My role as Procurement Category Manager at the University of Surrey covers the Procurement for the following areas for the business - HR including Recruitment Agencies, Finance, Marketing & Travel.Additionally Insurance falls under the remit of Procurement at the University and i am in charge of the day to day operation of Insurance.

I work as the Procurement Business Manager for the University of Surrey.My day to day role covers:Management of the University travel management commodity spend.Develop and manage all aspects of procurement governance and risk management procurement processes across the University. Ensure best practice enabling procurement practices are adopted through collaboration with other Universities and other relevant wider organisations.Develop and support the procurement category planning process enabling category managers to identify and deliver category plans that deliver significant measurable value over defined time periods. Develop measures to capture key procurement KPI’s including Procurement’s influence and coverage, compliance, customer feedback, collaboration levels including Framework adoption. Support annual University VFM Report production.Lead the development and implementation of procurement methods, including production of suitable category management templates and tools to ensure the University adopts leading practices.Lead compliance projects to review, implement and manage University Policy, legislative, regulatory and sector guidelines in procurement related areas including Procurement Policy, P-Card Policy, Contracting Policy, Financial Regulations, Sustainability, Modern Slavery, Business Continuity Planning etc.

During this role i was responsible for the management of the University's Financial Services Processing Team.The team is made up of 8 people covering all AP, AR, Billing, Cashiers, Forex and Travel aspects of the University's faculty needs. I also manage the payment gateways for all student fee's and University commercial purchasing.I am also undergoing a number of change management focused projects using Lean methodology looking at bringing in line control of data and rewriting policy's across multiple sites.Being able to engage Key Stakeholders in multiple departments is involved a large amount and i am growing my knowledge of PCI DSS through this role.

This role as the interim Finance Manager for Surrey Sports Park. I manage a team of 3 Finance Assistants and direct University Transactional Finance Team on behalf of Surrey Sports Park.The role covers:● Management of all Accounts Payable, Billing and Credit Control Transactional Ledgers, ● Reviewing the OTC processes and make change recommendations to Business Finance Manager, ● Investigate Ledger Posting Anomalies, ● Create the Weekly Sales Analysis Report, ● Attend Weekly Senior Management Meeting, ● Lead Agresso Change Management process with IT Support, ● Manage XN Reporting Month End Pack, ● Run KPI Reports and look at issues with performance, ● Manage Customer Data Files,

I managed a team of 6 covering Expenses, Accounts Payable, Petty Cash and Bank Treasury aspects on a daily basis. My role also covers:● Monthly Aged Creditor Analysis reporting to Finance Director,● Month End Statement Reconciliation Report to Group Finance,● Setting Monthly Staff KPI reports and running follow up meetings with staff,● Reduction in Ledger Debt,● Liaise daily with Group Procurement Team to introduce new Supplier Portal,● Weekly Figures report for Care Agency Staff Use,● Introduction and Management of new Travel Booking Process through Egencia,● Restructuring of Banking Treasury process to fit in with Group Process,● Relationship Management with key suppliers including Care Agencies, Group Affiliates and several key national vendors,MiHomecare is part of the MITIE Group.

I managed the day to day running of a finance team covering Accounts Payable, Credit Control and Payroll for an industry leading events and trade show company. Daily Tasks -● Management of Sales & Purchase Ledger teams including analysis on variance,● Involvement in resolving credit control team issues, this includes involvement with Sales and Senior Management,● Handling Payroll Queries,● Weekly Cash-flow analysis,● Invoice and Credit Note Cost Coding Authorisation,● Updating Customer Credit Rating levels,● Weekly Sales Report variance analysis,● Negotiating terms with Customers and Suppliers,Month End Tasks - ● Payroll process using Sage Payroll for up to 50 staff,● Banking Reconciliation's,● Trade Show analysis with Budget holders,● Cash-flow forecasting,● Ledger Journals,● Debtor Balance Reporting to Head Office,● Assistance with Management Accounts with the FD,

On a day to day basis i am involved in finance processing and deal analysis taking management of the costing’s going through our ledger. I am also responsible for the IBM UK & Europe Compliance reporting and liaise with key personnel across Europe. I report directly into the Finance Controller and Director. Imtech is listed on the Dutch Stock Exchange so we have very regulated turn around in weekly & monthly information which is audited regularly.At month ends I create ledger analysis reports and discuss the currently figures with Management. I also monitor our staff mileage reports and create VAT Journals for this. I compile reconciliation reports from our Suppliers and distribute the findings to our Logistics team for action.At year end I assist the Finance Director in analyzing the Legal, Professional and Fixed Asset costs for the year. I liaise with our European Offices to validate our figures and make sure all pack work is complete.I am also a Qualified Internal ISO Auditor covering ISO 9001, 14001, 18001 & 27001.

Month End Procedures:*Forecasting against Agency Staff and Internal Movements,*Downloading and emailing out the outstanding Purchase & Sales Ledger report,*Download of all Credit Card expenditure and cross checking correct department coding has been implemented,*Authorizing Expenses to correct cost codes,*Analysis of the Forensic invoices and then update the divisional spend reports,*Cash Account Reconciliations,*Compile Telecommunications Recharges and Journals,*Attend month end budget evaluation meetings as directed by Finance Manager if required,These were spread out at key dates over the month as not all information was available on set dates.Weekly / Daily Procedures:*Expenditure authorisations up to £3000.00, anything over this I obtain the Finance Managers authorisation,*Correctly code any specialist operational invoices received and note them on spreadsheets so correct figures are kept,*Set up overtime codes when needed by liaison with Payroll team,*Compile any operational Recharges required,*Authorise any IT equipment requested having first check departmental heads have already authorised,*Manage mailbox for Protective services Finance with 1 day turnaround on any information required,

Month End Procedures:*Complete the month end Purchase & Sales Ledger report, having chased up departments regarding receiving orders,*Make sure all large cost invoices have been correctly coded and input before month end account closure deadline,*Check through Mobile Phone billing expenditure, having assisted with account moves by liaison with Orange,*Assist with raising of Invoices,*Assist with month end banking,Weekly / Daily Procedures:*Cost code and input invoices,*Cost coding staff expenses and processing,*Raise Purchase Orders on receipt of completed cost ordering forms, chase for any additional authorisations required.

I managed a team of 6 covering Expenses, Accounts Payable, Petty Cash and Bank Treasury aspects on a daily basis.