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Seaham

Seaham, County Durham

Reporting to Team Leader. Lead role within the team on the Investment for Growth fund. Responsible for dealing with all external Audits from Funders. Outbound calls, Contacting customers about multiple New Funds and Events. Inbound calls handling Customer Enquiries about funding availability and eligibility. Carry out Credit Checks on applications. Scoring applications in preparation for full assessment.Key Achievements• Obtained all files required to successfully pass all audits made by the Funders.• Ensured Investment for Growth fund met all targets i.e. Outputs (Jobs and Turnover created & safeguarded) plus all funding available was released to Customers.

Seaham, County Durham

Reporting to Team Leader. Assessing funding applications, checking eligibility and authorising. Checking and preparing contracts. Updating bespoke Management Information System (MIS). Sending out queries to Account Managers and dealing with responses. Checking and preparing Contracts. Duty Function – Call Handling & Logging. Issuing and countersigning ContractsKey Achievements• Set up new systems and procedures together with associated required documentation.• Team has assessed over 12,000 applications valuing over £69.5 million.

Ashington, Northumberland

Reporting to Head of Finance. Preparing the Key Performance Indicators - Starts, Penetration, Intensive Assistance, Diagnostics and Engagement Plans completed, etc... Developing standard reports and queries on the bespoke Client Management System (CMS). Responsible for submitting claims to external funding bodies. Carrying out all Internal Audits within the Finance Team and at other office locations. Supervising two Funding Officers and responsible for the authorisation of claims. Analysing and devising queries on the CMS to obtain Customer Service samples. Responsible for chasing output evidence for Consultancy contracts. Key Achievements:• Submitting claims to external funding bodies on a quarterly basis enabling Business Link to receive over £20 million from external funders.• Passing all external audits without being subject to clawback.• Obtaining evidence required by funders of assisting over 700 local employers to create nearly 4,000 jobs and increase turnover by over £15 million.• Direct responsibility for paying over £500,000 to local employers.

Ashington, Northumberland

Reporting to Finance Manager. Collecting evidence for all Workforce Development contracts by contacting local employers and training providers, submitting claims on a monthly basis to external funding bodies and obtaining audit documentation prior to monitoring visits. Supplying weekly progress reports, enabling monitoring and management to take place so that all targets met. Responsible for sending out contracts to local employers and training providers and maintaining a Contracts Register.Key Achievements:• Set up new systems and procedures together with associated required documentation.• Submitting claims using On-Line software enabling Business Link to draw down over £2 million in funding.• Responsible for co-managing projects that helped over 500 people achieve a nationally recognised qualification and assisting over 100 local employers to achieve Investors in People recognition.• Direct responsibility for paying over £250,000 to local employers and training providers

Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Reporting to Chief Executive. Preparing Management Information relating to mobile phone sales, debtors and shop performance. Responsible for creating Price Lists, calculating and paying commissions to stockists, updating payments received and querying commissions paid by the mobile phone networks. Key Achievements:• Setting up systems and procedures for paying out commission so that it was easier for stockists to understand.• Devising a simplified system that allowed shop performance to be tracked and analysed.• Responsible for paying out about £50,000 a month to stockists• Recovered over £1 million in unpaid commissions.

Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Reporting to Operations Manager. Chasing and taking payments, dealing with accounting difficulties, assessing credit history, authorising/prohibiting the release of goods, auditing customer accounts and preparing documents for the Legal Department. Key Achievements:• Responsible for obtaining payment and releasing £50,000 a week of orders.• Collecting over £100,000 in long-term debt.• Dealing with over 200 accounts

Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Responding to tenders, preparing proposals and applications, submitting claims to the European Social Fund, preparing costings, telesales activities, mailshots, creating and updating marketing databases, spreadsheets, presenting data graphically and carrying out Internet and Library based research. Key Achievements:• Completing successful applications for over £5 million for European Social Fund funding.• Set up marketing database with over 1,000 records.

Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland

Setting up new Training Centres, similar responsibilities to those in NI, additional responsibilities included Quality Assurance (ISO9001 & SQMS), training candidates in use of the Internet, Web Page Development and in setting up e-mail accounts. Key Achievements:• Setting up a “state of the art” training centre.• Training 50 candidates in use of the Internet.

Belfast, United Kingdom

Organising set up of Computer Training Centres, prepared reports (including financial), implemented recruitment activities, organised PR events, liaised with clients, processed claims, developed training materials, carried out purchasing, monitored software licenses and trained candidates in “Using I.T.” to NVQ Level 3. Key Achievements:• Devising computer based Induction Pack and Training Packs for 6 NVQ qualifications. • Helping 30 people directly to achieve NVQ qualifications.

M.Sc. In Decision Modelling & Information Systems / B.Sc. (Hons) In Statistics & Mathematics, Mathematics And Statistics, Pass

Activities and Societies: Chess, Wargaming, DebatingIncluded Accountancy & Economics, three month placement with The MARI Group Ltd.

4 ‘A’ Levels, Mathematics, Further Mathematics, Economics & General Studies