In my current role as the Bursar in St Patrick’s Grammar School, Armagh, I am responsible for all areas of the School which are not core teaching. These include:- Financial management including the governance framework, preparation and review of budgets, year end accounting and reporting.- Planning and monitoring the day-to-day property maintenance activities to ensure that the building and external grounds remains fit for purpose and conform to relevant health and safety legislation.- Managing all premises related projects.- Management of all non-teaching staff (currently 56 staff).- Service the Board of Governors and Committees.

In Capita I manage the delivery of a broad range of services including internal audit and risk management to a number of outsourced and co-sourced public and private sector organisations throughout Ireland. I am also responsible for leading the delivery of a number of significant individual assignments on behalf of a number of core government departments and NDPBs throughout Ireland.

As a Project Manager in NI Water on their new Customer Contact and Billing (CBC) programme I had responsibility for the following:- project managing the implementation of the billing, debt collection and reporting (KPI’s and Management Information) aspects of the new CBC contract;- liaising with senior business users in customer services, billing, debt, finance and with the Echo implementation team to ensure all contracted billing, debt collection and reporting requirements are defined and implemented in according with the project schedule;- management of the Echo implementation team to ensure timely delivery of systems software for user acceptance testing and subsequent deployment;- reviewing all billing and debt related business process to reflect changing requirements under the new contract and to identify key controls, risk areas, weaknesses and practical recommendations for improvement; and- providing advice and guidance to the programme team from a contractual and internal audit perspective.

Queen’s University, Belfast – as a member of the Russell Group this is one of the top 20 Universities in the UK. From working at Queen’s I have exposure to and knowledge of:- financial management and administration, including student loan administration; - estates management and maintenance including student accommodation and assessment of viable options; - student services, including insurance, management of clubs and societies, development of reciprocal international student arrangements, promotion of arts and culture; and - Human Resources including employment policy and contract management, disciplinary and termination procedures, sub contracting and external contract management arrangements.- preparation of Risk Management Policy and ensuring adherence to such;- responsibility for management of the governance arrangements of diverse subsidiary companies, including evaluation of Board and sub-committee structure and risk management arrangements;- completion of Board effectiveness reviews;- design and compilation of corporate and directorate risk registers;- responsibility for reviewing and challenging management on the content of corporate and divisional risk registers and presenting findings in a succinct report for consideration by the Risk Management Committee;- monitoring compliance with the risk policies and procedures;- design and delivery of risk management workshops to senior management teams in both the public and private sectors;- acting as company secretary for a number of companies including full compliance with legislative reporting requirements.

a global financial and consulting practice. Now the largest professional services firm in the world. On joining this firm in 1999 I started as a trainee Chartered Accountant in the Audit Department and on qualification specialised in Internal Audit and Enterprise Risk Management Services. I worked with the following:- University of Ulster, Police Service for Northern Ireland, Translink and Queen’s University. I served these entities in an Internal Audit capacity – they are some of the largest employers in Northern Ireland with some of the more complex business processes and structures and specific governance and regulatory frameworks;- a range of government departments and government agencies including arms length bodies and Non Departmental Public Bodies; and- a broad cross section of local owner managed businesses and global multi-national organisations across technology and communications, financial services and manufacturing industries.