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Qualified ACCA accountant with 14+ years internal audit experience, currently working as a programme manager looking to move up to that next management role. Extensive higher education and public sector knowledge. Over 11 years’ experience of being a governor, 6 of those years as chair of finance and 2 years as chair of governors providing strategic direction and support. KEY SKILLS • Organisational skills, managed high level reviews involving arranging several multi-agency focus groups • Excellent communication and inter-personal skills, developed working with the Birmingham Safeguarding Children Board (BSCB) giving presentations to senior executives and head teachers • Analytical skills developed whilst working for the local authority and the BSCB, analysing complex safeguarding data and information. Providing exception reporting to senior officers and high level meetings with government officers • Quick to grasp new ideas and concepts, developing innovative and creative solutions to problems in a logical well planned approach. • Developing risk and compliance based audit programmes • Developing and managing self-assessment processes on a large scale and analysing the results • Managing staff and dealing with complex human resources issues such as Final Case Hearings, providing evidence at an employment tribunal • Competent in using Microsoft Excel, Word and Powerpoint • Full UK Driving License