Stuart Browne Email & Phone Number

Leeds, England, United Kingdom

Sheffield, England, United Kingdom

Leading on three finance change areas with significant efficiencies to be delivered, including: -1) harmonisation of Purchase to Pay, originally planned to go-live April 21, however Business Impact Assessment and lack of engagement with key business users resulted in the project being paused. Analytical review of open Purchase orders to establish resource.

37 St Andrews Dr, Barnsley, England, S75 5LX

• Leading the programme management and governance of significant change project to in- house 8 contracts with a value of £27m.
• Supporting Programme through Business Case iterations to Treasury Approval Panel including training on the TAP and Public Value Framework assessment.
• Addressing Chief Secretary of Treasury concerns on efficiencies from the project, leading on zero based budget and resource model to drive £7.0m p.a. savings over existing contracted service.
• Leading on Transfer of Undertaking Employment Protection ensuring existing Benefits in Kind deliver Value for Money and align with existing Department Policies.
• Leading on Benefit realisation analysis and reporting following on-boarding.
• Leading on communications to Accounting Officer on Stop Delay or accelerate go-live.

Sheffield, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom

South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

Head of Finance and Accountancy on a major government Programme with £4.6b spend, with lack of adequate financial reporting and control. Stuart undertook a major SWAOT analysis of the finance function, making recommendation to Programme Board for transformation of the Finance Function. He recruited and developed a Professional Finance team of 4, embedding.

Sheffield, United Kingdom

at a time of limited funds whilst needing to focus on supporting people with physical and mental disabilities in to work and the EU Referendum result. Utilising his knowledge of Government policies on devolution and changing political landscape following the EU referendum he; worked collaboratively with Policy, Commercial and Programme teams; he led on.

Leeds, United Kingdom

• Proactively establish collaborative working relationship with 3 operational finance teams, In Year Financial Reporting Team and colleagues in Business Intelligence Team.
• Actively support Finance Business Partners by delivering timely relevant and accurate financial information, providing guidance on financial process and constructively challenge forecasts
• Managing and leading a team of 4 HEO’s and 16 EO’s across 6 remotes sites, providing an environment for innovation and development, by actively coaching and supporting team members
• Actively supporting the Departments challenge to reduce inefficiencies in the Corporate Shared Service, by leading on the delivery of standard finance processes by utilising LEAN principles.

Leeds, United Kingdom

• Proactively review and challenge business cases to ensure realisable benefits
• Monitor reporting and control of expenditure in relation to Economic Downturn Workforce Expansion
• Collaborative working with the business operations and DWP and JCP change to ensure change programmes are commenced with minimal delay
• Critically review LEAN savings to ensure efficiency savings are deliverable

Leeds

• Proactively monitor and challenge actual expenditure against budget and forecast for 3 geographical regions and 2 business directorates
• Actively review reporting systems leading on development on excel models to challenge forecast assumptions and expenditure against budget
• Acting as single point of contact for regions and business directorates, providing guidance for month end and year end process
• Lead financial reporting and control manager for direct expenditure limit programmes

Hull, United Kingdom

• Proactively take responsibility for long term strategic planning process, actively contributing to decision making process
• Actively negotiating contract funding, establishing control systems to monitor output performance against the contract
• Deputise for Chief Executive
• Proactively reviewing and developing financial and management information systems to comply with statutory framework and to ensure the requirements of the trustees are met

Sheffield, United Kingdom

• Proactively challenging ICT Expenditure ensuring Value for Money and Governance.
• Implementing, communicating, and managing change to processes and procedures for procuring ICT
• Attending and actively contributing as a Team member at a senior level on Commercial matters
• Providing expert technical guidance in relation to the treatment of contracts

Grimsby

• Leading developments in system controls for reporting monitoring and controlling Capital Expenditure
• Leading and contributing as a team member in the production of Capital Expenditure plans challenging assumptions and performance against the plans.
• Proactively involved in the introduction of a stock control system.
• Evaluating and assessing Commercial Agreement Process and introducing procedures and process for charging.

Hull, United Kingdom

• Reporting Directly to the Manufacturing Director for three Geographical sites
• Leading Financial Planning Process, producing 5 Year Strategic Plans, Budgets, and Forecasts
• Providing Strategic Appraisal of Business opportunities leading to Capital Investment Scheme.
• Developing and implementing FIS and MIS for new venture

Ceriticate Practitioners, Contract And Commercial Manager, Practitioner

Professional, Chartered Institute Of Management Accountants, Pass

Associate Accounting Tchnichian, Accounting And Business/Management, Credit

Certificate In Accounting, Accounting And Business/Management, Distinction

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