CFO/SBM/Finance Manager in schools across the country for over 20 years. As well as working in schools I have my own consultancy business.

North West, England
Joined May 2011
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Just finished a 9 month contract at a charity. See the work carried out in the comments below.
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Set up purchase order procedures, purchase ledger and approvals. Filed accounts on charity commission. Set up all paper filing systems.
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Created new monthly monitoring reports to the Board members. Prepare Year End audit file for the charity after earning over £1m. Set up investment funding on Insignis and wrote a new reserves policy. Updated the financial procedures and scheme of delegation.
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Installed new Budget software. Installed new Finance software. New COA and automated monthly reports. Created restricted grant monitoring reports. Carried out a Gift aid audit. Prepared all financial operations for internal audit.
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It was great to hear that the work I did on the National Educational Support Staff Campaign was so well received by the DfE. They’ve taken on board every point we raised, which is incredibly rewarding. @bphillipsonMP @SchoolsWeek @educationgovuk @tes @BBCNews
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Amazing meeting with @educationgovuk today. Let’s hope Education Support Staff are starting to be put on the map. @NEUnion @Unison @NAHTnews @ASCL_UK @GMB_union time for you to step up and sort our pay issues. @bphillipsonMP
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Laura School Professional Leader retweeted
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Why are @SchoolsWeek and @tes ignoring the Education Support Staff issues, petitions and crisis meetings with government??!! Nearly 2300 support staff sign the NESS petition. change.org/National-Educatio…
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Please check out the National Education Support Staff Campaign update on Facebook.
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WE ARE OVER 2000 SIGNATURES!! Your dedication and commitment continue to demonstrate to the Department for Education that these issues are real and prevalent in our day to day operations on the ground. Thank you all! change.org/National-Educatio…
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Laura School Professional Leader retweeted
We're back at @ISBL_news #ISBL2024 today, so if you're there, Emma and Cat are looking forward to having a chat with you about the support ASCL provides for business leader members. #sbl #businessleaders
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