Rob Blower Email & Phone Number

Oldbury, England, United Kingdom

Oldbury, West Midlands, United Kingdom

Management and leadership of finance, HR & payroll team of 60 employees.Strategic lead and founder of Prospects Payroll, a high-quality education payroll bureau with turnover circa £1m, growth predominantly through referrals and word of mouth. Working with circa 180 customers.Internal departments and functions responsible for include Accounts Payable & Receivable, Payroll, HR Shared Services, Expenses, Banking & daily cash management.Senior leader within the organisation and working closely with all aspects of the finance function.Working with auditors for year end and interim audits.Management of company head office.Future Leaders Programme completed in 2023.

Birmingham, United Kingdom

Head of Prospects Payroll, commercial payroll bureau. Delivering circa 300 payrolls per month, 12,500 employees, I setup and delivered this business unit for Prospects Services, with ambitious future growth plans.Finance Manager for 4 business units, annual revenue approximately £5 million. This includes full budgeting, variance analysis, detailed accruals & prepayments, intercompany reconciliation, and fixed asset registers.Production of statutory reports for one subsidiary, including quarterly VAT returns, annual company profit and loss accounts and balance sheets. Project managed the successful integration of HR & payroll systems within Prospects Group, including in-house payroll.Project manager for the development of payroll bureau status for Prospects. Running external payrolls in addition to internal payrolls. Thus bringing experience in delivering services to both internal and external customers. External payrolls require delivery to SLA's and service review meetings.Responsibility for successful implementation, and continual delivery, of auto enrolment and RTI compliance.

Oldbury, West Midlands, England

Line management of a HR & payroll team of 6 employee’s delivering the company HR & payroll solution, and developing nthese employee’s skills / knowledge. Includes delivering multi payrolls, monthly and weekly, for over 2,500 employees. Fully skilled in respect of payroll legislation, and delivering internal and external payroll services.Finance Manager for 4 business units, annual revenue approximately £5 million. This includes full budgeting, variance analysis, detailed accruals & prepayments, intercompany reconciliation, and fixed asset registers.Production of statutory reports for one subsidiary, including quarterly VAT returns, annual company profit and loss accounts and balance sheets. Project manager for the successful integration of HR & payroll systems within Prospects Group, including in-house payroll. The organisation is very complex due to significant TUPE & acquisitions (50+ T&C’s) giving the project significant value to the business.Project manager for the development of payroll bureau status for Prospects. Running external payrolls in addition to internal payrolls. Thus bringing experience in delivering services to both internal and external customers. External payrolls require delivery to SLA's and service review meetings.Responsibility for successful implementation, and continual delivery, of auto enrolment and RTI compliance.

Dudley, United Kingdom

Responsible for a team delivering HR & Payroll services for Prospects Services Ltd, & involved in management accounts and finance within the organisation.Currently project managing the implementation of iTrent within my organisation which integrates our legacy systems, and brings the payroll in house.

Codsall, Wolverhampton

Management of 30+ staff, and responsible for all aspects of retail management

Accountancy, Fully Qualified

2:1, Ba(Hons) Business