I am the consultant in a CIMA practice providing Financial and Management Accounting and Taxation Services to companies and the self employed.I provide virtual FD services. My clients work with me using cloud based software providing management information to assist growth and sustainability.We can work together on areas of business planning, profitability, growth and cashflow, all of which are critical to business in the current climate. Recent work included consultancy, project work for Chesterfield College. I specialise in construction companies and construction trades self employed sub-contractors.My business services now includes Health and Safety for all businesses. I have a Nebosh qualified Health and Safety Adviser!. We provide company H & S policies, risk assessments including fire and method statements, which ensures that all construction clients can have a complete service.

My responsibilities include line management of the Financial and Management accountant to ensure efficient working within the finance department and produce timely Management and Financial Accounts.I undertake process and system reviews with an objective of improving effectiveness and efficiency ultimately making savings to support sustainability. I have also been teaching AAT at Doncaster through Protocol AAT L2 and Financial Statements L4

•Compilation and planning of college budgets ensuring that strategic objectives can be met.•Formulation and implementation of, financial procedures and controls. I work with the Assistant Principal and Clerk to the Board assisting in the formulation of new policies.•Monitoring and setting of budgets with budget holders/managers using different strategies to enable the college strategic objectives to be met.•Financial Planning and preparation of business plan for EFA/SFA funding bodies allocating resources and agreeing budgets with college departments.•Preparation of Financial Published Accounts prior to management of year end audit with external auditors.•Preparation of college Finance Record for EFA and SFA•Production of Monthly Management Accounts and forecasting enabling governors to make strategic informed decisions.•Preparation of Cash Flow Statement rolling twelve months, cash Management and investment of surplus college funds as appropriate.•Preparation of key Financial Ratios monthly and annual comparing budget to forecast explaining the technical content when required.•Planning system implementation from initial appraisal to completion. •Presentation of the college management accounts The Finance and Resources Committee and Audit Committee, highlighting any problems providing explanations of technical issues such as FRS17 valuation adjustments.•Planning and management of both internal and external audits.•Responsible for the procurement function and its future development .•Annual review of all college finance policies with the Clerk to the Corporation and the Assistant Principal.•Continuous review of external factors affecting the college from a Finance perspective, currently (Reed V HMRC) in relation to VAT.

My responsibilities were to contribute to the strategic direction of the organisation supporting the Management team. SOAR is an organisation to admire for their achievements for the communities they work with.I was also a member of the HR and Finance Committee, contributing the skills I possess. Our decisions were reported at the Board meetings which were held monthly.

Tutor AAT Level 2,3 and 4Preparation of schemes of work and lesson plans ensuring differentiationTutor/lecturer CIMA Managerial levelAssessed NVQ levels 2,and 3 business adminLectured Finance module Institute of Leadership and ManagementProvision of Sage training and consultancy for businessAAT programme co-ordinator

•Planning of additional resources and implementation of required systems for the West Coast Mainline factory based in Carlton-in-Lindrick, controlling multi- site activities.•Gained respect from our French group directors despite previous problems they had in the UK with other companies within the group providing quality financial and non-financial information to enable group strategic decisions. The information provided included manpower, capacity, attendance, sickness, and quality control information. Facilities and capital investment were also provided to group with regular KPIs. Presented five year business plan to the Group Board of Directors in France on an annual basis, reporting on results to the board quarterly. •Negotiation of contracts allowing control of our network remaining in house with a level of the support outsourced based on use only. (The remainder supported by myself)•Planned, with the General Manger for the closure of our factories, meeting with trade unions, staff and local employers. We used incentives to maintain required production on a reducing scale to complete existing contracts whilst meeting current standards of quality. Attendance, sickness, quality and performance measures were utilised to monitor cash bonuses over the 18 month period leading up to total closure.•Appraisal and implementation of systems, including payroll and HR.•Management and support of the IT network including user support as and when required.•Ensured that all of the company secretarial duties were undertaken as required, and filed all of the necessary returns in a timely manner.•Self- billing was successfully implemented following negotiations with Airbus our second largest supplier.

•Procurement negotiations achieved the lowest cost of sales the company had ever had whilst maintaining stringent quality standards.•Managed Health and safety, linked to investment taking into account the Factories Act including environmental emissions and waste disposal.•Following the resignation of Tim Smith, myself and three other members of the Senior Management Team covered the MD role by committee.•Managed a difficult situation using negotiating skills with a competitor regarding the use of a spectrograph to avoid the loss of a melt.•Gained respect as a member of a previously all- male management team and predominantly male organisation.• Involved in the strategy and implementation of new bonus schemes involving staff and trade unions achieving the desired outcomes.

-Achieved investment funding working with consultants to replace inpatient surgery with day case. Implemented the Ross General Ledger for the trust and wrote all of the budget management reports liaising with budget managers to agree formats.-Managed a team of four staff including training for management of budgets.-Attended budget management meetings with budget managers highlighting variances and reasons providing possible actions for rectification.-Meetings with Director and deputy director of Finance monthly-Wrote income reports for the treasurer on the system to enable senior management decisions and also wrote systems reports for the Financial Accountant (Balance Sheet and ad-hoc for Financial returns.-Responsible for completeness, accuracy and integrity of the ledgers providing information for the Trust Board.-Attended Trust Board/Management Board reviews as the Finance representative for three clinical Management teams.- •Persuaded a change allowing me to prepare a zero based budget for a clinical specialty by justifying a change of budget setting policy.•Implementation of a cash management system at the Northern General Hospitals Trust.•Applied successfully to District Health Authority for an expensive drug for Paediatrics giving justification using best estimate of future health cost savings.•Prepared a paper for the Medical Executive Committee persuading a change to be applied to recharge Theatre overruns to specialities.•I negotiated with Theatres and a supplier to implement JIT stock for Theatres (buffer included, rotated and topped up by daily usage, all completed online).•CPD included Training Non-Finance Managers all aspects of finance required to manage budgets including ‘Funding and Finance in the NHS’.•Prepared NPV calculations for medical equipment for Radiology/Diagnostic Imaging taking non- financial information into account. (Outsourced, lease, or buy