Michael Fee Email & Phone Number

Augher, Gb

Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Currently working as a finance business partner having been appointed to the role in March 2023. As FBP my main areas of responsibility include the development of financial plans both in the longer term for strategic business plans, and in the shorter term for budgeting and forecasting. There is also a requirement to measure performance against budget and forecast on a monthly and yearly basis in addition to presentation of the month’s financial performance both written and verbally to… Show more Currently working as a finance business partner having been appointed to the role in March 2023. As FBP my main areas of responsibility include the development of financial plans both in the longer term for strategic business plans, and in the shorter term for budgeting and forecasting. There is also a requirement to measure performance against budget and forecast on a monthly and yearly basis in addition to presentation of the month’s financial performance both written and verbally to colleagues and senior management. I produce the management and financial information both monthly and on an ad hoc basis when required and ensure that all numbers and variances have been tested. Further management information and advice is provided to budget holders to allow effective management of their budgets and to assist them in carrying out their financial duties, there is also the need to constructively challenge on this where appropriate.There is regular communication with other areas within the finance function on different items such as cash flow impacts, treatment of expenditure in public sector and application of policy. Furthermore, there is a requirement to support the business in the creation of business cases and investment appraisal. My role also contains a degree of capital planning and management which must be performed and reviewed on a regular basis.As part of my role there is significant use of MS excel and the ability to manipulate and interrogate large amounts of data which will be sent through by colleague from across the business is a key aspect of performing the role particularly at month-end. Show less

Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

The focus of my role is to provide high quality, insightful analysis on a wide range of economic regulator issues using a wide range of analytical techniques, this includes areas such as;• Using financial modelling techniques to run ‘what if’ scenarios on areas such as the business plan, customer tariffs, long-term viability statement, impairment, and borrowing scenarios.• The role involves being involved in the customer tariff process, with draft and final tariff submissions… Show more The focus of my role is to provide high quality, insightful analysis on a wide range of economic regulator issues using a wide range of analytical techniques, this includes areas such as;• Using financial modelling techniques to run ‘what if’ scenarios on areas such as the business plan, customer tariffs, long-term viability statement, impairment, and borrowing scenarios.• The role involves being involved in the customer tariff process, with draft and final tariff submissions required to the utility regulator each year. I led the project for the 2022/23 customer tariff process, involving both the draft and final submissions along with commentary and scheme of charges, this process involved liaising with colleagues across many different directorates including finance, regulation & commercial, asset delivery, PPP, CSD, and metering & billing.• Performing month end processes for PPP function which includes variance analysis against both MTD and YTD. • When the business plan for the company is being submitted for a price control period the role is involved in this process, with involvement in the PC21 submission on a range of areas such as asset disposals, asset lives, capital contributions, opex, opex from capex, regulatory capital value, revenue allocation and revenue over recovery.• Work on the annual information reporting (AIR) process each year on a number of area’s such as PPP reporting, and water & sewerage activity costing analysis• Involvement in the long term viability statement (LTVS) which included attending meetings with colleagues across a number of different directorates including Finance, regulation & commercial, Human resources, Information services, Customer service delivery, and Asset delivery and ensuring that all relevant information is appropriately reflected in the LTVS scenarios. This is then ran through the financial model to assess the potential financial shocks to NIW based on a number of scenarios, which may occur. Show less

Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

This role left me with responsibility for the day-to-day development, implementation and maintenance of the suite of financial systems, which included the oracle E-business financial, procurement, and HR suite. There was a requirement to develop relationships with both internal stakeholders such as NIW employees and external stakeholders including suppliers. The main duties and responsibilities included:• Assisting the system accountants with the management and delivery of systems… Show more This role left me with responsibility for the day-to-day development, implementation and maintenance of the suite of financial systems, which included the oracle E-business financial, procurement, and HR suite. There was a requirement to develop relationships with both internal stakeholders such as NIW employees and external stakeholders including suppliers. The main duties and responsibilities included:• Assisting the system accountants with the management and delivery of systems accounting projects including the governance, initiation, design, development, testing and implementation to ensure they meet the needs of the F&R directorate and the wider NIW business. • Working with the wider financial systems team on the development and delivery of appropriate training to end users of the financial systems, including training NIW employees on the oracle i-procurement system, which occurred regularly every 6-8 weeks.• Involvement in the integration of NIW Alpha into the oracle e-financials financial system, including a wide range of testing on a number of test systems before implementation in the live oracle system.• Regular involvement in projects that required work with different teams within the F&R directorate and the wider business, including treasury, financial accounts, management accounts, procurement, accounts payable, HR, and TMG.• Training new starts within the company on the use of the oracle e-business suite, specifically the procurement system to ensure that employees were appropriately trained before being given access to the procurement area within the financial system• System testing across a range of different test systems including WATBIR, WATFIN, WATUAT, and WATPPR, ensuring that test systems are always operating as they should be after patches have been applied to ensure that these patches can then be applied to the live system without any issues being encountered. Show less

Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

The key Accounts Payable functions are processing invoices, payment of these invoices on receipt of valid approvals, processing and payment of all non-industrial travel claims, twice-weekly BACS runs and weekly computerised cheque runs and the daily printing of purchase orders. The main duties and responsibilities included:• Checking and authorising all NIW employee travel claims, whilst working in accounts payable the new internet-expenses system through oracle was developed and I was… Show more The key Accounts Payable functions are processing invoices, payment of these invoices on receipt of valid approvals, processing and payment of all non-industrial travel claims, twice-weekly BACS runs and weekly computerised cheque runs and the daily printing of purchase orders. The main duties and responsibilities included:• Checking and authorising all NIW employee travel claims, whilst working in accounts payable the new internet-expenses system through oracle was developed and I was involved in the accounts payable testing of this new system to ensure it was capable of operating as needed by both the user and the approver.• Following up with financial systems team as regards systems issues related to Oracle, Db Authorise, and Transfare. Query instances where NIW policy and controls are not being met e.g. valid approvals for invoices and noncompliance of travel claims, and also to maintain good relationships with internal and external stakeholders.• This role also required a significant amount of liaising with stakeholders both internally within NIW and externally with regular contract from suppliers through email and telephone calls. Show less

Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

During my time working in the business services organisation I was primarily part of the payments team for the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, processing all invoice and credit note transactions in accordance with shared services policies and procedures whilst adhering to defined payment timescales and targets, working to very tight timescales and often under severe pressure to ensure suppliers are paid before month end. I also had to monitor and reconcile supplier accounts to ensure the… Show more During my time working in the business services organisation I was primarily part of the payments team for the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, processing all invoice and credit note transactions in accordance with shared services policies and procedures whilst adhering to defined payment timescales and targets, working to very tight timescales and often under severe pressure to ensure suppliers are paid before month end. I also had to monitor and reconcile supplier accounts to ensure the creditor's ledger was an accurate reflection of current liabilities, this is vital given that the money being dealt with was public and budgets are constantly under scrutiny. The main duties and responsibilities included:• Constant communication both internally with employees within the Belfast trust, and also externally with suppliers who were chasing their payments• Involvement in the process of moving the accounts payable function from each individual Health Service of Northern Ireland trust to a specific accounts payable shared services facility which contained different teams all assigned to carry out the accounts payable function for each trust from one centralised location. Show less

Enniskillen, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

After my second year in University, I gained a year’s placement with the Bank of Ireland. I was selected as part of a group of 20 placement students from over 200 applicants for a role within Bank of Ireland. Whilst in the bank I was working on the cash desk and dealing with customers every day, this greatly improved my interpersonal and communication skills. The bank provided excellent training in terms of customer services and dealing with customers, which helped to improve my confidence… Show more After my second year in University, I gained a year’s placement with the Bank of Ireland. I was selected as part of a group of 20 placement students from over 200 applicants for a role within Bank of Ireland. Whilst in the bank I was working on the cash desk and dealing with customers every day, this greatly improved my interpersonal and communication skills. The bank provided excellent training in terms of customer services and dealing with customers, which helped to improve my confidence levels in dealing with a diverse range of people and has helped me to be comfortable dealing with any situation that may arise in my working life. After graduating, I returned to work in the bank for a further six months before moving on. Show less