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Providing solutions to financial management isssues.

Oldham, United Kingdom

Manchester, United Kingdom

Wolverhampton, United Kingdom

Helping to integrate the finances of Bromford and Merlin

Doncaster, United Kingdom

Realising financial benefits for the Adults, Health and Wellbeing transformation programme. Working with Project and senior management to ensure the identification of financial benefits and developing reporting to capture the information required.Monitoring Adult Social Care performance on a monthly and quarterly basis. Identifying issues and addressing them with service management and escalating them to Senior Management when appropriate.Setting a budget paying particular attention to incorporating the savings from the transformation programmeProviding support to Commissioning team negotiating fee increases for residential and nursing homes, Home care and supported living providers.Changed contracts and working practices for Self-funders and top ups to make them Care Act compliant.Developed financial benefit profiles for all the projects within the transformation programmeImproved forecasting of £40m residential fees expenditure to take into account seasonality and the effects of improvement projects.Concluded successful negotiations with a number of different providers of care to achieve sustainable fee increases acceptable to all parties.Obtained £1.2m in funding for a project supporting Learning Disability service users into a more independent setting.Improved the processes and reporting around Continuing Health Care

Northampton, United Kingdom

Principal Responsibilities Supervising 3 members of staff providing Business partnering support to the Children, Families and Education directorate.  Producing month end reporting for the Directorate and incorporate into the Corporate reporting. Providing support to management in the analysis and investigation of trends. Developing model to cost out service redesign.

Bentilee, Stoke-On-Trent

Supervising Finance teams.Producing final accounts including liaising with Auditors.Completing statutory returns.Modelling the impact of changes to social housing funding.Leading the budget process.Converted statutory accounts to FRS102 compliant accounts.

Birkenhead

Finance Business Partner supporting various heads of service within Adult Social care.Improving models used to project year end expenditure and income.Completing statutory returns including PSSEX1.Modelling of changes to social services funding.Finance Business Partner supporting multidisciplinary multiagency team in procuring services worth nearly £4m per annum.

Stoke-On-Trent, United Kingdom

Leading the financial support to various heads of service including, Highways and Transport, Environment and Waste, and Fleet Management.Coordinating the audit working papers for the directorate.Coordinating the prioritisation of services as part of the annual budget setting process.

Lancaster, United Kingdom

ResponsibilitiesInvesting the Council's surplus funds with the aim of maximising returns and effective cash flow management.Advising internal departments about the treatment of VAT and managing the Council's partial exemption position.Reviewing the Council's capital programme and individual projects to ensure that maximum value for money is delivered.AchievementsStructured grant funded project to maximise the impact of the funding whilst not over committing the Council.Worked with outside consultants to reduce the cost of surrendering a building lease.

Stoke-On-Trent, United Kingdom

Principal ResponsibilitiesProviding financial support to Adult Social Care transformation programme.Advising community groups wanting to take on council services and assets and appraising business plans.Resolving issues in the operation and accounting for the Council’s fleet management serviceLeading Service Department through the year end processProviding support to various heads of service including, Sports and Leisure, Libraries, Bereavement Care, Building Services, Parking, Licensing and Transport.Co-ordinating the monthly reporting process for revenue and capital.Major Achievements Supported Members review of the alternative methods of providing the Sports and Leisure service including provision by a trust. This involved providing analysis of the current service, analysis of third party reports and providing updates on the legislative environment.Successfully supported service management in turning around an annual deficit in excess of £700k to a balanced budget whilst delivering additional savings in excess of £500k. This was through a combination of identifying opportunities for savings and income generation and then ensuring delivery.Supported the successful implementation of Personal Budgets for Adult Social Care through analysis of current information, comparison with benchmarks and identification of anomalies.Produced activity based cost information to evaluate of the value for money of various Adult Social Care services. This moved Management from relying on anecdotal evidence to searching for better empirical data on which to base decisions.Identified procedural and systems issues within the Fleet Management Service and left the service with a plan to address the issues.Trained budget holders in financial principals and use of finance systems to increase their engagement with finance and improve the quality of information being provided.

Manchester, United Kingdom

Principal ResponsibilitiesReviewing all departmental capital projects for VAT implications particularly in relation to the partial exemption calculation.Leading the Department through the year end processAdvising Management on the financial implications of various projects in the Council’s stock divestment programme.Leading various projects designed to improve financial management in the Department.Major AchievementsLed a cross departmental team to gain approval for a multi-million pound regeneration scheme.Regularised the accounting for leaseholders resolving issues that had not been addressed for some time.Reviewed Service Level Agreements to help define the future shape of the Department.

Oldham, United Kingdom

ResponsibilitiesLeading the preparation of the Council’s final accounts for audit and the publishing of the information through a variety of channels.Leading the implementation of the General Ledger in the new Agresso accounting package.Integrating the various work streams required for the Council’s budget and Council Tax setting processes.Consolidating and presenting the financial reports for the Authority as a whole.Managing the Authority’s debt portfolio of £320m and short term investments of up to £70m.Developing and monitoring a variety of governance and control procedures for additional funding streams.Supervising a team of 17 and also acting as the principal contact for the Departmental Finance teams.Managing the relationship with the council’s Housing ALMOMajor AchievementsIncreased the relevance of the Final Accounts and their compliance with standards. Introduced concise summaries for local distribution to increase awareness.Developed the Council’s own Medium Term Financial Strategy to improve medium-term planning and the integration of the service planning and financial planning processes.Rescheduled debt to reduce annual costs by over £1m.Introduced a new £15m per annum funding stream to the Council and helped to develop the Project and Programme Management system needed to ensure the success of the programme.

Bolton, United Kingdom

Sashpoint was a £5.7M turnover company involved in the paper converting industry focusing on the ‘Away from home’ market. It was bought by a competitor and the operations were consolidated but Sashpoint was maintained as a separate business for which I was responsible.Director from February 2002 prior to that as Financial ControllerPrincipal Responsibilities (Director)Controlling a business unit including Sales, Warehousing and Distribution, and Finance.Controlling the Manufacturing capacity and its transfer to the parent company.Chairing Monthly Board meetingsMajor Achievements (Director) Managed a 75% reduction in staff numbers with little loss in the retained functions.Managed the change programme needed to transform the business from an independent converter of paper products to being an integral part of a group.Instigated and drove forward a process of product rationalization.Changed the focus of the Sales team to concentrate on strategic partnerships with key customers..Led the migration to a new computer system.