The client is a premium British gin brand renowned for its distinctive approach to gin-making and its premium spirits. Founded in the UK, the brand has built a strong international presence and is distributed across multiple global markets.
With a growing international footprint and distribution across key global markets, the business operates in a highly competitive consumer goods sector where financial agility, operational efficiency, and strategic decision-making are critical to sustaining growth.
The client was navigating a significant period of change within its finance function while simultaneously balancing day-to-day operational demands and broader business transformation objectives.
The business faced several interconnected challenges:
Against this backdrop, leadership needed a finance function capable of delivering accurate and timely reporting, generating meaningful business insights, and supporting strategic decision-making. At the same time, there was a need to establish greater accountability, improve ways of working, and build a stronger foundation for future growth.
QX partnered closely with the client’s finance leadership team to stabilise operations, strengthen financial processes, and support the transformation of the finance function.
Our approach focused on four key areas:
We established continuity across day-to-day finance operations despite limited handover information and a complex transition environment.
QX supported the implementation of a new finance system while simultaneously reviewing and improving finance processes and ways of working. This helped create a stronger operational foundation for future growth.
The team enhanced management reporting and financial analysis capabilities, enabling leadership to gain better visibility into performance and identify actionable opportunities for improvement.
Beyond operational support, QX helped drive accountability, establish new ways of working, and support the broader transformation of the finance function, creating a more effective partnership between finance and the wider business.
By combining operational execution with strategic finance support, QX helped the client navigate a complex transformation programme while strengthening financial visibility and performance.
The partnership delivered:
A key milestone came during the client’s H1 business review, where leadership highlighted a marked improvement in business performance compared with previous years. The QBR delivered clear insights, supported leadership discussions, and generated specific follow-up actions to drive further improvement.
The strength of the partnership also established QX as a trusted extension of the client’s finance leadership team, helping the business navigate transformation challenges while maintaining focus on long-term growth and performance improvement.
