen & Overy, qualifying as a solicitor in 1996.

In 1997 he moved to the retail industry and spent 2 years working as a sales assistant. This gave him a better understanding of how businesses operate on a day-to-day level.

In 1999 he moved to the accountancy profession. He trained with Mazars and then went to KPMG where he was an assistant manager in audit.