Name

Emma

Position

Board Advisor – Finance , Operations and Resources / CFOO Mentor / Internal Scrutiny

Location

Gloucestershire

Big Business Experience

Cotswold Beacon Academy Trust

Diocese of Gloucester Academy Trust

Small Business Experience

School Business Professional

Single Schools (Secondary & 6th Form)

Summary

With 22 years experience working in the public sector, and with charitable trusts, Emma brings a wealth of expertise and understanding of systems, funding, compliancy, policy and controls to support operational functions, enabling trustees and senior leaders to fulfil their statutory responsibilities.

Emma’s proven skills and experience in Finance, HR and Personnel, Procurement, Estate Management, Health & Safety, IT, Communication, and Capital Project Management offers transferable skills to SME, charitable trusts and academy trusts.

Emma is a DfE accredited School Resource Management Advisor, a CFO Mentor, and a Fellow of the Institute of School Business Leaders.

Qualifications

• MBA (Warwick)
• Operational Excellence in Education – Associate Practitioner
• Data Protection Officer Training (2 year course)
• Diploma in School Business Management (Level 6)
• School Specific Training – Safeguarding, Prevent, Safer Recruitment, Managing Safely in Schools, Cyber Security, Governance

Key Areas of Expertise

• Budgeting and Financial Monitoring
• Integrated Curriculum Financial Planning (ICFP) and Benchmarking
• Risk Management
• Training for senior leaders and governors – Financial Planning, Managing Teams, Communication, Risk Management
• Internal Scrutiny
• Report Writing
• Project Management
• Policy Management

Experience

• Development of business strategy with senior leaders, trustees and boards
• Supporting trust boards and senior leaders with budgeting, financial monitoring and awareness
• Development of lean process using Operational Excellence framework
• Leading development, and monitoring, of risk registers
• Facilitating workshops to senior leaders and trustees, enabling them to fulfil their strategic and statutory responsibilities
• Identifying cost efficiencies in staff and operations resourcing
• Contract management – procuring contracts for multiple sites
• Project management – over £6million capital projects managed on time and budget.
• Supporting organisational growth with tendering, budgeting, due diligence and project management.
• Training delivery – Financial Management, Operational Excellence, Managing Teams, Communication, ICFP.
• Internal Scrutiny – Reassurance for Trusts and Boards on compliance within their operational processes, policy and regulatory requirements