Experience

Henshaws

• United Kingdom
• Non-profit Organizations
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Interim Chief Executive Officer

  • Dec 2022 - Present

• Finance Director

  • Dec 2021 - Dec 2022



Parsons Chartered Accountants

• United Kingdom
• Accounting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Financial Controller

  • Oct 2019 - Dec 2021



What About School?

• World Adventurer and Project Manager

  • Jan 2018 - Aug 2019

  Project managed the transformation of an oversized family home into three modern, saleable, town centre apartments, while she and her family spent a year travelling the world. Project managed the transformation of an oversized family home into three modern, saleable, town centre apartments, while she and her family spent a year travelling the world.



MORE THAN ENOUGH LIMITED

• United Kingdom
• Health, Wellness & Fitness
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Customer Support Manager

  • Apr 2017 - Dec 2017

  Dramatically improved the customer experience through defining responsibilities, implementing new procedures and training support staff in this rapidly growing new business Dramatically improved the customer experience through defining responsibilities, implementing new procedures and training support staff in this rapidly growing new business



StayOsme

• Croatia

• Entrepreneur/ Self Employed

  • May 2010 - Dec 2017

  Created a new life in Croatia, learnt the language and ran a small holding Built and ran a tourism business of four apartments in the newly emerging destination of northern Croatia, learning many new skills along the way including website design/build and social media marketing Prepared small UK company accounts (online) including payroll, VAT returns and managing expense payments Transformed the English communication skills of the many mature students and business professionals she taught



Zurich Insurance

• Switzerland
• Insurance
• 700 & Above Employee

• Financial Accountant

  • Apr 2002 - Mar 2010

  Lead accountant for Zurich Community Trust (UK) Ltd (gross annual income of £4m) - executive team member, responsible for all financial reporting; management information, five year forecasts, quarterly VAT returns, annual report and accounts. Oversaw the smooth adoption of SORP 2005.Responsible for the quarterly reporting to the trustees and statutory accounting for four staff pension schemes with a combined membership of 36,000 and net assets of £66mSuccessfully co-ordinated the year end process for forty-three subsidiary companies within the agreed three month audit timetable. Produced template accounts, agreed the timetable, prepared accounts, managed the eight other staff preparing the accounts and was the key point of contact for the external auditors and company directors

• Management Accountant

  • Dec 1997 - Mar 2002

  Management accountant for various divisions within the business. Responsibilities ranged from ledger maintenance, production of monthly expense reports, budgeting and forecasting, resource planning, to presenting the financial information to the directorsSAP/FICO Implementation Project - one of 15 finance staff in a 130 person strong team. Involved in the blueprint design, responsible for mapping all the cost centres, produced the training course for the management accounting module and trained around 60 members of staff