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Bath, England, United Kingdom

The Elmhurst Foundation, Combe Grove is a charitable company near Bath creating a range of valued, quality and sought after Apprenticeships with a strong emphasis on ecology, wellness and community.

London, England, United Kingdom

An international development charity leading on all aspects of the finances and supporting organisational governance with experience of donor reporting, working closely with Programme Managers within a small team based near London Bridge.

Bath, England, United Kingdom

Carbon Net Zero Project Manager for and Independent School based in Bath.

Monkton Combe, England, United Kingdom

Monkton Combe School is an independent, co-educational day and boarding school catering for 720 pupils aged 2 years to 18 years old. In my capacity as Finance Manager, I report directly to the Bursar and am accountable for providing financial leadership and oversight with ownership for managing month end and year end procedures for audit, preparing annual financial statements and monthly management accounts, producing and distributing monthly budget statements, administering contracts and managing financial accounting systems for the school and trading subsidiaries. In addition, I lead a 5-member team encompassing a Finance Officer, 3 Finance Assistants and a Payroll Officer. Most notably:- Developed and introduced a reporting timetable to ensure timely delivery of monthly management accounts to the senior leadership team ensuring all tasks were completed within a 5-working day timeline.- Managed annual audit and prepared annual statutory accounts for school and trading subsidiaries.- Spearheaded implementation of a cloud-based supplier BACS payment system which enabled remote access to payment system and significantly improved efficiency.- Designed, developed and implemented a suite of KPIs to support school’s long term financial strategy.

Bristol, England, United Kingdom

During this period, I reported to the Finance Director and was engaged on an interim basis to provide management information to the Board of Trustees, senior management team and relevant staff during the implementation of a new finance system. I led a team of 2 encompassing a Finance Officer and Systems Accountant and led the successful end-to-end development and implementation of PS Financials in line with agreed timeline and budget to significantly improve speed and quality of the production of management information.

London, England, United Kingdom

As Programme Accountant, I was tasked with building finance team capacity in the UK and country programmes whilst also supporting a new initiative to improve provision and uptake of family planning services in South Africa and Tanzania as a key member of the Leading Safe Choices team.

Stroud, England, United Kingdom

I was appointed on an interim basis to produce financial accounts for 7 college entities, deliver annual budget and prepare college financial business plans.

Bath, England, United Kingdom

The purpose of this assignment was to oversee, coordinate and support international finance functions in 7 African countries with additional ownership for building capacity of the finance team in Uganda as a separate subsidiary and assisting the UK finance team with implementing PS financials.

London, England, United Kingdom

In my capacity as Management Accountant, I prepared comprehensive monthly management reports regarding complex funding contracts and worked in collaboration with the Director of Finance to prepare strategic financial plans. In addition, I assisted the regional fundraising teams to prepare funding proposals and maintained organisational budgets using Open Accounts software.

Larkhill, England, United Kingdom

As Finance Manager, I provided financial oversight and support to the CEO and Board Committees. I managed accounts using Sage Line 50 and prepared the annual budget and monthly financial reports. In addition, I operated monthly payroll, provided strategic advice regarding internal controls, ensured compliance with charity policies and managed the Finance Assistant.

Melksham, England, United Kingdom

During this period, I supported the organisational restructure and updated risk management policies. I was accountable for overseeing annual audit and change of year end from December to July. In addition, I prepared annual budgets and forecasts, produced financial information for Trustees using QuickBooks, updated and implemented finance, reserves and risk management policies and provided strategic advice regarding internal controls.

Frome, England, United Kingdom

In my capacity as Head of Finance and Operations, I led a 6-member team to produce annual budgets and forward forecasts in line with stringent timelines. I assisted with the implementation of PS Financials across country programmes and performed project accounting for restricted funds and full cost analysis. In addition, I defined, implemented and executed the charity’s financial strategy, produced financial information for senior business leaders and led the charity’s risk management strategy.

Master'S Degree, Msc Development Finance

Msc Agriculture, Rural Development

Bachelor'S Degree, Agriculture, Agriculture Operations, And Related Sciences, 2.1 Honours