Offering a wide range of skills in the areas of management accounts, financial modelling, advanced Excel data and trend analysis, software and IT training and implementation, project and business change management.

• Introduced Sage 50 for the preparation of management accounts, which were audited and approved without change.• Overhauled and improved all financial and IT systems.• Made in-depth use of Excel and query tools for the complex analysis of loan management system data.• Built sophisticated financial models to help win new funding.• Ensured financial reconciliation between banking and loan management systems.• Developed comprehensive new systems for the management of loan funds and reporting to funders such as Local Authorities, Start Up Loans Company and European Regional Development Fund.• Managed IT infrastructure with purchase of new hardware and migration to Office 365 cloud services.• Provided full support and training to internal users.

Responsibility for all aspects of ToGo.co.uk, an Internet based business that specialises in selling quality home, garden and leisure products.• Supplier and product selection.• Web site development and maintenance.• Responsible for marketing, operations and finance.

Managing 8 permanent staff and 15 contract staff involved in the development of solutions for credit card and loan applications based on the company’s Vectus workflow product and interfaces to credit bureaux and decision support tools.

Member of the Technology Division’s Senior Management Team with responsibility for the control of all projects from initiation to completion, including contributions from every area of the business.Managed programmes, major projects and other project managers.Managed the relationship with 3rd party software suppliers for provision of additional Pegasus branded products such as Construction Industry Solutions, P11D and Business Intelligence.Developed imaginative and highly effective systems for planning and monitoring the company’s entire development roadmap, including metrics for estimation and performance measurement.Managed Project Phoenix, an ambitious 100-day project to add major modules to Opera II ledgers in Visual FoxPro based on original Opera product. The project involved a team of 50 developers and software compliance testers, including permanent and contract staff. Weekly reporting to the Project Board composed of Directors and Senior Managers. Project value £1.6m.

Member of Simdell’s Business Management Team with responsibility for the implementation at customer sites of all systems sold.Built the department from scratch, recruiting internally and externally to the level of 6 project managers, 8 consultant/trainers, 1 technical author and 2 technical development staff.

Responsible for the design, development, testing and documentation of a wide range of bespoke and package software products covering Finance, Payroll, Distribution, Commodity Trading and Housing Management.