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VisitBritainFinancial Director
May. 2024
Veracity ConsultingManaging Director
Apr. 2023 - Apr. 2024London
DHSCCFO DHSC PPE Programme
Sep. 2020 - Mar. 2023
Comic ReliefDirector of Finance
Feb. 2018 - Sep. 2020Vauxhall
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS)Deputy Director of Finance at BEIS
May. 2017 - Jan. 2018Westminster
ViapathFinancial Controller
Oct. 2015 - May. 2017London, United Kingdom
PwCAssociate Director
Sep. 2014 - Feb. 2015Melbourne Area, AustraliaSitting within the Infrastructrue Advisory team in the Deals group.
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Feb. 2014 - Jul. 2014Travel through South America, and Australia.
Royal Free London NHS Foundation TrustAssistant Director of Finance
Jan. 2013 - Feb. 2014LondonTrust lead for a landmark Joint Venture Public Private Partnership to create a commercial pathology business. Short listed for a National Outsourcing award. Reporting to the Board and Executive Director, responsible for managing the Royal Free Foundation Trusts interests to create an AUD$170m pa turnover PPP JV for pathology services. Extensive financial modelling to negotiate financial terms agreeable to the Board and Sonic Healthcare, and developed financial structures to model scenarios for tax efficiencies. Engaged and coordinated KPMG and Ernst and Young as external advisors. Drafted business cases for Board presentation, fielded questions and negotiated approval.
Extensive negotiation of commercial aspects and operating structure of the JV
Royal Free London NHS Foundation TrustAssistant Director of Finance, Financial Controller
Jun. 2011 - Sep. 2012London, United KingdomFinancial Controller for the trust including management of Trust payables, receivables, payroll, treasury, overseas patients, and financial IT teams, a total of 40 staff including five managers, with direct budget responsibility for AUD $3.15m. The Trust annual turnover is AUD $1b. Preparation of the Trust annual accounts and statement, including presentation to Audit Committee, Trust Board and liaison with external auditors. Provided leadership, mentoring and coaching to five managers including staff development reviews and objective setting. Monitoring and reporting of the Trust capital programme, AUD $50m annual investment plan including; business case review, prioritisation of schemes and monthly reports to executive and non-executive led committees. Responsible for aligning trust risks with the internal audit plan, and ensuring appropriate governance of risk reporting.
Royal Free London NHS Foundation TrustHead of Financial Control
Jul. 2010 - Jun. 2011LondonManagement of the Payroll and Accounts Payable teams processing circa AUD $1billion in payments annually. Trust point of contact for Local Counter Fraud investigations. Preparation of the Trust Accounts and Value for Money self-assessment for external audit review. Worked as part of a Board responsible for implementing and delivering cost control measures reducing agency spend from AUD$35m to AUD $24m.
Royal Free London NHS Foundation TrustFinancial Reporting Manager
Jan. 2010 - May. 2010LondonManagement of the Accounts Payable Function, challenged in this role with streamlining payments process. Coordinated papers and reports for Audit Committee and prepared notes and supporting working papers for audit review of the Trust annual accounts. Restructured the accounts payable team to settle personnel and create a competitive high performing environment, removing an invoice backlog and improving the processing speed of payments. Preparation of evidence to support the Trust Auditor Local Evaluation, a scoring system to evaluate Trusts financial control and use of resources. Achieved the highest, ALE 4 score, one of eleven trusts UK wide (c170 trusts) to do so.
PwCSenior Associate
Jun. 2008 - Dec. 2009London, United KingdomAuditing compliance of financial accounts with reporting standards, IFRS and UK GAAP. Audit planning, review of key controls and defining an efficient audit processes. Management of junior staff, assignment of work and review, budgeted time, setting of staff objectives and coaching. Documentation, review and testing of the key controls around financial processes, including analytical reviews, controls testing and substantive testing, risk assessment of provision processes. Drafting reports for management on audit findings (ISA 260 letter).
KPMG UKAuditor
Jan. 2005 - May. 2008LeedsReview of the fixed assets, payroll, cash and accounts payable controls and substantive testing to gain assurance over account balances and compliance with IFRS and UK GAAP. Managed client site audit teams, assigning and reviewing junior staff work, fielding queries from client and junior staff and management, providing feedback and coaching where applicable. Drafting the ISA 260 letter for senior management review. Reviewed an entity’s short period accounts for compliance with US GAAP as part of KPMG Transaction Services secondment, including SOx (Sarbanes-Oxley) compliance testing.
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