1. Karlene Stewart
14 Debham Court, Pinemartin Close
London NW2 6YX
Email: karlene.stewart15@live.com Telephone: 0208 452 1215
Profile
A professional Finance Manager with over 10 years experience of leading results focused finance teams primarily within
educational and other non-profit organisations. A highly resourceful, clear thinking and resilient professional who is
skilled in all aspects of day-to-day management of operations as well as contributing to long-term departmental

2. Karlene Stewart email: karlene.stewart15@live.com Telephone: 0208 452 1215
strategic financial planning; an ITIL qualified Manager who successfully integrates knowledge of the functional
relationships between an organisations departments with strong partnership building, positive leadership and process
management skills, to deliver results in line with operational performance objectives.
Strengths
• Strategic Financial planning and forecasting
• VAT returns preparation and submission
• Departmental and project budget
management
• Accounts and Audit preparation
• Advanced MS Excel skills, including the use of:
VLook Up, HLook Up functions, Pivot Tables,
mathematical and statistical functions, and Macros
• Invoicing and bank payments
• Contract Management

3. Karlene Stewart email: karlene.stewart15@live.com Telephone: 0208 452 1215
• Strong MS Word, Access and Outlook Skills
• Quality Management - ISO9000
• ITIL qualified IT Service Management Skills
• Budget preparation
• Expenses Management
• Payroll Accounting
• Staff management and training
• Communication and Customer Focus
• Management reporting
Career summary
• Finance Management: over 10 years experience of managing finance teams, finance process development,
managing multiple internal and external partnerships, departmental financial planning and optimising
operational performance.

4. Karlene Stewart email: karlene.stewart15@live.com Telephone: 0208 452 1215
• Contract Management: over 5 years experience of managing multimillion pound IT services contracts.
Employment History
IT Finance and Contract Manager, Oasis Community Learning, July 2011 - Present
• Asset management and stock control
• Invoicing and bank management
• Contract management
• Recharging all purchases to the relevant academies and departments
• Renewing and updating all contracts and support documents

5. Karlene Stewart email: karlene.stewart15@live.com Telephone: 0208 452 1215
• Financial Management
• Processing and raising Purchase Orders for ICT Revenue, Capital Project, and Stationery
• Ordering, Accounting, and Managing IT stock
• Process design and development
• Management Reporting
• Invoicing
• Database Management
• Resolving purchase and payment problem
Employment History (Continued)

6. Karlene Stewart email: karlene.stewart15@live.com Telephone: 0208 452 1215
IT Finance Controller, Oasis Community Learning, January 2010 – July 2011
• Project Finance monitoring
• Department Budgeting
• Contract Management
• Order processing
• Expenses Management
• Revenue and Project Finance Planning
Finance Processing Manager, Oasis Community Learning, June 2008 – January 2010
• Managing the Accounts Payable section (PS Financials system)
• Managing bank accounts relating to implementation and operational ledgers

7. Karlene Stewart email: karlene.stewart15@live.com Telephone: 0208 452 1215
• Processing government grant claims
• Staff supervision and ongoing appraisal
• Management reporting
• Corporate Credit Card Accounts and Petty Cash Account (Imprest) Management
• Checking and authorisation of weekly payment run (BACS and cheques)
Accounts Payable Manager, Sport England, 2007 – 2008
• Staff supervision and on-going appraisal
• Ongoing review to ensure high-efficiency in line with business plan and corporate objectives for AP section
• Supervising routine Benefit Payments and Creditors Payment pay runs
• Responsibility for timely payment of all tax, overseas and ad hoc payments outside of sales ledger

8. Karlene Stewart email: karlene.stewart15@live.com Telephone: 0208 452 1215
• Managing and developing supplier relationships
• Maintaining section activity records using database and spreadsheets
• Processing of all staff expenses in line with corporate policy and payroll deadlines
• Ensuring continuity of workflow for service efficiency
• Timesheet entry (for recharge purposes)
• Banking and reconciliation management
• Managing Imprest (petty cash) accounts
Fashion Accountant, The Jacoby Partnership, 2006 – 2007
• Monthly management reporting
• Preparing annual budgets

9. Karlene Stewart email: karlene.stewart15@live.com Telephone: 0208 452 1215
• Analysing market trends
• Financial Management
• Consolidation and reporting of monthly results to enhance forecasts
• Consolidating bank activity and bank reconciliations
• Payroll accounting
• Managing Accounts Payable and Receivable section
• Processing international payments
Accounts Payable Manager, SIRVA UK, 2006
• Staff recruitment, supervision, appraisal and training; Management of Accounts Payable section

10. Karlene Stewart email: karlene.stewart15@live.com Telephone: 0208 452 1215
Purchase Ledger Manager, British Transport Police, 2004 - 2005
• Management of all aspects of the Purchase Ledger Section including staff recruitment and supervision,
process design and management reporting