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Contractors and project owners
A finance lead for one big contract: the bid, the bonds, the bank and the margin, over years of delivery.
Advisory/02 Energy and Project-Based
Energy and Project-Based
Complex, long-term projects. I act as the project's finance lead.
- Role
- Global Head of Finance, Siemens Energy
- Largest contract
- $2B, QatarEnergy NFPS
01 / Who it is for
Two kinds of energy business.
Also
Founder-led energy businesses
Solar, oilfield services and other energy firms that need cash and margin under control as they grow.
02 / What finance owns
What a long-term project needs from its finance lead.
Budgeting
A cost plan the project can actually be run against.
Risk management
Risks priced and watched before they turn into losses.
Close work with operations, legal and sales
One set of numbers everyone signs up to.
Board-level presentations, internally
The case made clearly to the people who approve it.
Negotiation with customers, banks and suppliers
Terms, bonds and guarantees negotiated, not just accepted.
03 / Track record
Four contracts at Siemens Energy.
Global Head of Finance on all four
2019 · UAE
£50M
ADNOC SARB LTP
A long-term programme, priced and negotiated to run for decades, with the cost plan and cash flow set from day one.
2021 · Oman
$100M
OQ framework agreement
Four sites combined into one contract, with a local talent plan for Omanisation and project-specific KPIs.
2022 · Qatar
$2B
QatarEnergy NFPS
Led end to end across five regions over an 18-month negotiation: commercial terms, bank guarantees and bonds. $21M saved by sourcing field staff locally.
2023 · UAE
$40M
ADNOC LNG
Financial model, pricing and live project risk, run as one job across finance, sales, legal and delivery.
- $3B+
- In contracts won
- $330M
- In savings achieved
- $170M a year
- Delivered by an independent division I set up
04 / How it can run
From the bid to the final account.
One way it can run. Every project is different, so the steps and their order change with the contract.
- 01
Bid and price
The cost build-up, the pricing and the financial model behind the offer.
- 02
Negotiate and secure
Commercial terms, bank guarantees and bonds agreed before anything is signed.
- 03
Deliver and control
Budget, cash and risk tracked while the work happens, not after.
- 04
Close out
Final accounts and open claims settled, so the margin actually lands.
Ways to work with me.
01 Monthly retainer The base
Every month
Ongoing, as your fractional CFO.
Regular finance reviews, a rolling cash forecast, KPI reporting and ongoing strategic guidance.
02 Hourly
By the hour
For focused pieces of work.
A model, a board pack, a pricing decision or a second opinion, without a monthly commitment.
03 Project-based
Priced per project
For work with a clear start and end.
A fundraise, a reporting system build, or acting as a project's finance lead from contract to close.
Not sure where the gap is?
That is usually the right place to begin. A short call, no pitch. We work out whether it is a numbers problem, an AI problem, or the bit in between, and where starting would help you most.