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Sarah Walk

Pioneer · DISC type DIS
Member at NOVA Community
📍 London, England, United Kingdom

Sarah is an ACA Qualified Finance Director with extensive experience across PLC, private equity, and owner-managed companies like Haven, Tesco, and FBC. She specializes in strategic and operational leadership, driving business performance and maximizing profitability. People who have worked with her describe her as astute, commercially-minded, and a leader with strong people skills.

Outside of her core financial roles, Sarah is dedicated to continuous personal and professional development. She actively engages in courses on productivity, time management, and leadership. She is also a contributing member of the NOVA Senior Leadership Community, where she provides mentorship and guidance to other experts.

Unique fact: Sarah enjoys sharing knowledge and has presented at events for the NOVA Senior Leadership Community.

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Experience
10 Years
Current Role
Member
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
London, England, United Kingdom
Personality Overview

How Sarah shows up

Dynamic But Sincere
Decisive But Friendly
Friendly But Fast

They have the unique ability to win both love and respect from their team (or outsiders) They combine a unique set of diverse traits where they are fast and friendly but can slow down to be thorough when needed If they are convinced, they can become very strong champions for your product

Priorities

Topics Sarah cares about

Driving Profitability
Her career highlights P&L ownership and executing cost reduction and efficiency initiatives at major companies like Haven and Tesco.
Team Leadership
She has a proven track record of recruiting, mentoring, and empowering teams, and recently completed a course on leadership.
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Career

Work history

3-2024
Member
NOVA Community
Head of Finance Business Partnering Retail & Operations
Haven
6-2022 - 12-2023
Head of Commercial Finance & Strategy
Fox's Burton's Companies (FBC) UK
1-2020 - 6-2022
Finance Business Partner Energy & Maintenance
Tesco
12-2017 - 1-2020
Finance Business Partner Asset & Estates
Tesco
In the press

Media appearances

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Education
Associate Chartered Accountant
ICAEW
1-2022 - 1-2022
Negotiation
The Gap Partnership
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

D

Dominance (D)

Dominance (D) reflects how goal and task oriented a person is, and their ability to accomplish results irrespective of how demanding the circumstances might be. Those scoring high tend to be motivated by winning, competition, and success.

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