PMO for the Integrated Care team, which is part of the Social Care Policy Division. This is a new cross government branch that has been established jointly between DH and DCLG to lead the high profile work in integrating social care and health. The branch is responsible for taking forward the Ministerial priority to join up services around the individual. The Better Care Fund was announced by the Chancellor in June 2013. The fund will establish a joint budget between health and social care in every local area from April 2015 – worth more than £3.8bn across England. Every CCG and Health and Wellbeing Board in the country are now working together to develop and implement locally led plans to bring services together around the individual, focusing on improving outcomes and transforming services to better meet people’s needs through a modern health and social care service. • Working with colleagues to manage briefing requests to respond to parliamentary questions and public/parliamentary/media queries on integrating health and social care• Managing team business including budgets, payments and establishing and running administrative systems• Providing support to the Programme Management Team, and the Integration Team by arranging meetings, events, writing minutes, including reviewing and updating action plans, weekly reporting and utilization.

Product Testing and Development:XML /API development and integration managementManagement of development projects for current system and projectsSite Content overviewFinance:Management of payments and resolution of discrepanciesManagement of Debt Collection activitiesInvestigation of fraud and chargebacks, successful disputing on all chargebacks to date saving £30kProduct / Property Recruitment:Dealing with Owners, Agents & Property Developers to increase quality and quantity of site contentAccount Management of Key AgentsRecruit new users as affiliates and increase referralsRecruit new owners through direct contact and email campaignsAgent and Owner RetentionAttending trade show to meet new business partners and to promote the product

Following the end of my contract with Zolfo Cooper I made a decision to step away from accounting and finance in order to pursue opportunities in other fields, so despite well remunerated offers of employment in finance roles I made a point of putting some distance between myself and finance roles. This was a difficult and financially painful step to take, but whilst I enjoyed the companies and individuals that I had worked at and with I was not enjoying what I did on a day to day basisAlso worked at the Draft House as a Bar Tender March - November 2011.Bar TenderSupervise Bar Backs and end of day closeStock control & Cash upDeliveries and InvoicingPromotion of bar events and function room through networking with local businessesCopy writing for promotions

Rationalised the reporting procedure into an online resource managed by financeMonth end preparation of management accounts, including utilisation reportsJob set ups, case closures, future billings, re-charges and WIP reviewsAssisted with the set up and management of the ZC Foundation TrustCreated the company PSA schedule for inclusion in monthly tax returnUpdated the company expense policyMarketing expense codingCRM posting and management

Interviewed individual debtors resulting in a 20% reduction in the number of defaultersMonthly actual v budget review of expenditure and income to date reportsEnsuring that controls and procedures are being followed by on-site staffPrepared budget and finance reports for site managersLiaised with sales and marketing teams to produce and explain sales forecastsWeb site testing and quality assuranceDealt directly with clients to promote and book function and meeting rooms

Increased collection rate from long standing franchise debtors, recovering £75kKPI reports, budget and forecast production, including cashflow & balancesWorked with suppliers to arrange drinks offers for bar promotionsArranged samples from new suppliers to introduce into product rangeWorked with web developers to update the content, look and usability of websiteScheduling lease assignment, rent, rates, VAT, PAYE, expense and payroll paymentsProcurement and account management of IT, utility, telecoms and EPOS contractsCo-ordination of facilities management projects, site refurbishments and IT upgradesOn site crisis management to allow site managers to concentrate on customer service

Internal Audit of a Real Estate Fund and Asset Management company, whose assets and expertise lie in Retail sites, Office sites, Mixed use and Warehouse and Distribution sites.Ensure that all possible charges on Companies due to be liquidated following the end of the agreed Asset Management period have been identified, calculated, charged and received.Investigation of Management Accounts, Ledgers and Archived material.Check through initial engagement contract with owning company to find out relevant percentages to be charged on specific activities, and identify variations on contract terms as regards fee charging.Service Charges, Asset Management Fees, Incentive Fees, Rent Reviews, Initial Leases, Legal Fees, Insurance, Audit & Accountancy Fees etc.Identified over £50k of uncharged fees, subsequently billed and collected

Set up new Access database with transformation team to ensure tenant data accuracyManagement of information concerning length of lease, payment schedule, end of lease and termination of agreementDifferentiate and account for new tenancies, renewals, extensions, terminations, service charges, dilapidation costs (shared percentage payments between business entities and employee), ground rent, mark-ups and tax exemption variationsEnsure that monies are correctly identified for recovery from the relevant business entity under the correct lease agreementProduced yearly statutory report packs for the trust

BalancesPaymentsCash flow and forecastingAccount set upsBank and supplier liaison

Managed external contractors to successfully complete an office move to new premises including fit-out, layout and logistics within time and budgetCovered the Facilities Manager & Executive Officer (Registrations) positionsFirst point of contact for all internal and external finance enquiriesManaged web developer to improve company website through testing of public and member access areasCreated resource for reporting CPD activitiesWorked with IT Manager to improve reports available from the Access databaseFirst point of contact for external enquiries