It’s time to meet Craig Taylor, Project Services Director, who is celebrating 10 years at PKF Smith Cooper Systems!
Here at PKF SCS, we value each and every employee, and we are proud that we have so many long-standing colleagues.
Congratulations on 10 years with us, Craig, here’s to many more!
How did you come to join PKF SCS?
I worked with Chris at another Business Partner for 10 years prior to joining. Long story short, he asked if I would join him in his new venture with Richard and for various reasons, I jumped at the opportunity.
How has the company changed in your time?
It is amazing just how far we have come. I think we had about ten members of staff in one room of our then-Derby office when I joined. Our projects and customers were generally located in the East Midlands back then, as well.
We now have 50+ members of staff with four of our own dedicated offices and broadly cover the whole of the country.
We have evolved and matured as a company as well – implementing different structures, systems and processes within all areas of the business.
What has been your favourite moment so far?
I have a few things to choose from. We have had some great social events, including a recent ten-pin bowling evening that I won. Also, the intercompany matches between us and the rest of the PKF Smith Cooper group companies across the road at Pride Park Stadium featured a great penalty save by me in the most recent match.
I had to get those in!
Seriously, it has been great to see us win different awards, in particular the most recent one of Sage Customer Success Partner of the Year. But overall and from a personal point of view, it is probably being promoted to Project Services Director, of which I am enormously proud.
Who is your favourite colleague and why?
How can I answer that? In all honesty, it is hard to single out one person as I love everyone!
Rich and Chris are the bosses so they’re very much right up there, and obviously, I have worked with Chris now for 20 years! Along with Chris and Rich, I also work closely with Victoria as part of the senior management team, and they are all equally supportive and ace.
What’s the best thing about being at PKF SCS?
It is probably a cliché but working with some great colleagues. We have a great team who are always looking to support and advise each other when possible. We have also had some very enjoyable social events with lots of fun and laughs.
I would also say the opportunity to develop and progress within the company. There are multiple examples of people who have developed new skills and progressed to leadership and management roles within our company, including myself.
What are you most looking forward to in the next 5 years?
I am looking forward to continuing our growth as a company, working with existing and new customers alike to make improvements to their processes and business.
Sage Intacct is certainly a key product area for our business, with my Project Services team being a driving factor in the early success we have had so far. It will certainly be exciting to see this area of the business blossom.
We are also expanding the Project Management offering within our Project Services team, as we continue to work hard and provide new ways to ensure the best possible service, direction and support for our customers during our project implementations.
That is all for this time around, thank you very much for reading and a huge thank you to Craig for sparing the time to answer our questions!
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