Ongoing improvement of the payroll function and implementation of new policies and procedures for 9 communities within the charity, overseeing the processing of payroll, final payroll review, supervising of payroll staff, maintenance of the auto-enrolment pension scheme, problem solving, reporting to the Finance Director, working closely with the HR team and Finance team, producing KPI's for each community, policy writing. Project lead of software implementations including access and MHRs iTrent.Current project - continued improvement of processes and service using our newly implemented iTrent system.

Pole & Plumes is a pole fitness and burlesque performance school, designed to empower individuals and educate in the history of these genres of dance. Since the creation of this school my many roles include teaching groups, ranging from 1 to 1 up to 6 in pole fitness classes, and up to 70 people in burlesque workshops around the country, but predominantly in the North East, small event management and performance.www.poleandplumes.com

Duties included overseeing 6 Payroll Co-ordinators and 2 Team Leaders, with a combination of weekly and monthly, time and attendance based payrolls totalling 14,000+ employees. My tasks included supervising and advising the payroll administrators, supporting the team leaders, problem solving, dealing with escalated queries, payroll changes and statutory calculations to preparation of the BACS report for submission, communications with homes nationally based, continuous reviewing of processes, dealing with all payroll related queries. On a monthly basis my tasks included reviewing all statutory and voluntary deductions owed and arrange for payments to be made, along with detailed reconcilliations to the payroll software. Other tasks included assisting the payroll manager with planning of the year end completion due to the complexities of the payroll software, knowledge of manual calculations, debt collection, training of payroll staff, staff cover.

TUPE transfer September 2013 - • Duties include change management, overseeing 3 Payroll Co-ordinators, with combined monthly rota based payrolls of 1500+ employees. • I process 2 director level payrolls. My tasks include receipt of rotas, payroll changes and statutory calculations to preparation of the BACS report for submission, communications with units nationally based, continual improvement of processes and policies, dealing with all payroll related queries. • On a monthly basis I am responsible for the preparation of all statutory and voluntary deductions owed and arrange for payments to be made. I have responsibility of the monthly balance sheet account reconciliations, TB reconciliations back to payroll cost and payroll related accruals, year end completion and P11d’s, all company expenses checking for policy and HMRC compliance, knowledge of manual calculations, debt collection, training of payroll staff and unit staff country wide, staff cover. • I have been involved in 2 successful projects to reintegrate payrolls that have been outsourced to payroll bureaus. • I have also been involved in a successful transitional service agreement with a complete payroll handover, the cessation of 2 payrolls and the complete set up of 2 new payrolls, and payroll integration and improvement of 2 further payrolls within the group.

Duties include overseeing a team of 2 Payroll Co-ordinators, with combined monthly rota based payrolls of 2,000+ employees, at approximately £40m gross per annum. I process 2 payrolls of 120+ employees each. My tasks include receipt of rotas, payroll changes and statutory calculations to preparation of the BACS report for submission, communications with units nationally based, continual improvement of processes and policies, printing and distribution of payslips, dealing with all payroll related queries. On a monthly basis I must calculate all statutory and voluntary deductions owed and arrange for payments to be made. I also have responsibility of the monthly balance sheet account reconciliations and payroll related accruals, year end completion and P11d’s, all company expenses checking for policy and HMRC compliance, knowledge of manual calculations, debt collection, training of payroll staff and unit staff country wide, staff cover. I have been involved in 2 successful projects to reintegrate payrolls that have been outsourced to payroll bureaus. I have also been involved in a successful transitional service agreement with a complete payroll handover