• Working for a Newcastle based charity with £10 million pa turnover• Managing two staff in a busy finance department• Producing Draft Statutory Accounts and managing year –end audit process• Producing Month-end Reports and balance sheets on time for Board. • Coordinating annual budgets and quarterly forecasting. Improved budgeting process by linking cost-centre reports to consolidated report. • Improved the systems and processes within the Finance Department to ensure the department meet regular deadlines.• Balance sheet reconciliation including systems improvements to facilitate this.• VAT reconciliation and submission• Preparation of payroll for outsourcer to process

• Producing Month-end Reports and balance sheets on time for Board of Governors. • Coordinating annual budgets and quarterly forecasting. Improved budgeting process by linking cost-centre reports to consolidated report. • Improved the systems and processes within the Finance Department to ensure the department meet regular deadlines.• Completing National statistics survey returns• Balance sheet reconciliation including systems improvements to facilitate this.• VAT reconciliation and submission

• Supporting implementation of new Accounting system (SAP)• Developing Systems and processes for Finance department moving from large excel-spreadsheets to cloud-based ERP system. • Preparation of Month-end accounts using US GAAP to calculate revenue recognition.• Supplying ad-hoc reporting and analysis. • Liaising with external auditors

• Supporting implementation of new Accounting system (Netsuite) and the re-engineering of systems and processes within Finance department. • Supervision of staff within department.• Preparation of Monthly Management Accounts pack in accordance with IFRS. • Supplying ad-hoc reporting and analysis.

BT took over the Finance back-office function for a number of Local Government councils. • Managing two trainee accountants and supporting their training.• Responsible for managing a small team ensuring that the standard operating procedures, processes and systems reflect the needs of the Outsourcing council. • Managing the Chart of accounts to ensure it matches the organisation structure.• Ensuring the Financial system matched that of the Organisation. • Dealing with month-end procedures, reporting and problem resolution.