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Reporting into the Group Financial Controller, the role is responsible for the Trust statutory financial compliance and all external financial reporting, including the annual audited statutory accounts. Covering the areas of Corporate Accounting, Tax, VAT, Treasury and Pensions.

Aberystwyth

Responsible for the financial management of the National Library and the Library's defined benefit superannuation scheme. Responsible for procurement, risk management, commercial activities (cafe, shop etc) and preparing and presenting reports to the Board of Trustees.

Aberystwyth

The new Institute Managers will work alongside the Institute Directors to ensure that the new interdisciplinary Institutes will strengthen the coordination of activities across the University’s departments, centres and research units. The Managers will have responsibility for the efficient and effective running of administrative, financial and operational processes in the University’s seven Institutes, as well as organising and coordinating relationships with University central services.The Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences (IBERS) is an internationally recognised research and teaching centre providing a unique base for research in response to global challenges such as food security, bioenergy and sustainability, and the impacts of climate change. IBERS scientists conduct basic, strategic and applied research from genes and molecules to organisms and the environment.IBERS receives strategic research funding from the BBSRC to support long term mission driven research, and is a member of the National Institutes of Bioscience. IBERS also benefits from financial support from the Welsh Government, DEFRA and the European Union.With 360 members of staff, IBERS is the largest Institute within Aberystwyth University, teaching 1350 undergraduate students and more than 150 postgraduate students, and is home to the National Plant Phenomics Centre, and the BEACON Centre of Excellence for Biorefining - a £20 million partnership between Aberystwyth Bangor and Swansea Universities.

Responsible for managing Finance Team, preparation of monthly trading and management accounts, VAT returns, charity returns and year end accounts in conjunction with the Union's external auditors.

Aberystwyth

Responsible for the financial management of Campus Services Department. Main duties include the preparation of annual budgets, monthly management accounts and annual financial statements. Monitoring weekly trading accounts, income and expenditure against budgets, reporting on variances and interpreting periodic and other financial reports for the Managers of these activities. Active role in the formulation of policy, strategy and planning as a member of the management teams of the area of activity.

Aberystwyth

Responsible for the financial administration of externally funded grant applications and awards, providing advice and guidance to a wide range of staff members involved with the research grant process. Preparation and submission of grant financial claims including liaison and dealing with any queries arising from the audit process.

Machynlleth

CAT is an education and visitor centre which demonstrates practical solutions for sustainability. We cover all aspects of green living: environmental building, eco-sanitation, woodland management, renewable energy, energy efficiency and organic growing.

Aberystwyth

A niche online retail business which I started from scratch with an initial investment of £1,000. Ran the business in my spare time for one year before giving up my job to manage full time. Business grew to employ 4 members of staff with an annual turnover of £300k in a 3 year period.

Aberystwyth

Spotted an opportunity and established a highly profitable online niche book retailing business with an annual turnover of £300K. The business was run on a part-time basis, whilst still in full-time employment, incorporated and run on a full-time basis from 1st April 2007. In October 2007 purchased, along with a business partner, a reproduction military uniforms business (Epic Militaria Ltd). The two companies had a combined annual turnover of £900K and employed 10 members of staff. http://www.epicmilitaria.com/

Aberystwyth

Head of the Internal Audit and Insurance Section of Ceredigion County Council.

Lampeter

Responsible for all aspects of Finance, Customer Services, Human Resources and ITC for 4 trading companies operating across 3 sites in the UK, with a total turnover of c£250m and employing over 300 members of staff. I managed a Department of over 30 staff including 3 qualified and 4 part qualified accountants.April 1999 – appointed Financial Controller Aeron Valley Cheese Ltd reporting to Milk Marque Developments’ Finance DirectorAugust 1999 – appointed Company SecretaryJune 2000 – appointed Finance DirectorJuly 2001 – change of ownership of company following the break-up of Milk Marque, jointly responsible to First Milk’s (http://www.firstmilk.co.uk) Finance Director and Dairygold’s UK Managing Director December 2001 – appointed Group Financial Controller of Dairygold UK.

Carmarthen

Responsible for all aspects of financial management and ICT. This included preparation of management and statutory accounts, budget setting and monitoring, treasury management and the preparation of reports to the non-executive Board of Management.

Lampeter

Responsible for a portfolio of mainly corporate clients and the work included the preparation of management and statutory accounts, external audit and dealing with all aspects of taxation.

Cardiff

As a member of the Audit Department the majority of the work was external and internal audit although I also gained considerable experience in the preparation of statutory and management accounts whilst seconded to the Business Services Department. I gained considerable experience of the following client base;Manufacturing - British Steel (including internal audit), ASW Holdings (including internal audit), The Royal Mint (including internal audit)Utilities - Welsh Water, SWALECHEI's - Cardiff, Lampeter & Swansea Universities, Other - National Eisteddfod, S4C, HTV Wales Chartered AccountantFellow (FCA) of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales (ICAEW) - qualified in 1993 (ACA) and achieved Fellow status (FCA) in 2003. Trained and qualified with PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC).

Bachelor Of Science (Bsc) Econ, Management Studies & Economics, 2:1

Education record

Chemistry, Biology & Geography A Levels