Seller 254920 - Birmingham, West Midlands, UK
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| Overview: | Chartered Accountant with internal and external audit and consulting background. Experience in governance, performance and finance. Sensitive to third sector culture and aware of policy environment. | |
CV
| Qualified as a Chartered Accountant with a Big 4 accountancy practice gaining a range of experience with public and private sector clients. Then joined the internal audit division of a medium sized firm worked with FE colleges and housing associations. Later transferring to consulting while continuing to specialise in education, housing and not-for-profits. Wide experience in governance, performance and financial management including merger due diligence, re-organisation feasibility studies, organisational reviews, board training on audit, risk and finance. Acted as an interim Finance Director in the education sector. Recent work with smaller third sector organisations. Sensitive to the culture of the third sector and aware of the policy environment. |
Employment History
(Jul 2008 to Sep 2008)
Interim FD
PrestonInterim Finance Director at a college undertaking a multi-million pound capital project.
(Apr 2007 to Apr 2008)
Interim Director of Finance
StockportActing College Finance Director at a college in the process of turnaround.
(Feb 2000 to Oct 2006)
Consultant
BirminghamUndertaking and managing consultancy assignments in various sectors including the education and social housing sectors. Work including merger due diligence, re-organisation feasibility studies, organisational reviews, governor training on audit, risk and finance. Acted as an interim Finance Director at several general FE and sixth form colleges. Extensive experience of social housing including work on performance and governance.
(Jan 1996 to Jan 2000)
Auditor
Bentley Jennison, BirminghamInterim audit of FE colleges, HE institutions, housing associations and charities. Also audit of government funded projects.
Professional Qualifications
| Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales |
Education
(Oct 1987 to Jun 1990)
Keble College
MA (Oxon) Upper Second in Philosophy, Politics and Economics
Housing association board member
| Over six years experience as a board member of a Midlands housing association. Founding chair of the audit committee. Currently Vice Chair of the board and chair of the governance and human resources committee as well a member of the audit and housing committees. |
Categories & Skills
Finance & Accounting
Categories
Skills
- Analysis (Finance (Qualified))
- Audit (Finance (Qualified))
- Big 4 Practise (Organisation Experience)
- Budgeting (Accountancy)
- Budgeting (Finance (Qualified))
- Business Advisory (Finance (Qualified))
- Business Planning (Finance (Qualified))
- Cashflow Forecasting (Accountancy)
- Charity & Not For Profit (Organisation Experience)
- Consultancy Practise (Organisation Experience)
- Cost Reduction (Finance (Qualified))
- Director (Job Level)
- Finance Director (Job Level)
- Financial (Reporting)
- Financial Consultant (Job Level)
- Financial Control (Finance (Qualified))
- Financial Risk Management (Finance (Qualified))
- Financial Strategy & Planning (Finance (Qualified))
- Forecasting (Finance (Qualified))
- Health (Sector Experience)
- Health (Sector Experience)
- Housing and Property (Sector Experience)
- Housing And Property (Sector Experience)
- Interim Finance Director (Job Level)
- Internal Audit (Finance (Qualified))
- Job Level (Finance (Qualified))
- Key Performance Indicators (Accountancy)
- Key Performance Indicators (Finance (Qualified))
- Large Team (10+) (Management Skills)
- Local Government (Organisation Experience)
- Management (Reporting)
- Management Skills (Accountancy)
- Medium Sized Team (5-9) (Management Skills)
- NHS (Organisation Experience)
- Non-Executive Director (Job Level)
- Organisation Experience (Finance (Qualified))
- Performance Management (Finance (Qualified))
- Public Sector (Sector Experience)
- Public Sector (Organisation Experience)
- Public Sector (Sector Experience)
- Regulatory (Reporting)
- Reporting (Finance (Qualified))
- Sector Experience (Accountancy)
- Sector Experience (Finance (Qualified))
- Small Team (0-5) (Management Skills)
- Statutury (Reporting)
- Strategic Leadership (Finance (Qualified))
Management Consultancy
Categories
Skills
- Company Turn-round (Business Consulting)
- Corporate Governance
- Feasibility Studies (Business Consulting)
- Mergers (Charity & Not-for-profit)
- Re-structuring
- Risk Management

