Liz Helps Email & Phone Number

• As Chief Finance Officer I am a member of the Senior Leadership Team leading a multi-disciplinary team to deliver Ofgem's Finance, Risk and Assurance, Procurement and Portfolio Management functions. This includes
• providing strategic financial advice to the Accounting Officer, Departmental Boards and Committees and senior leaders on a range of complex financial matters;
• leading the delivery of the Spending Review, other strategic planning exercises and the annual Estimates and business planning processes;
• delivery of the published Forward Work Plan underpinning Ofgem’s Multi-year Strategy;
• ensuring the robustness of business cases, contract management and supplier viability, financial management and decision-making across Ofgem;
• strengthening governance and assurance arrangements in the first and second line of defence;

London, United Kingdom

• A member of the Senior Leadership Team, initially leading the Strategic Financial Planning, Reporting and Analysis, Management Accounts and Finance Business Partnering functions within the Department for International.
• provide strategic financial advice to Ministers, the Accounting Officer, Departmental Boards and Committees and senior leaders on a range of complex financial matters;
• lead the delivery of DIT’s first Spending Round and multi-year Spending Review, delivery of other strategic planning exercises and the annual estimates and business planning process;
• ensure the robustness of business cases and assure contracts;
• implement financial management polices, a standard operating model and financial forecasting tool for improved financial reporting products at all levels in DIT;
• oversee the use of funding on a monthly basis and facilitate quarterly reviews to realign budgets as plans evolved;

London, United Kingdom

• Established the financial management and control regime for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games.Responsible for negotiating funding, agreeing budget allocations and establishing and embedding financial policies and.
• Working in partnership across Government, Birmingham City Council, and the Commonwealth Games Federation to set-up the Organising Committee for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, a new NDBP, negotiating the 18/19.
• Establishing financial delegations and spending controls and financial dashboards and managing the purchase to pay and financial reporting process for the Organising Committee and across the Partnership.
• Commissioning and leading a comprehensive budget review across all Games Partners, negotiating the Terms of Reference, challenging delivery models to drive down cost, scrutinising plans across the partnership to ensure.
• Developing a Financial Control Framework to manage financial risks and how financial decisions are governed, budgets are managed and how savings are driven out or reinvested in priority areas.
• Liaison point for the Government Internal Audit Agency, National Audit Office and HMRC to ensure a robust assurance and control framework is in place.

Brisbane, Australia

A secondment as part of the U.K. Civil Service High Potential Secondment Programme, working for the Queensland Government's Office for the Commonwealth Games as the Embracing 2018 Community and Business Engagement Program Manager.I worked with stakeholders across Federal, State and Local Government to develop and deliver programs to inspire and unite.

London, United Kingdom

Seconded to the Cabinet Office for a short period to lead the negotiation of an affordable delivery plan for Civil Service Learning, Civil Service Resourcing and Civil Service Employee Policy. Working with the Chief People Officer to the Civil Service, the HR Executive Board, the HR Performance and Risk Committee and HR Director Generals across Government.

London, United Kingdom

Senior Finance Business Partner within the Work Services Finance Team, partnering the SRO for Employment Programmes and Director for London & the Home Counties. A credible leader across Finance Group and the Department, transforming our services and the lives of others.Responsibilities included:Leading and managing a team of 11 working within the.

London & Leeds

Leading on the financial analysis of the £2.3bn Work Programme and £1bn Youth ContractWorking as part of a multi-disciplinary team to design national employment programmes through providing financial analysis on affordability and value for money.Negotiating with HM Treasury to secure sufficient funding and ensure the Department is not exposed to financial.

Leeds & Nottingham

Initially recruited onto the Financial Management & Development scheme and promoted to be a Special Review Analyst, I undertook a number of Finance roles across the Department including:- Senior Finance Analyst on the procurement of the Post Office Card Account- Senior Finance Analyst of the Atkinson Review of Productivity- Finance Analyst on the Workforce.

Leeds, United Kingdom

As Chair of the Student Society I was responsible for coordinating training and development activities to complement CIPFA's professional study programme across the North East. This included financial planning and accounting for expenditureActive member of the North East CIPFA Council, influencing activities and services delivered for CIPFA members.

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BA Business Studies: Accounting, Economics, Statistics, Law, Marketing & Human Resources