Experience

WINDEATTS SOLICITORS LLP

• United Kingdom
• Legal Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Practice Manager

  • Nov 2021 - Present



OptaSense

• United States
• Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Office Administrator at OptaSense Ltd

  • Jul 2019 - Nov 2021



NDC Services Ltd

• Office Manager

  • Sep 2017 - Jul 2019

  I support the business by undertaking several roles, from managing the day to day running of the office to dealing with the accounts, quality management system and company HR. Within SLC I am responsible for the accounts and provide support to the Training Manager for this very new company. I support the business by undertaking several roles, from managing the day to day running of the office to dealing with the accounts, quality management system and company HR. Within SLC I am responsible for the accounts and provide support to the Training Manager for this very new company.



QinetiQ Training & Simulation

• United Kingdom
• Defense and Space Manufacturing
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Project and Finance Support Manager

  • Nov 2015 - Jul 2019

  I support the Finance department and Operations department by business partnering with project teams to ensure project costs are managed correctly while monitoring impact on company cash flow. I also work with the Legal department to negotiate commercial contracts.Key achievements• Covered for Financial Controller and Company Secretary. • Delivered a project to automate monthly finance models (including utilisation, cash-flow, fixed asset register, prepayments and PO accruals) reducing Finance resource required by 50%.• Built a Project Management Office space on the company intranet to act as a single point of truth for employees, promote knowledge collaboration, deliver training, and provide tools.• Created a toolset to calculate profit margins and report on project health, saving five days of project management time per month.• Developed and regularly deliver the Finance department’s new starter programme.• Spearheaded NSC’s annual Corporation Tax Research and Development Tax Relief submission, saving the company circa £100,000 per year.

• Project and Finance Support (following 11 months maternity leave)

  • Oct 2011 - Oct 2015

  I assisted the Finance Manager with month end accounting and provided project managers with project cost data. I also had sole responsibility for all company sales invoicing and monitored associate contracts. Key achievements• Implemented a Management Information System, de-risking an unsupported environment. This involved migrating data from legacy systems, acceptance testing, user training and overseeing go live.• Built a multifaceted Excel tool to provide project managers with monthly project reporting data.



QinetiQ Training & Simulation

• United Kingdom
• Defense and Space Manufacturing
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Administration and Security Manager

  • Mar 2003 - Nov 2010

  I managed a team of three direct reports for all aspects of company administration, office and facilities management, tenancy issues, and company security.Key achievements• Managed and streamlined the process for employee security vetting. • Implemented new budget and utilisation tracking capability. • Refined the sales invoicing process, substantially improving cash flow. I managed a team of three direct reports for all aspects of company administration, office and facilities management, tenancy issues, and company security.Key achievements• Managed and streamlined the process for employee security vetting. • Implemented new budget and utilisation tracking capability. • Refined the sales invoicing process, substantially improving cash flow.