Colwall, England, United Kingdom
Accomplished executive with extensive experience helping organisations achieve full business potential through financial and operational management. Proven success in financial planning, implementing business strategies, project management, process design, and multi-functional team leadership. Adept at evaluating business operations to develop solutions for streamlining processes that result in increased revenue growth, profitability, performance, and compliance. Successful track history directing annual financial planning processes, implementing financial policies, and maintaining appropriate internal controls. Elite presenter, with the talent to achieve ambitious results by galvanising teams, building internal/external allies, and selling ideas across the organisation. • Multi discipline Team Manager • Financial Accounting & Audit • Budgeting & Forecasting • Financial Reporting & Control • Change Management • Operational Management • Procurement & Supplier Management • Staff Management • Strategy Planning & Implementation • Risk Management • Project Management • Customer Service Management • Facilities Management • IT Team Management
The Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA) is the UK’s only chartered professional body dedicated to educating, developing, and regulating actuaries based both in the UK and internationally. We represent and regulate our members for the benefit of the outside world and oversee their education at all stages of qualification. Department head providing a full financial service to enable high quality decision making by Council, Boards, and staff, to ensure adequate control over financial issues and to provide a management reporting service on financial topics. This includes all financial accounting activities via the Transaction Team and management information via the Financial Planning and Analysis Team. I also look after Business Continuity Planning and Net Zero planning From 2014 to 2022 I was the head of the Procurement Team which is responsible ensuring supplier management is carried out to procurement "best practice" throughout IFoA. From 2017 until 2021 I was responsible for the overall management of the Learning Operations Team who delivered all the IFoA’s examinations and provide customer support to our students. From 2018 to 2023, the Risk and Project Team came under my control. This team provided project support, operational risk management and business continuity functions at the IFoA.
Working on the Audit Committee - volunteer role. Scrutiny of auditing and risk process. I am now Chair of the Audit Committee (from January 2023).
Volunteer Finance Director for the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Trust. All matters financial. The Trust is the charity side of the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway.
Member of the Audit and Risk Committee - volunteer role. Review of governance around audits and risk facing the Society
Executive Trustee of IFoA Foundation. The Fountain is a recently formed charity which is an amalgamation of all the profession's previous charities. It's mission is to raise funds to support our community and achieve our goal of Actuaries Supporting Others