Newly qualified teacher of French at Denefield School

A maternity cover, teaching French to students in years 7, 8, 9, 10 and 12 until June 2020

Teaching children how to cook nutritious food from scratch, and helping them to learn a valuable life skill.

Business Partnering the GPSIT Leadership team; supporting them in the development of the strategic vision for the Directorate; providing financial insight, comment and challenge to plans to drive the right commercial outcomes.Co-ordinating and implementing the business plan, budget and quarterly forecasting processes for the directorate, with annual costs of c.£32m p.a., ensuring that these are based on measurable assumptions that drive ownership.Managing the provision of analysis and insight into the financial performance of the division.Providing insight and informed critique on investment proposals to the directorate; driving robustness and transparency in all investment proposals by ensuring that measurable assumptions are linked to outcomes.

Advised the Asset Management team by providing sound financial and commercial input into rent negotiations, lease changes, and rates appeals; and successfully influenced external independent arbitrators in rent reviews.Managed and continually improved the investment appraisal methodology for existing store investments.Appraised investments on existing stores (from £1m to £15m per scheme), and provided financial insights for board papers, to aid decision-making.Managed the production of Property Post Investment Review papers and analysis of existing store proposals, with responsibility for identifying and articulating key findings.Managed the provision of analysis and insight into underperforming stores (with ROIs below 7%), and provided recommendations to the Waitrose Management Board on actions to improve performance and mitigate losses.Oversaw the production of inputs into the Launch and occupancy cost budgets and forecasts (costs of c. £200m p.a.), and provided insightful reporting on these.Coached and developed direct report.Developed and implemented a new process for measuring and reporting sales impacts from refurbishments, working collaboratively with Partners across Finance and the rest of the business.

Designed and led the appraisal process to support the decision to acquire 19 ex-Safeway stores in 2004 for £270m, and subsequent multi-site acquisitions.Designed and managed the Waitrose Business Plan model to 2005 (with gross sales p.a. of c.£3bn).Coordinated the Review of investments for the Waitrose Management and John Lewis Partnership Boards.

Prepared the Waitrose Financial Results Paper to the John Lewis Partnership Chairman.Coordinated the Business Plan and Budget processes: managed inputs from all directorates within Waitrose;challenged submissions; providing support to budget holders by compiling supporting financial analysis.

Providing overall financial management of the Business Support Unit with c.100 contract catering units with an annual turnover of c.£18m

Provided financial interface between Regional Commercial Executives, Central Management Accounting and Purchasing functions on the implementation, review and evaluation of performance of a project to standardise production and quality of menus across c.50 staff restaurants

Assisted the Commercial Director in the financial management of the division of c.60 public catering outlets with an annual turnover of c.£25m,

Assistant Accountant, Sutcliffe Catering Ltd and Fairfield Catering (1990-91)Contract Catering Manager, Managing all aspects of a series of catering operations with responsibility for up to 20 kitchen and front of house staff (1988-1990)