Michelle Hutchinson
Head of Finance at Sight for Surrey- Claim this Profile
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Taryn R.
Diligent and hardworking individual with a kind-heartered nature towards her collegues. Techically strong in her financial knowledge and experience with exceptional good ethics and morals.
Taryn R.
Diligent and hardworking individual with a kind-heartered nature towards her collegues. Techically strong in her financial knowledge and experience with exceptional good ethics and morals.
Taryn R.
Diligent and hardworking individual with a kind-heartered nature towards her collegues. Techically strong in her financial knowledge and experience with exceptional good ethics and morals.
Taryn R.
Diligent and hardworking individual with a kind-heartered nature towards her collegues. Techically strong in her financial knowledge and experience with exceptional good ethics and morals.
Credentials
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Creating Great First Impressions
LinkedInNov, 2019- Sep, 2024 -
Entrepreneurship Foundations (2014)
LinkedInNov, 2019- Sep, 2024 -
Measure What Matters (Blinkist Summary)
LinkedInNov, 2019- Sep, 2024 -
Professional Networking
LinkedInNov, 2019- Sep, 2024 -
Gary Hamel on Busting Bureaucracy
LinkedInOct, 2016- Sep, 2024 -
Learning to Say No
LinkedInOct, 2016- Sep, 2024
Experience
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Sight for Surrey
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United Kingdom
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Non-profit Organizations
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1 - 100 Employee
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Head of Finance
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Feb 2021 - Present
• Manage Finance Department with a team of two part-time workers; the finance officer and the payroll officer. • Write up and implement procedures with checklists, and cross-role skills to cover for absences and prepare for succession. • Responsible for the financial management of the charity, administration of investments and reporting to external authorities such as HMRC, Companies House and Charity Commission. • Assist in ensuring that the strategic objectives of the charity are achieved from a financial perspective. • Monitor, review and evaluate the team, departmental and charity budgets. Report to the Chief Executive Officer and Heads of Department monthly. • Describ financial matters for Trustees and staff in a way that can be understood by non-financially trained people. • Provide the Chief Executive and the Finance and Investment committee with analytical reports such as Actual budget, cash flow, investment income and movement, fundraising in-depth reports and a financial written report, quarterly. • Supervise the in-house payroll function as well as assist the Chief Executive and Human Resources function with tracking salary changes with reporting to Finance and Investment committee. • Responsible to identify financial risks, for which the Head of Finance is personally responsible, and working closely with the Treasurer and Trustees. • Make proposals to the Trustees concerning policy and process change. • Manage all arrangements associated with the annual audit of accounts. • Formulate all policies related to financial controls, investment, fraud, legacy and tainted donation policies. Responsible for the implementation and monitoring of these policies. • Identify cost savings without adverse consequences for the delivery of services. Show less
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Crown Global
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United States
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Import & Export
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1 - 100 Employee
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Charity Administrator
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Mar 2020 - Dec 2021
• Social media communication using Mail Chimp, Pro Announcement and uploading information to the website. Using Google Calendar to update events on the website. • Database updates, integrity checking and ensuring that personal information records comply with GDPR requirements. • GDPR risk analysis in preparation for writing policy • Processing card payments and banking. • Administration of Gift Aid donations to ensure that they are correctly recorded and that claims may be processed without any risk to the organisation. • Collating volunteer rota and monitoring volunteer workload. • Accounting processing and bank reconciliation. • Fixed asset register. • Checked and communicated insurance needs against the policy from brokers. • Any other requests from trustees and church elders. Show less
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Princi London Limited
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United Kingdom
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Restaurants
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1 - 100 Employee
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Accountant
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Jan 2018 - Oct 2019
Responsibilities: • Acknowledged support and advisor to the operations manager and other staff members. • Accounting for branches/new sites, the implementation of the growth strategy. • Negotiating contracts for utilities, printers etc. • Identifying capital needs with quotes for directors to made repair or replace decision. • Preparing documentation for business interruption insurance claim. • Management accounts reporting to the directors/shareholders and Starbucks EMEA Ltd. Achievements: • Successfully transitioned accounting technology on two occasions without disruption to the organisation. • Provided a solid support to enable the organisation to move towards to the goals of the operations manager. • The ability to understand and communicate the organisation on a systemic level. Show less
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Dixcart
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United Kingdom
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Financial Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Accountant
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Nov 2016 - Oct 2017
Responsibilities: • Manage and correcting accounting records while transitioning from one accounting system to another for a small business that is financially controlled by a shareholder in the United States. Prior to my involvement three people had left after working for about three months each. I have not only stabilised the situation but documented in such a way that the position can be transferred to another without disruption. • Assisting with administrative company secretarial changes and it this way learning the United Kingdom legislative environment. Achievements: • I emigrated from South Africa and applied my abilities in the United Kingdom while adjusting to the different market and legislative environment. • Completed exam on Corporate Governance under the auspices of The Institute of Company Secretaries and Administrators. Show less
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Small Business Advisor and Developer
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Oct 2011 - Sep 2016
Responsibilities: • Managing own small business. • Advising businesses with particular focus on financial, marketing and process management. • Clients in the following industries: Asset management (equities), Construction (project accounting), Not for Profit (designated funding management and reporting) and Service enterprises. • Completing Financial Statements and tax returns. • Preparing the Trial Balance for auditors. Solving audit queries and providing evidence. • Advise business owners and their accountants on the structure of the Chart of Accounts for effective management accounting and on the financial performance and position. • Setup and train small enterprises owners and staff to process their own day to day transactions, so that their accountants are able to give them value added services such as financial analysis. • Analysing Financial Statements with enterprise owners and managers so that they are able to make informed financial decisions. • Process any accounting transaction that is infrequent or complex on behalf of the business owner. • Advised, registered and processed changes for companies with the Companies and Intellectual Property and Commission. • Advised shareholders and director of their relationship, roles and responsibilities. Experience: Shalfin builds businesses by looking at social needs differently. The two current businesses are: Shalfin workshops to transfer vital knowledge to small business by having the business owner solving the real issues of accounting, payroll, marketing, human resources, systems and creating a viable business model in real time. Home Of Your Internet known as HOYI is an internet and equipment service provider to the underserved communities, closing the technology gap. www.hoyi.co.za Show less
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Sole Proprietor
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Financial Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Small Business Advisor
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Nov 2007 - Oct 2011
Consulting to Small Business Owners in mostly in the following areas: Accounting Payroll and human resources Standard operating procedures Marketing and sales Consulting to Small Business Owners in mostly in the following areas: Accounting Payroll and human resources Standard operating procedures Marketing and sales
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Company Accountant
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Sep 2003 - Oct 2007
Responsibilities: • Full accounting function. • Preparing audit pack, audit queries and audit adjustments. • Responsible for submitting, financial statement to the Financial Services Board. • Duties involved accounting for multiple related companies with inter-company loan accounts. • The accounting also involved share trading and future trading accounts. • Managing cash and bank liaison. • Cash Flow and supervision of the petty cash. • Company secretarial responsibilities, such as registration of new companies, changes in directors, shareholding etc. • This included new registrations with South African Revenue Services with regard to Value Added Tax and Pay As You Earn. • Payroll administration and human resources advisor. Achievements: • Managing the data capture and checking of five unit trust funds where in error had occurred with the daily pricing that was not noticed. The fault was identified and corrected by an Actuary who was managing the process with the fund administrators. • Negotiated Personal Indemnity Insurance cover for the directors of an asset management company. • Advised directors on their duties and especially in relation to a British Virgin Island registered company. • Trained the receptionist to the level of bookkeeping where this person is now able to capture the transactions for multiple companies, with inter-company loan accounts, trading accounts and statutory returns. Show less
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Media Village
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United Kingdom
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Advertising Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Administrator
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Mar 2002 - Sep 2003
Administrator of the financial, catering, security of Media Village. Advisor to director and reported to the board. Administrator of the financial, catering, security of Media Village. Advisor to director and reported to the board.
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Education
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2010 - 2013
USB
Masters in Business Management and Administration, Business Administration and Management, -
2009 - 2009
USB
Short Course, Non-profit Organisation Management Programme -
2006 - 2009
The Chartered Institute of Secretaries and Administrators
Higher Diploma, Professional Advanced Qualification: Governance and Administration -
Bergvliet High School
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