Experience

Department of Resources (Queensland)

• Australia
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Finance Officer / Finance Business Partner

  • Aug 2018 - Present

  Temporary position following relocation to Australia. ● Business Partnered successful relationships with new divisions following a Machinery of Government change. ● Improved reporting; implemented system changes following restructure, enabling accurate capture of management information. ● Improved client buy-in; highlighted benefits of collaboration in budget builds to coordinate, plan and monitor budgets and variances. Temporary position following relocation to Australia. ● Business Partnered successful relationships with new divisions following a Machinery of Government change. ● Improved reporting; implemented system changes following restructure, enabling accurate capture of management information. ● Improved client buy-in; highlighted benefits of collaboration in budget builds to coordinate, plan and monitor budgets and variances.



UK Home Office

• United Kingdom
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Finance Manager / Transformation Manager

  • 2013 - Present

  I’ve progressed through a range of finance and project management roles, including finance change and transformation positions. In 2017, I was promoted to Financial Manager of Purchase to Pay. Highlights included: ● Galvanised team of 29; overhauled key P2P transaction areas. ● Tightened control; automated systems and increased user accuracy from 50% to 95%. ● Turned around performance and morale of team; adapted recruitment strategy to secure several high-quality new staff. ● Spearheaded new apprentice scheme, working with HR and recruitment partner. ● Headed off breakdown of key supplier relationship by resolving complex, long-standing debt. Before that, I played a lead role in the Management Accounts Service Transformation team, including a comprehensive overhaul of pay forecasting, which I standardised across 35,000 staff. Successes included: ● Established best practice pay processes with automated forecasting, newly aligned to HR workforce planning. ● Saved c. £1.2M pa by streamlining process; 30 staff taking two weeks down to 4 staff, taking a week. ● Optimised configuration of Oracle Cloud with key input to implementation project. I also provided project management as a Finance Business Change manager, defining a future-focused financial management vision. Key to the project's success was buy-in from senior stakeholders, secured while motivating a cross-functional team of volunteers. In my first management accounting role, I overhauled Board reporting on a £10BN annual budget, driving major gains in efficiency. Major achievements included: ● Introduced better systems, process frameworks and communications to drive reporting precision. ● Strengthened relationships with internal and external teams, especially the Financial Planning Unit. ● Educated and engaged cross-functional staff; headed training with regular workshops. ● Improved reporting on monthly forecasting accuracy, robust reporting identified rise from 24th to 2nd in Cabinet Office league tables. Show less



UK Border Agency

• London, United Kingdom

• Programme Finance Officer

  • Jun 2010 - Dec 2012

  In my first major finance role, I was given a ‘sink or swim’ opportunity to turn around a disorganised finance environment, focused on the £385m immigration Case Work Programme. Highlights included: ● Established reporting precision in office suffering from restructuring, leadership change and large numbers of temporary staff. ● Streamlined assets register and developed comprehensive management information packs. ● Enhanced cooperation with project managers and programme leadership. ● Provided key input that saved £9M on major IBM contract. ● Obtained £1.2M supplier refund and became driving negotiating force in meetings between Commercial and supplier teams. ● Built a high performing team of six Financial Management Development Scheme trainees; developed the high potential trainees. Show less



UK Home Office

• United Kingdom
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Executive Officer

  • Jun 2002 - Jun 2010

  In my first government role I was employed initially in administration, before promotion to Executive Officer in the Occupational Psychology Unit. My instincts for numbers and accurate reporting soon became apparent and I built a new financial reporting pack from scratch, transforming quality of decision support. In my first government role I was employed initially in administration, before promotion to Executive Officer in the Occupational Psychology Unit. My instincts for numbers and accurate reporting soon became apparent and I built a new financial reporting pack from scratch, transforming quality of decision support.