Nick Avery Email & Phone Number

Colchester, England, GB

I am available for short term contract roles within the non profit sector in audit, finance, risk and governance.

Colchester, United Kingdom

Responsible for Finance, HR, IT, facilities and secretarial functions

Colchester, United Kingdom

Ipswich, England, United Kingdom

Member of Audit & Finance Committee - relinquished my trustee role to allow more time for other activities.

London, United Kingdom

Co-opted member (voluntary) of Audit & Risk Committee, contributing to the Committee's role in oversight of governance, risk, control and of external reporting, internal and external audit.

Westminster, London

Volunteer role. Audit & Finance Committee provides oversight and scrutiny of external and internal financial reporting, capital and revenue budgets, risk management, capital project approval, investments, insurance and procurement generally.

London

£140m Charity providing support and services for disabled people.Internal Audit, safety and quality audit Risk management champion Manage ca. £750k insurance & inspection programme

Provider of care to the elderly and those with disabilities. Chair of Trust and Chair of the Finance Committee.

• I was Chair of Trustees for the Group pension scheme (asset base ca. £70m) from 2006-2009, having been a Trustee since 2001. I put into place a team of advisors and a succession plan which ultimately protected the.
• I took responsibility for Health & Safety policy and compliance in 2005, bringing it in-house and achieving two successive gold Rospa awards.
• I had responsibility for regulatory compliance and manage relationships with our regulator and national law enforcement bodies.
• I took responsibility for insurance in 2004 and reduced annual costs by over £400k, undertaking an innovative partnership with an overseas insurance company.
• My field security team achieved savings of £1m pa through reduced failure costs and civil recovery processes in the retail business.
• I had budget responsibility for £3m in security infrastructure costs..

• Littlewoods was a £2bn high street and mail order retailer. I was the Finance Manager in the business unit which successfully launched what is now www.littlewoods.com which was at the time the largest internet clothing.
• I successfully co-ordinated the production of the Group budget and strategic plan, consolidating inputs from all business units – in the first year of a new business unit based corporate structure.
• I took the Finance lead in managing Littlewoods’ relationship with Arcadia Plc in a joint venture. I undertook a strategic assessment of the JV which ultimately led to its closure.
• I worked closely with the International businesses, undertaking audits in Singapore, Russia, Thailand and Sri Lanka. I had key input into the decision to close the Far East hub and, subsequently, I successfully managed.
• Within my Audit Management roles, my team achieved considerable success in bringing about business change – particularly major changes to the organisation of the logistics team and of fraud management. I instigated and.
• Key member of investigation team in series of confidential investigations

Operational and Computer Audit reviews acros the Royal Insurance business - largely in the Investments, Pensions and Life Businesses.Reviews included signficant work in IoM, Malawi. Kenya, Spain and the Netherlands.

Ma, Chemistry, 2Nd Class

Activities and Societies: Exeter College, College Prize winner, Represented University at Rugby I studied Chemistry, during which time my.

Master Of Arts - Ma, Chemistry

Master Of Arts - Ma, Chemistry

Education record

Activities and Societies: Captain of Rugby, Captain of Athletics