Martin Hughes

Business Cost Reduction, now as Wales Partner in National Energy Control network. We help businesses reduce costs and increase profits by focusing on reducing energy consumption getting the best prices for gas and electricity supply contracts. We also help find savings and better value for telecoms and other overhead costs. The service is free to businesses.

Diversity Calendar and diversity training and resources in association with Diversiton, a non-profit diversity training and training resources company. For 2010 I developed bilingual Wales edition of the Calendar, which is now in its 8th year. It's an superb way of softly promoting diversity and equality awareness in the workplace and community. I'm now looking for sponsors for the Diversity Calendar for 2011, both for the UK editions and for the Wales bilingual edition.

Managed finance, estates and residential accommodation; personnel; IT; health and safety; general administration. • Developed financial reporting, management and control, including monthly management reports • Human resource function development, including policies and staff appraisal • Developed and established risk strategy and risk register • Developed health and safety function at CHWEA • Quality framework development for education business support services

Managed finance function of 10 staff during period of change and development. Bullet Point Achievements • Established more systematic financial reporting, management and control, including monthly management reports • Successful acquisition and implementation of new financial system (Dream by Coda), including data migration • Trained governors and budgetholders and developed budgetholder support

Interim management of devolved Social Services finance function Bullet Point Achievements • Maintained and developed financial reporting, management and control during introduction of Community Care • Supported development of commissioning/provider split and join commissioning with NHS.

Professional work for various bodies, including Basildon Council, District Audit, Harringey LB and other LBs, Wrekin Council, Hill Samuel Financial Services. Bullet Point Achievements • Professional work with various bodies , including central management accounting (Harringey LB); capital accounting (Harringey & Hounslow LBs), VAT (DTM), compulsory competitive tendering audit (Basildon Council); external audit (District Audit); financial services adviser (Hill Samuel) • Experience as financial advisor

• Extensive experience in a strategic authority of capital and revenue budgeting and programme monitoring plus report writing. • Managing change in winding up council in 1986 and transfer of debt and responsibilities to successor bodies.

Management of Income, rating, benefits, payroll, payments and accounting for statutory agencies.

Operational and computer internal audit.

Audit of contract and maintenance of select list of contractors, including credit checks

Professional trainee working in management accountancy, audit and payments

Director of Finance, managed finance and IT functions of the charity and the associated St Basil's Housing Association. Bullet Point Achievements • Improved financial reporting, including monthly management reports * Improved financial management and control,

Management of corporate treasury, insurance, VAT, banking services and charitable trusts. • Initiated and developed credit risk management system at Dudley MBC - ensuring Council’s £100m investment portfolio not exposed to loss in BCCI. • Established risk management approach to insurance at Dudley MBC with layered approach to risk saving substantial insurance costs • Achieved significant savings in borrowing costs in management of £1 billion

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