Wokingham, England, United Kingdom
FCA with over 30 years experience across professional practice, industry and the education and charity sectors. Currently leading outsourced finance services for a diverse portfolio of charities and not-for-profit organisations, working collaboratively with senior leadership teams, trustees and finance committees. Experienced in delivering management accounts, budgeting, forecasting, cashflow management, statutory reporting, governance and audit preparation. Following a period balancing family commitments with broader commercial roles, I successfully returned to finance through EY's Reconnect programme. My experience in marketing and communications has strengthened my stakeholder management, project leadership and strategic communication skills, enabling me to build strong relationships and present financial information clearly to both financial and non-financial audiences.
Outsourced finance services for charities and not for profit organisations including scientific, art, educational and health organisations. Business partnering - budget planning, cashflow forecasting, scenario planning, management accounts, audit and statutory accounts, grant applications and project finances, VAT and tax. Team manager.
Main responsibilities: - Manage corporate image and strategy in line with school development plan and annual budget; - Multichannel digital communications, content creation and design including photography, graphics, animation and video; - Manage school websites, manage procurement and design of new website with web agency; - Monitor analytics and advance SEO, competitor analysis; - Advertising, editorial and content creation - internal and external; - Direct and support Marketing Officer; - Liaising with and supporting Registrar for open days and all admissions events
Manage Photography Studio and Darkroom, support pupils in studio and darkroom activities, teach Photoshop, digitise artwork, prepare equipment for lessons. Increased public engagement through social media.
To help communicate research and raise the profile of Reading as a research intensive University by managing the 150+ research websites on the WordPress platform - communicating with a wide variety of stakeholders across all academic disciplines and providing liaison point with IT. Advising researchers on digital content, google analytics and SEO; developing and editing content, creating and building WordPress websites and assisting researchers to develop and manage their own website; design and preparation of monthly research newsletter, providing support for other engagement activities such as award events and open days. Increasing public engagement with research activities.
Corporate tax adviser - year end tax audits, corporation tax compliance and advice for portfolio of clients. Initially started on 12 week Reconnect programme for managers to reconnect with their career, their professional skills, previous experience and expertise within business as well as updating technical knowledge.