Bethan Quinney, Fcca Email & Phone Number

London, England, United Kingdom

Advised on all aspects of finance, human resources, IT, contracts and administration.

London, United Kingdom

Member of the senior management team. Advised on all aspects of finance, HR, IT, contracts and administration.Prepared financial information for the Board of Trustees.Designed and implemented the management accounts pack.Supported the delivery of audits in UK and Ghana.Developed and implemented an internal control review framework.Developed and managed risk register.Designed and delivered trainings to staff.Developed policies and procedures for the org.Ensured compliance with GDPR.Oversight of IT function.Designated safeguarding officer.

London, United Kingdom

Promoted to manager position after six months with the organisation. Oversight of all donor financial reporting requirements, country office support and recruitment and development of new finance staff.Managed a team of five qualified staff (4 business partners and a financial analyst); providing technical support and ensuring high levels of performance, commitment and morale throughout the team.Led the development of the global financial policies and procedures manual and led the update of the global procurement policy the following year.Worked closely with the Resource Mobilisation team to improve the grant proposal development process, developing tools to streamline proposal budgeting. This lead to improved budget quality and more robust risk management.Designed the internal audit toolkit and final report template for GAIN finance staff to conduct reviews of GAIN’s country offices and implementing partners.Led innovation in the financial reporting and risk management for the organisation’s most complex grant funded programme (Dutch Government). Trained new team members to support in the delivery of this.Conducted financial trainings for non-finance staff.Supported the implementation of double entry bookkeeping systems (QuickBooks) in country offices.Supported the implementation of new donor management, commitment accounting and financial reporting systems.

London, United Kingdom

Responsible for financial reporting to a wide range of donors and supporting country programmes with their financial management.Led a EUR 21m multiple workstream and multiple agency budget reforecast process for submission to the Dutch Government including complex co-financing requirements across a consortium of for-profit and not-for-profit organisations.Coordinated a USD 32m multi-country and multi-project budget process for an annual donor report; working to increase country office ‘buy-in’ and ownership over project budgets.Built effective, two way relationships with country offices in particular the Netherlands, Ethiopia, Nigeria and Tanzania, so that they felt able to approach me with questions and feedback. Worked effectively with external partners on complex budgeting processes.

Neno, Malawi

Recruited for a specific assignment to lead the non-clinical side of the project.Ultimately responsible for operations, HR, administration, finance and risk assessment departments across two sites. Line management of the department heads and general management of 105 project staff across 2 sites.Led the annual organisational planning and budgeting process. Provided general strategic direction to the project, working closely with the Ministry of Health.Created, implemented and communicated a new salary scale and structure for local staff to mitigate against the effects of high inflation.Consolidated operations and created new processes to ensure compliance with requirements of an increasingly diverse donor portfolio including DfID.Reviewed and updated organisational policy manuals to close loopholes and streamline operations.

Financial reporting to a range of donors: bi-laterals, multi-laterals, corporate partners, trusts and foundations including DfID and the EC.Calculated the financial risk associated with a large DfID performance by outputs grant and presented findings to senior leadership to inform organisational decision making.Prepared management accounts and cash flow forecasts on a monthly basis.Led the £3m unit wide budgeting and quarterly reforecasting process.Managed and technically developed a small team of accounting trainees.

Malawi

Worked closely with finance staff and management to improve processes and strengthen controls; building technical capacity in this area.Developed strategies with top management to protect staff and patients from the effects of the dramatic devaluation of the Malawi Kwacha.Supported the financial complaince with USAID of the TB Care II project.

Norwich

Bristol

Bristol

Influence & Impact, Organizational Leadership

Education record

ACCA fellow since Apr 2016

Education record

Exam qualified since Aug 2010. ACCA member since Apr 2011.

Bachelor Of Science (Bsc), International Politics

Education record