Speakers: Dawn Fox-Banks, Financial Controller, YRH
How has working on a flexible, portfolio basis changed your work and personal life?
Dawn Fox-Banks: Working on a flexible portfolio basis has changed my personal life. Firstly, by giving me more time to spend time with family and also enjoy pastimes and hobbies, spend more time outside walking and generally having more downtime than I had when I worked in the corporate world. Working on a flexible portfolio basis has also given me the chance to work with a variety of different clients, in different sectors, different industries, different sized companies all within that SME sphere. And to help companies feel like they're achieving their aim of succeeding in their business. It's a chance to learn new experiences, a chance to experience new Softwares, new ways of working and generally making me all round more successful and happy in my career.
How long have you been part of YRH Finance Team?
Dawn Fox-Banks: So I have been part of the YRH Finance Team since July 2018. One of the main reasons I choose to stay is the variety and quality of clients that you get to work with. YRH really understand the SME marketplace and seek out those clients where, as a part time financial controller, you can really look to support the business and help them grow in terms of implementing new finance processes, supporting them through month end and various reporting aspects, and also the support and framework that YRH puts around the client relationship really allows you to develop the relationship with the client and also for the client to trust you, and YRH to look after their finance needs.
What makes a portfolio career with YRH Finance Team different to other employment options?
Dawn Fox-Banks: It was always my dream to build a portfolio career once I had finished time in the corporate world.
Dawn Fox-Banks: But with YRH it's different in terms of the variety of clients that you get to work with and also the ability for YRH to source those clients for you in the local area. Building a portfolio career can sometimes feel a little bit lonely in the initial outset. But being part of YRH gives you that supportive network not only within the YRH Finance Team but also in their broader relationships with the Liberti Group and other partnerships that they have formed over recent years. What this means is that you have other people that you can tap into in other areas of expertise or the network connections that YRH Finance Team have made that allow you to offer these services and to provide clients with other avenues of support should they need it, or should they even ask you for any form of advice.
How would you describe working for YRH Finance Team in 3 words?
Dawn Fox-Banks: Three words to describe working for YRH are supportive, experienced and team.
