Experience

Rose Bruford College

• United Kingdom
• Higher Education
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Director of Finance and Operations

  • May 2021 - Present

  Responsible for: Finance, Facilities, HR, and IT Achievements • Negotiating advantageous rescue of failed HE provider (ALRA) with OfS and DFE. • New finance and payroll systems. • On time delivery of OfS returns - Annual Report, Annual Financial Return and BCI Survey. • Resolved a loss making residence through increasing income, lease re-negotiation and in-sourcing of management contracts. • Fundamental review of expenditure. Responsible for: Finance, Facilities, HR, and IT Achievements • Negotiating advantageous rescue of failed HE provider (ALRA) with OfS and DFE. • New finance and payroll systems. • On time delivery of OfS returns - Annual Report, Annual Financial Return and BCI Survey. • Resolved a loss making residence through increasing income, lease re-negotiation and in-sourcing of management contracts. • Fundamental review of expenditure.



Conservatoire for Dance and Drama

• United States
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director Of Finance and Operations

  • Jul 2020 - Apr 2021



International House London | IH London

• United Kingdom
• Education Administration Programs
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Corporate Resources Director

  • May 2016 - Jun 2020

  Responsible for finance, IT, HR, Estates and Governance. Arranged the refinancing of a struggling business, and thereafter moving it from a loss to profit through developing and implementing a savings and refocusing programme, and strategic investment. Resolving major finance systems issues and building a management team. Estates reconfiguration. Responsible for finance, IT, HR, Estates and Governance. Arranged the refinancing of a struggling business, and thereafter moving it from a loss to profit through developing and implementing a savings and refocusing programme, and strategic investment. Resolving major finance systems issues and building a management team. Estates reconfiguration.



NCT Charity

• United Kingdom
• Non-profit Organization Management
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Finance Director

  • Feb 2011 - May 2016

  Responsible for Finance, IT, Governance and Facilities Achievements • Returning NCT to surplus following three years of losses. • Satisfactory resolution of HMRC investigations into self-employment status and gift aid claims. • Initiating and delivering the ‘Single Bank Account’ IT project under which c1,300 bank accounts were consolidated into six by virtualising them in significantly upgraded bespoke software. • Managing the response to a death in a co-branded product, which involved working with a challenging group of stakeholders and devising a strategy of product modification in order not to recall the product or face a prosecution. • Giving credibility to management information through accuracy and clarity accompanied by an appropriate narrative. • Linking two previously incompatible accounting systems to create a single trial balance as platform for accounting. • Leading the Board from an entirely member elected Trustee composition to a mixed member elected and Board appointed model. • Restructuring the finance team, reducing cost and clarifying responsibilities. • Implementing estates strategy of asset disposals and office relocations within London and Bristol. Show less



The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama

• United Kingdom
• Performing Arts
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Director of Finance and Estates

  • Jul 2006 - Feb 2011

  Responsibility for Finance, Estates and Facilities Achievements • Professionalising HEFCE returns for costing (TRAC) and Estates Management. • Delivered estate modernisation. • Produced Five Year Financial Forecasts. • Modernising student catering provision. • Initiating and project managing investment in the conversion of derelict Church Hall to joint rehearsal and community use. • Negotiating land purchase from Camden Council. • Updated Standing Orders and financial procedures. • Modernising front of House and Reception. • Project managing IT infrastructure replacement. Show less



Museum of London

• United Kingdom
• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Management Accountant

  • Jan 2005 - Jun 2006