Experience

GENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION C.I.C.

• United Kingdom
• Truck Transportation
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director and Treasurer

  • Feb 2021 - Present

  Providing Financial and Accounting support to the CIC and the Restoration Society to enable the rebuilding of Merchant Navy locomotive 'General Steam Navigation' to its original as built Bulleid design and return it to steam for mainline operation. Please support this exciting engineering challange. More information can be found at https://35011gsn.co.uk/ Providing Financial and Accounting support to the CIC and the Restoration Society to enable the rebuilding of Merchant Navy locomotive 'General Steam Navigation' to its original as built Bulleid design and return it to steam for mainline operation. Please support this exciting engineering challange. More information can be found at https://35011gsn.co.uk/



Socitm Advisory

• United Kingdom
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Programme Manager (Oracle Cloud)

  • Nov 2021 - Oct 2022

  Programme managment of Oracle Cloud implementations for Finance/HCM/Payroll at West Sussex County Council; managing their ERP project move from SAP to Oracle Cloud, and Sandwell Metropolitan Council migrate their R12 EBS system to Oracle Coud. Programme managment of Oracle Cloud implementations for Finance/HCM/Payroll at West Sussex County Council; managing their ERP project move from SAP to Oracle Cloud, and Sandwell Metropolitan Council migrate their R12 EBS system to Oracle Coud.



University of Plymouth

• Higher Education

• Finance Systems Manager

  • Sep 2018 - Nov 2021

  Unit 4 (Agresso) and WPM Education systems manager. Successfully managed Unit4 upgrade to 7.4 whilst migrating system into the Unit4 Cloud. Subsequently implemented Award Manager (Research Costing and Pricing) and interface to PCB (Planning, Costing and Budgeting) for pre and post award research projects. Recently managed a pilot implementation of Robotic Process Automation (Blue Prism) across 4 financial processes and now working to initiate a project to replace our Payment Gateway. Unit 4 (Agresso) and WPM Education systems manager. Successfully managed Unit4 upgrade to 7.4 whilst migrating system into the Unit4 Cloud. Subsequently implemented Award Manager (Research Costing and Pricing) and interface to PCB (Planning, Costing and Budgeting) for pre and post award research projects. Recently managed a pilot implementation of Robotic Process Automation (Blue Prism) across 4 financial processes and now working to initiate a project to replace our Payment Gateway.



Devon County Council

• United Kingdom
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Programme Manager

  • Jun 2017 - Sep 2018

  Leading Finance transformation projects within Financial Services Leading Finance transformation projects within Financial Services



Fujitsu UK and Ireland

• Senior Project Manager

  • Jan 2015 - May 2017

  Senior PM responsible for R12 Oracle implementation at SSCL/Home Office and latterly a large Orace R12 financials and logistics implementation in partnership with DHL. Senior PM responsible for R12 Oracle implementation at SSCL/Home Office and latterly a large Orace R12 financials and logistics implementation in partnership with DHL.



Research Councils UK, Shared Services Centre

• R12 Transition Manager

  • Jun 2013 - Jan 2015

  Transition Manager for the on-boarding of BIS and the Research Councils onto Oracle R12.1.3 Transition Manager for the on-boarding of BIS and the Research Councils onto Oracle R12.1.3



The Home Office

• Australia
• Furniture
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Programme Lead - Oracle R12 Upgrade/Hyperion

  • Apr 2012 - Jun 2013

  Programme lead for the upcoming R12 upgrade and Hyperion implementation. Programme lead for the upcoming R12 upgrade and Hyperion implementation.



HM Treasury

• United Kingdom
• Public Policy Offices
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Project Manager

  • Feb 2011 - Apr 2012

  Project Manager for Project OSCAR - the Treasury COINS replacement project. Project Manager for Project OSCAR - the Treasury COINS replacement project.

• Hd of Finance Systems and Process Team

  • Sep 2009 - Jan 2011

  Deputy Finance Process Owner across for all Home Office financial processes. Management of Oracle R11 system changes for finance. Deputy Finance Process Owner across for all Home Office financial processes. Management of Oracle R11 system changes for finance.


Rural Payments Agency
• Government Administration
• 400 - 500 Employee
• Hd of PMO

  • Sep 2008 - Sep 2009

UK Ministry of Defence
• United Kingdom
• Defense and Space Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee
• Hd of Finance Shared Services - DSDA

  • Nov 2006 - Sep 2008


Oxfordshire County Council

• United Kingdom
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Systems Accountant - Social & Healthcare

  • Nov 2004 - Oct 2006

  Management changes to the SAP R3 ERP system. Management changes to the SAP R3 ERP system.



NHS Information Authority

• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Finance System Implementation Manager

  • Feb 2004 - Nov 2004

  Lead for the implementation of Oracle 11i (Financials & Procurement) Lead for the implementation of Oracle 11i (Financials & Procurement)



Torridge District Council

• United Kingdom
• 1 - 100 Employee

• IT Manager

  • Sep 2002 - Feb 2004

  Managed all IT services across the Council. Managed all IT services across the Council.



Oracle

• United States
• Warehousing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Consultant

  • Feb 2001 - Sep 2002

  Financials Application Consultant. Worked with Motorola, General Dynamics UK, Scottish Executive and the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge. Financials Application Consultant. Worked with Motorola, General Dynamics UK, Scottish Executive and the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge.

• Management Accountant/Oracle Systems Manager

  • Sep 1983 - Jan 2001

  Various finance, accountancy and Oracle systems roles across the Dept. Various finance, accountancy and Oracle systems roles across the Dept.