Finance Executive covering a range of professional disciplines within the public and private sector. As an experienced strategic finance and procurement professional, business & financial analyst I enjoy making a difference to service outcomes for stakeholders. I have experience of working in financial leadership roles in higher education, local government with a commercial focus and drawing on experience of change management and strategic projects. I take pride in encouraging and providing the environment and opportunity for staff and teams to reach their potential, building resilience and with a focus on stakeholder outcomes. I have a broad range of commercial experiences within the public sector and enjoy finding creative solutions to complex business challenges to drive value through the use of my finance and procurement background along with business, requirements and root cause analysis to look for efficiency using digital and whole systems design. I am used to analysing, reviewing and presenting complex financial information, financial reporting, preparing and presenting business cases for service design, major projects and initiatives. I have designed a financial management framework, strategic and tactical procurement methodology and project governance on several occasions. I have extensive experience of providing strategic financial advice at executive and governance level in a strategic and operational planning context. I have led projects and the financial, procurement workstreams of large complex projects. I have also led digital services, estate encompassing hard and soft FM, Health & Safety, transformation, insurances, commercialisation, procurement, accommodation and managed audit relationships. I particularly enjoy mentoring and coaching people starting their careers and encouraging them to flourish both as individuals and as employees.I am a chartered accountant, business analyst, completed the Prince2 Practitioner project management qualification and hold a PG certificate in enterprise leadership.