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Laura-Ann Thomas FCMA CGMA

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Finance Director at AerFin
📍 Greater Bristol Area, United Kingdom

Laura-Ann is the Finance Director at AerFin, a Chartered Accountant with expertise in strategic planning and cost transformation. A University of Bristol graduate, she has managed multi-billion-pound budgets at BT and Openreach. Colleagues describe her as structured, collaborative, and supportive.

At BT, she improved working capital by £200 million and led the complex financial systems merger following the EE acquisition.

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Experience
11 Years
Current Role
Finance Director
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Greater Bristol Area, United Kingdom
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Financial Transformation
She has repeatedly led major systems changes, including SAP migrations and merging financial systems after the acquisition of EE by BT.
Cost Transformation
Focuses on delivering significant savings, having achieved £123m in EBITDA improvements and £140m in cost transformation benefits in previous roles.
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Career

Work history

5-2025
Finance Director
AerFin
4-2022 - 4-2025
Financial Controller
Openreach
12-2018 - 4-2022
Head of Financial Planning & Analysis
BT
11-2016 - 12-2018
Financial Controller
BT
11-2015 - 11-2016
Senior Finance Business Partner
BT
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Education
FCMA
The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants
2005 - 2008
ACMA
The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants
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