1. Darryl Poulton
Tel: 07854 511268
Address: 20 Eagle Street, Pennfields, Wolverhampton, WV3 7DN
Email: darryl.poulton@yahoo.co.uk
Personal Statement
A Project and Programme Management Office (PMO) specialist with substantial Management and
Financial Accounting backgrounds and over 30 years combined service in both Private and Public
Sector organisations. Recent experience of setting up and maintaining the governance frameworks
for managing large portfolios of Projects and Contracts in PMO/Finance roles, and in various
Business systems implementation and change scenarios. Motivated, personable and approachable
individual who engages all stakeholders and colleagues effectively and with good written and verbal
communications skills.
Key Skills
• Programme/Project Governance Frameworks – Quality Management Systems (QMS), Business
Methodologies, Programme/Project Hierarchies, Multiple Stakeholder Funding/Engagement,
Project Pipeline, Outline & Full Business Case, Appraisal, Evaluation & Lessons Learned, Project
Categorisation and Taxonomy, Project Logic Chain.
• Project Controls - Project Management Plans , Change Management/Change Control & Contract
Variation, Risk Logs and Management, Milestones - Internal Planning & Delivery, Compliance &
Quality Assurance, Resource Scheduling and Management, Project Monitoring & Review,
Configuration Management/Version Control & Change Notification.
• Project Accounting & Reporting - Expenditure – Budgets/Forecast/Actual, Deliverables -
Outputs/Value for Money, Dashboard - Key Performance Indicators (KPI) & Metrics, Other
Project Variables – Milestones, Internal Performance measurement, Risks.
• Management Information Systems – Analysis and Requirement Definition, Integration and
Testing, Project/Finance Interface, Migration and Implementation, Systems Administration,
Maintenance and Change Management.
• Business Processes – Development of Process flowcharts, Procedural documentation, Guidance
materials and forms to support the delivery of Project and Finance activities.
• Training – Development of materials, user guidance and the delivery of Training modules in the
use of Quality Management Systems (QMS) and Project Management Systems (PMS).
• Management and Financial Accounting – Production of monthly Management and annual
Financial accounts, Debt and Financial Risk management, Financial Systems migration and
implementation in controlled environments.
Technical Skills
Artemis - Programme Management System (PMS).
Mondas – Resource Accounting and Project Costing system.

2. Desktop Intelligence – Business Objects Report Writing and Publishing.
Microsoft Office systems including Excel (advanced, VLOOKUP’s etc.), Word, Project, Outlook.
Accounting Packages – APTOS, Pegasus, and SAGE, M/S GP.
Qualifications and Education
Managing Successful Programmes (MSP)
PRINCE 2 Foundation
Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) PQ to Stage 2 inclusive.
BTEC Business Studies
6 O-Levels including Mathematics and English
In House Training & Development
Financial Management in a Consultancy Business
Contract Management
Quality Management Systems (QMS)
Business Intelligence – Business Objects
European Funding – (Structural and Rural) and State Aid.
Project Development and Appraisal, the roles of Project Sponsor.
Project Contracts and Delivery, the role of Project & Contract Managers.
Employment History
ADAS UK Ltd, Wolverhampton
2012 –Present
Finance Systems Analyst – with Management of 2 Staff and Mentor for Graduate Development.
• Debt and Financial Risk Management –Client Risk Assessments, Monitoring Portfolio
Management, Cash Flow projections, Project Lifecycle exposure, Appraisal of key status
indicators and published Financial reports, 600-700 active clients, Turnover @ £20 - £25m.
• Business Systems – e-Contract System and Client Relationship Management (CRM) System
– development and integration with Finance business processes and systems.
• Contract Appraisals– Development of Appraisal tool and Contract history database.
Financial, Commercial and Contract Management Case scrutiny of pre-bid submission and
pre-contract projects.
• Renewable Energy/Residential Development– Business Processes and Accounting –
Planning Application processes to Consent, Wind Turbine, Solar Panel, Anaerobic Digestion
(AD) and Residential sites.
• Business Processes - Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) – Finance procedures including
Debt & Financial Risk Management and Procurement.

3. • Current Developments – Contract Change Control, Client Registration and Reactivation,
CRM integration with Risk Management Solutions Agency, Contract Evaluation & Lessons
Learned.
Advantage West Midlands (Regional Development Agency), Birmingham 2001 –2012
Programme Management Systems Advisor – as part of PMO Team of 5.
• Project Governance Framework – Development of a suite of business processes and forms,
founded on PRINCE2 principles as part of the Quality Management System (QMS) to manage
Agency projects.
• Project Management Systems – Manager of the Agency’s Programme Management System
(PMS) housing 5000+ projects with an annual budget of circa £350m, controlling all elements
of System Administration, including user portfolio and associated securities, and providing
operational support. Analysis, design and implementation of solutions to harmonise fully
with the QMS business processes and in support of multiple funding stream activity to
comply with the information obligations of the National Treasury, ERDF 2007-2013 and RDPE
2007-2013 programmes.
• Project Reports and Controls - Specification, development and publishing a vast range of
Project Management related reports in Business Objects (BOX1) for dimensions such as
Expenditure and Revenue, Budgets, Forecasts and Actual, Outputs/Benefits, Resource
Planning and Timescales, Milestones, Risks and Issues, Strategic and Geographical
activity indicators.
• Training Materials & Delivery –Preparation and delivery of training modules in the use of
QMS and Project Management System (PMS), both standard and role customised, to 250+
end users.
• Systems Migration and Implementation – Transition to new Accounting software and
Project Management System, setting up high volume data transfers in a controlled
environment ensuring ongoing reconciliation to Accounts and Project Costs/Outputs.
Poundland PLC, Wolverhampton 1999 –2000
Management Accountant – with management of 3 staff.
• Management Accounts – produced monthly management accounts for a network of 70+ retail
stores.
• Systems Migration – New Accounting system implementation, involving high volume data
transfers and training of staff in relative modules of the new package.
• Process Improvements – introduced extensive use of Excel spread sheeting and conversion to
text file CSV formatting for upload to General Ledger.
Hi-Q Tyre Services GB Ltd, Wolverhampton 1995 - 1998
Management Accountant
• Management Accounts & Budgets – produced monthly management accounts for a network
of 100 + service depots, annual company budget preparation and consolidation of forecasts
submitted at branch, district and regional levels.
• Process Improvements – implemented accounting mechanisms for the treatment of Franchise
and Dealer Partner arrangements.
Goodyear Great Britain Ltd, Wolverhampton 1988 - 1994
Financial Analyst – with management of 4 staff.
• Financial Accounting – Lead contact for statutory bodies such as Inland Revenue (P11D,
company payroll returns for PAYE/NHI) Customs and Excise (VAT returns), Government statistics

4. office and external and internal audit functions. Management of staff in the Financial and Sales
Accounting functions.
• Management Accounting – Production of monthly product profit and loss statements by major
and minor market segmentation. Apportionment and allocation of costs to product level.
Accounting for Freight on Sales and Imports, standard costing, stock revaluation, purchase and
production variances, intercompany pricing and trading, Import and Export duty and exchange
rate fluctuation.
Ash and Lacy Steel Products Ltd, West Bromwich
1983 - 1987
Assistant to Accountant
Trial Balance & Monthly Accounts preparation – Entry of all accounting journals and reconciliation
of major Balance Sheet accounts including Sales and Purchase Ledger Controls, Payroll/PAYE
Controls, Bank and Cash reconciliations, VAT Control, Accruals and Prepayments.