Meet MacGregor Jamee’s Founder
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.
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.
What it Really Takes to Become a Chief Financial Officer – by an Experienced CFO
Have you ever wondered why accountants with good ‘technical’ skills can stay stuck in back-office roles? While other accountants, with lesser ‘technical’ skills, can flourish? The ones who are promoted to management roles. Or asked to lead special projects. It might...
Revenue Growth – 7 Mistakes That Can Kill A Company
Revenue growth can be a roller coaster rather than a hockey stick. Managing the revenue growth of your business can feel like managing chaos.
Why Scaling Costs in a Growing Business is so Hard
Owners of startups and growing businesses will know just how hard it is to scale the cost side of a business. As revenue grows you need more resources (people, equipment, consumables) but it can be challenging to grow costs at the right pace.
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 offerflexible 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
We have 20+ years commercial, business finance, and operations experience.
So, if you are ready to access expert help, contact Fiona Harnett today on 09 5255735 or e-mail [email protected].
Free Business Health Check | Free Mentoring Session