Fiona Harnett
Fiona Harnett is the Founder and Director of MacGregor Jamee.
Fiona strongly believes SME owners should have access to highly skilled executives (who are often only available to large corporates).
And this is the reason why she started MacGregor Jamee:
To enable SME’s to access high calibre help on a more affordable, part-time, or fixed contract basis.
Her personal drive is to help New Zealand SME’s reach their potential in terms of financial performance, strategic planning, and operational effectiveness, through clients better understanding their financial situation so they can make more informed decisions.
Generating Results
Since founding MacGregor Jamee, Fiona has helped clients improve their financial results and confidence around financial performance. Here are some examples of what clients have achieved:
- Grown from a $6m to $18m revenue business and 36 to 100+ staff.
- Determined a roadmap for the business to become profitable.
- Developed and obtained board approval for a three-year transformational business case.
- Created revenue forecasting, budgeting, and cash flow models that have improved business performance and shareholder returns.
- Implemented systems and operational improvements focused on reducing manual effort.
- Implemented key organisational metrics that allowed the company to operate more efficiently and profitably.
- Improved working capital and cash flow by over $1m.
- Implemented accounting systems and processes to improve overall organisational efficiency.
- Identified the structural issues that were causing the organisation to be unprofitable and returned the them to profitability.
- Improved board confidence in the company’s leadership team, financial management and outlook.
- Developed risk management frameworks.
- Developed Angel Investor pitch decks.
- Provided interim part-time CFO cover to help with year end, commercial and funding negotiations.
- Helped Chief Executives to appoint CFOs.
20+ years’ financial, commercial, corporate and organisation experience.
Before founding MacGregor Jamee, Fiona spent 20+ years working in CFO and General Manager roles for large organisations such as Vodafone, HealthSource and healthAlliance. Her career also includes time at Deloitte, DB Breweries and Air New Zealand.
This background means she is highly experienced in these areas:
Commercial
Revenue improvement, cost management, and commercial and financial strategies.
Financial
Advice about product pricing, financial reporting, budgeting, and forecasting.
Operational
Leadership of large and complex operational / transactional processing environments and customer care call centres, including turning around under-performing operations.
Plus, operational strategy and planning.
Risk Management and Governance
Board reporting and governance, regulatory and statutory compliance, risk management, policy setting and the establishment/management of control environments.
Organisational and People Leadership
Fiona has led teams varying in size from 5 – 400 employees.
She has extensive experience leading large cross-functional projects including integrating acquired businesses and delivering improved organisational performance.
She also has extensive experience in change management, organisation restructuring, performance management and developing high performing teams / people-based cultures.
Fiona is known for building strong stakeholder relationships, turning around underperforming functions, improving customer experience, and delivering on commitments.
Project Management
Across her career she has successfully managed many large and complex IT implementations.
Why Work With Us?
We help businesses and business owners:
- Find new sales and revenue streams
- Navigate challenging economic or market conditions
- Manage growth
- Reduce financial risk
- Lower costs
- Find a more profitable business model
- Improve cash flow
- Raise capital or reduce debt
- Address operational challenges
- Manage revenue
- Increase operational efficiency and effectiveness
- And more…
On a personal basis, business leaders who work with us enjoy and benefit from:
- An experienced “sounding board” with whom to discuss ideas and strategy
- A business partner who can aid in presentations to or negotiations with your board, bankers, shareholders, and suppliers
- A confidante who can be privy to information you may not wish to share with other parties
- Deeper, insight driven analysis that allows you to plan with greater accuracy and clarity
- Development of your finance/accounting team’s capability
- Commercial insights and guidance on critical company decisions and issues
In fact, a high calibre CFO is one of the few professional peers a CEO or Managing Director has. Making them one of a handful of people qualified to provide senior leaders with new, deeper insights beyond what they already know. You could say they are the natural right-hand man or woman of the CEO or MD.
Unfortunately, many, perhaps most, New Zealand SME owners can’t afford to employ a senior CFO. At least not full-time.
And this is why MacGregor Jamee was started – and what drives us.
Would you like to face the next 12 to 18 months with greater clarity and confidence?
If so, contact Fiona today.
When you speak to her you can either:
Arrange to have a free, no obligation business finance “health check”.
This is a business finance and operations strategy session. It pinpoints ways in which you can grow your business and areas where your finance and accounting functions can be strengthened. And as mentioned, it costs nothing and comes with no conditions attached.
Or you may wish to discuss a specific project, problem or result you already have in mind.
If it’s the latter, when you are ready to move forward, we offer flexible contracts and fees:
- Our business model focuses on low overheads
- You only pay for the hours you use
- There are no fixed term contracts – you are free to start and stop as required
- Our contracts include fixed priced quotes
- We offer special rates for charities and not for profit organisations.
- Price negotiations are available for long term assignments
To access expert help, contact Fiona Harnett today on 021 477 671 or e-mail [email protected].
Free Business Health Check
Fiona Harnett
Fiona Harnett is the Founder and Director of MacGregor Jamee.
Fiona strongly believes SME owners should have access to highly skilled executives (who are often only available to large corporates).
And this is the reason why she started MacGregor Jamee:
To enable SME’s to access high calibre help on a more affordable, part-time, or fixed contract basis.
Her personal drive is to help New Zealand SME’s reach their potential in terms of financial performance, strategic planning, and operational effectiveness, through clients better understanding their financial situation so they can make more informed decisions.
Generating Results
Since founding MacGregor Jamee, Fiona has helped clients improve their financial results and confidence around financial performance. Here are some examples of what clients have achieved:
- Grown from a $6m to $18m revenue business and 36 to 100+ staff.
- Determined a roadmap for the business to become profitable.
- Developed and obtained board approval for a three-year transformational business case.
- Created revenue forecasting, budgeting, and cash flow models that have improved business performance and shareholder returns.
- Implemented systems and operational improvements focused on reducing manual effort.
- Implemented key organisational metrics that allowed the company to operate more efficiently and profitably.
- Improved working capital and cash flow by over $1m.
- Implemented accounting systems and processes to improve overall organisational efficiency.
- Identified the structural issues that were causing the organisation to be unprofitable and returned the them to profitability.
- Improved board confidence in the company’s leadership team, financial management and outlook.
- Developed risk management frameworks.
- Developed Angel Investor pitch decks.
- Provided interim part-time CFO cover to help with year end, commercial and funding negotiations.
- Helped Chief Executives to appoint CFOs.
20+ years’ financial, commercial, corporate and organisation experience.
Before founding MacGregor Jamee, Fiona spent 20+ years working in CFO and General Manager roles for large organisations such as Vodafone, HealthSource and healthAlliance. Her career also includes time at Deloitte, DB Breweries and Air New Zealand.
This background means she is highly experienced in these areas:
Commercial
Revenue improvement, cost management, and commercial and financial strategies.
Financial
Advice about product pricing, financial reporting, budgeting, and forecasting.
Operational
Leadership of large and complex operational / transactional processing environments and customer care call centres, including turning around under-performing operations.
Plus, operational strategy and planning.
Risk Management and Governance
Board reporting and governance, regulatory and statutory compliance, risk management, policy setting and the establishment/management of control environments.
Organisational and People Leadership
Fiona has led teams varying in size from 5 – 400 employees.
She has extensive experience leading large cross-functional projects including integrating acquired businesses and delivering improved organisational performance.
She also has extensive experience in change management, organisation restructuring, performance management and developing high performing teams / people-based cultures.
Fiona is known for building strong stakeholder relationships, turning around underperforming functions, improving customer experience, and delivering on commitments.
Project Management
Across her career she has successfully managed many large and complex IT implementations.
Why Work With Us?
We help businesses and business owners:
- Find new sales and revenue streams
- Navigate challenging economic or market conditions
- Manage growth
- Reduce financial risk
- Lower costs
- Find a more profitable business model
- Improve cash flow
- Raise capital or reduce debt
- Address operational challenges
- Manage revenue
- Increase operational efficiency and effectiveness
- And more…
On a personal basis, business leaders who work with us enjoy and benefit from:
- An experienced “sounding board” with whom to discuss ideas and strategy
- A business partner who can aid in presentations to or negotiations with your board, bankers, shareholders, and suppliers
- A confidante who can be privy to information you may not wish to share with other parties
- Deeper, insight driven analysis that allows you to plan with greater accuracy and clarity
- Development of your finance/accounting team’s capability
- Commercial insights and guidance on critical company decisions and issues
In fact, a high calibre CFO is one of the few professional peers a CEO or Managing Director has. Making them one of a handful of people qualified to provide senior leaders with new, deeper insights beyond what they already know. You could say they are the natural right-hand man or woman of the CEO or MD.
Unfortunately, many, perhaps most, New Zealand SME owners can’t afford to employ a senior CFO. At least not full-time.
And this is why MacGregor Jamee was started – and what drives us.
We help businesses and business owners:
- Find new sales and revenue streams
- Navigate challenging economic or market conditions
- Manage growth
- Reduce financial risk
- Lower costs
- Find a more profitable business model
- Improve cash flow
- Raise capital or reduce debt
- Address operational challenges
- Manage revenue
- Increase operational efficiency and effectiveness
- And more…
On a personal basis, business leaders who work with us enjoy and benefit from:
- An experienced “sounding board” with whom to discuss ideas and strategy
- A business partner who can aid in presentations to or negotiations with your board, bankers, shareholders, and suppliers
- A confidante who can be privy to information you may not wish to share with other parties
- Deeper, insight driven analysis that allows you to plan with greater accuracy and clarity
- Development of your finance/accounting team’s capability
- Commercial insights and guidance on critical company decisions and issues
In fact, a high calibre CFO is one of the few professional peers a CEO or Managing Director has. Making them one of a handful of people qualified to provide senior leaders with new, deeper insights beyond what they already know. You could say they are the natural right-hand man or woman of the CEO or MD.
Unfortunately, many, perhaps most, New Zealand SME owners can’t afford to employ a senior CFO. At least not full-time.
And this is why MacGregor Jamee was started – and what drives us.
Would you like to face the next 12 to 18 months with greater clarity and confidence?
If so, contact Fiona today.
When you speak to her you can either:
Arrange to have a free, no obligation business finance “health check”.
This is a business finance and operations strategy session. It pinpoints ways in which you can grow your business and areas where your finance and accounting functions can be strengthened. And as mentioned, it costs nothing and comes with no conditions attached.
Or you may wish to discuss a specific project, problem or result you already have in mind.
If it’s the latter, when you are ready to move forward, we offer flexible contracts and fees:
- Our business model focuses on low overheads
- You only pay for the hours you use
- There are no fixed term contracts – you are free to start and stop as required
- Our contracts include fixed priced quotes
- We offer special rates for charities and not for profit organisations.
- Price negotiations are available for long term assignments.
To access expert help, contact Fiona Harnett today on 021 477 671 or e-mail [email protected].