Experience

Blackburne House Group

• United Kingdom
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Finance Manager

  • May 2022 - Present

• Management Accountant

  • Aug 2018 - May 2022


HOMEBAKED COMMUNITY LAND TRUST CIC
• United Kingdom
• Real Estate
• Treasurer (Volunteer)

  • Apr 2022 - Aug 2022


University of Liverpool

• United Kingdom
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Finance & Research Co-ordinator (fixed term maternity cover)

  • Apr 2018 - Aug 2018

  Responsible for post award research grants and the careful monitoring of the funds. This includes, all booking of accommodation and travel relating to the research grant. Payment of anything purchased via company credit card for events/conferences/etc, relating to the research grants. Daily use of company systems i.e. Agresso, TULIP, Core HR. Purchase of train tickets and flights via a Key Travel account. Producing ad-hoc budget balance reconciliations for grant holders. Processing invoices and purchase orders via Agresso. Liaising with the RSO regarding any grants and the financial reports due to the external funders. Any other ad-hoc tasks on a daily basis. Research grants include both internal funding i.e. ECR, RDF, HEIF, ODA, and external funding i.e. EHRC, MRC, Wellcome Trust, DMT. Show less



Antrec Limited

• United Kingdom
• Professional Training and Coaching
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Management Accountant

  • Dec 2017 - Feb 2018

  a new role and department within the organisation, reporting to the Finance Director, I was responsible for setting up a new attendance analysis spreadsheet and holiday request form. I delivered presentations to learners who were obtaining their taxi driver qualifications regarding a taxi driver bookkeeper service we were offering and I was going to manage. I developed a list of cost centres and ledger codes ready to be input into the finance system (Xero) and utilised for the new financial year. I was in the process of developing the financial regulations along with processes and procedures for the finance function. Show less



Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

• United Kingdom
• Higher Education
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Finance Project Officer

  • Aug 2017 - Dec 2017

  C/o Brook Street Recruitment Agency - responsible for the reconciliation of grants/projects/contracts, familiarising myself with the rules and regulations of the contract/award to ensure correct management, completion and submission of End of Grant Spend reports and year end/quarterly/monthly reports to funders, consolidating financial information from overseas partners, raising invoices to drawdown funding, submitting financial statements to drawdown funding, overhead calculations based on contract regulations, liaising with PIs on grants/projects/contracts, journals for overheads/timesheets/etc, reallocation of spending between grants/projects/contracts, liaising with external funders, dealing with queries from PIs, keeping electronic and paper based filing systems up to date, budget vs actual reporting, setting up new grants/projects/contracts on various systems, using various systems Converis, CODA, FaB and updating them, authorising bank transfers, any other ad hoc duties. Show less



Enterprise South Liverpool Academy

• United Kingdom
• Education Administration Programs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Trust Finance Officer

  • Mar 2016 - Feb 2017

  responsible for the preparation of the monthly Management Accounts for two academies ready for the Trust Head of Finance to prepare the reports. Reconciliations for two academies including Payroll, bank and VAT. Submitting a joint VAT 126 report to HMRC. Managing two Finance Assistants across two academies. Learning a new Finance System called HCSS with little training. Preparing and reconciling the financial year end information. One of my finance assistants retired so I had to pick up her duties which included Purchase Ledger including BACS runs, Petty Cash, Sales Ledger, and other duties. Also, support the HR and Payroll Officer with the monthly payroll and covered for her whilst she was on long term sick leave. Show less

• Finance Officer

  • Mar 2014 - Mar 2016

  responsible for producing the monthly Management Accounts information ready for the Academy Business Director to take to Governors for agreement and then forward to the EFA (Education Funding Agency) by the 10th of every month. These include Cashflow projection for 12 months and KPI’s. Managing a financial year end from start to finish, except the closure meetings which are held with the Academy Business Director. Reconciliations including Payroll, Bank and VAT. Submitting the VAT to HMRC each month. Managing the Finance Assistant. Renewing Insurance for Minibuses on site. Assist the Academy Business Director with any financial tasks. Manage the Budget Statements by sending them out to the budget holders and then meeting with them on a monthly basis to discuss. Entering the budget limits onto SIMS FMS. Support the HR and Payroll Officer with the monthly payroll. Any other ad hoc duties. Show less



Hugh Baird College

• United Kingdom
• Education
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Senior Finance Officer

  • Aug 2012 - Mar 2014

  responsible for treasury and daily banking. This involves downloading and posting the daily bank movement to our in house finance system (Agresso QLx) and reconciling each day. I also deal with any investments we may have and try to get the best rate possible. I oversee the Accounts Receivable Clerk and the Cashier with their duties and assist were necessary. I assist the Assistant Director of Finance with some of the monthly Management Accounts information, i.e, monthly staff numbers, Payroll Analysis, Cashflow, and the monthly shut down of each period on the QLx finance system. Petty Cash is also one of my duties. Any other ad hoc duties. Show less

• Senior Finance Officer

  • Sep 2009 - Aug 2012

  responsible for producing the monthly Management Accounts information ready for the Assistant Director of Finance to produce the Monthly Financial Situation Report for SMT (Senior Management Team). This involves producing and analysing the Trial Balance which then produces the Profit and Loss Account and the Balance Sheet. Also the monthly staff numbers, Capital Expenditure report, Cashflow and Payroll Analysis. Another main duty is to produce the monthly Budget Statements for the Budget Holders and SMT across the college. I have to analysis and make sure that the Budget figures are correct on each report and monitor the dept spending. I liaise regularly with SMT regarding the Budget Statements and perform and tasks they require regarding queries they may have. I perform the monthly shut down of each period on the QLx Finance System. Any other ad hoc duties. Show less

• Finance Officer

  • Feb 2008 - Sep 2009

  responsible for producing monthly Income & Expenditure reports for the Workforce Development Unit. These included monthly Budget statements, Forecast Income, Reconciliation of learners on funding programmes, ie, Train to Gain, Apprenticeship. Working out the profitablility of running courses. Producing invoices. The role was in it’s infancy due to the department only being created in 2007 so as the years went on the role became more streamlined. We had a new Budget Statement system implemented on our in house Finance software (QLx) which enabled the Income & Expenditure reports to be completed quicker than usual. This allowed me to take on extra duties, ie Bank Reconciliations, Fixed Asset Reconciliation, Payroll Reconciliation and any other ad hoc tasks. Show less



Pacchini Foodservice

• Accounts Assistant & PA to Directors

  • Sep 2002 - Oct 2007

  Bank reconciliations for 8 a/c’s – 2 euro, 1 dollar and 5 GBP, Fixed Assets, Hire Purchase and Petty Cash to month end level, Stocktakes, Preparation and reconciliation. Good Received Not Yet Invoiced reconciliation, Gross Profit reports, Cashflow, Transport costs reporting, Customer Rebates, Credit Facility Insurance Management, Payroll – collating weekly hours for approx 40 staff, Sickness and Absence reports, Attendance Bonus reporting, Credit Control and Sales Ledger, Cash Postings and Journal Entries, Aged Debt Analysis, Scheduling appointments and meetings for all the directors and the sales team, Booking accommodation and flights for business trips, Taking accurate messages, Compiling presentations for meetings in PowerPoint, Typing and mailing confidential letters on behalf of the directors and sales team. Show less