Deputy CFO to both PCC and Chief Constable’s (CC) CFOs, annual revenue budget £118m, capital £16m.• Acted up to CC CFO for 3 months, led the 2017/18 budget setting work. Key member of the CC Chief Officer Group. Nominated for ‘Serving with PRIDE’ award for this period.• Support the PCC CFO and CC CFO fulfil their statutory section 151 obligations and duties and in their absence fulfil those duties.• Ensure that accurate, complete and timely financial information and advice is provided as required to the PCC, CC and their staff.• Liaison officer for the Independent Audit Committee, member recruitment, approve meeting papers.• Member of the PCC and CC SMTs. Provide strategic financial support to both corporations.• Financial lead on multi million pound Blue Light Collaboration Programme, attracting £7m of Police Innovation Fund Grant, and £15m contribution from multiple partners. Produced governance document for the partners, produce and present financial reports to the Steering Group.• Work with strategic partner who provides back office and some operational services. Key relationship with the strategic partner Head of Finance to ensure financial services are of the required standard.• Assess the implications of Government grant settlements, the funding formula and capital expenditure regime. • Commission external and internal auditors for both the PCC and the Chief Constable and being the principal point of contact for the external and internal auditors.• Draft the annual business plan for the Corporate Finance Team.

A Senior Manager responsible for finance in Resources, Community Safety and Performance & Governance Directorates.• Ensuring effective strategic financial planning and management of revenue and capital budgets with budget holders to enable the Council’s finances to be robust.• Contribute to and validate business cases and options appraisal for key projects to ensure resource allocation decisions were fully informed.• Management of staff, 1 direct report and others on specific pieces of work.• Bank signatory for the County Council, authorising payrolls and multi million pound investments as part of the Council’s financial control mechanisms.• Preparing and presenting financial information and reports to Directors, project boards and councillor committees to ensure the organisation was up to date.• Compiling monthly budget monitoring reports, comparing performance against budget and forecasting the year end position to enable good business decisions to be taken.• Liaise with budget holders to review budget projections and lead them through the annual budget setting and closedown processes to comply with financial regulations and ensure the process was efficient and effective.• Contribute to the statement of accounts work, authorise high value accruals.• Supporting budget holders and staff through significant change in the public sector currently.

Assistant Financial AdvisorOut posted to Fire & Rescue & Crime and Disorder, their sole financial advisor.• Providing and presenting a monthly report to the service management team, and holding a monthly budget managers meeting.• Bank signatory for the County Council.• Contributed to service planning, performance management, service reviews, major projects, and demonstrating value for money.• Liaising with internal and external contacts at various levels.• Provided financial modelling for national Union negotiations.• Analysed the county wide impact of fuel and energy price increases to allow budget allocations to be justified.Technical Officer• Maintaining the revenue budget forecast model (£635m) to arrive at the council tax, & produce the budget book.• Provide statistical data in various forms to suit the audience, and respond to public/councillor questions.• Joint working with the investment office to devise a monitoring and reporting system to meet legislative needs.• Member of a task team to address an overspent section of the council. • Delivered training to budget holders.

Assigned to one faculty and one support service to support them in all financial aspects.• Produce monthly management accounts.• Interpreting financial information and variance analysis.• Regular meetings with budget holders.• Assist with producing the statement of accounts.• Determining annual budgets with budget holders.• Annual costing and monitoring of staff budgets.• Key member of the new financial system project team, including code mapping, system setup, data migration, and user access levels.

Magazine Printer, Turnover £31m, 250 Employees. Assisting and deputising for the Company Accountant.• Monthly management accounts/accruals & prepayments.• Inter-Company invoicing, consolidation.• Capital expenditure analysis.• Responsibility for control accounts & cashbook.• Preparing monthly performance figures for the board.• Assisting and supporting the Payroll Team.