Role: Consultant / Interim head of finance / Non-executive director

Sector: Not-for-Profit, enterprise support, property management

Functional Areas: Growth strategy, financial management and control, proposal and bid writing

The Brief:

Stabilise finances and implement sound financial, budgeting and management reporting systems; prepare costed proposals for enterprise funded and property projects.

Activities:

• Restructure finance function – personnel and systems

• Prepare 5-year strategic plan

• Develop annual budgets and operating plans; report monthly progress against them

• Renegotiate payment terms with funding authorities

• Prepare costed proposals and grant applications for multiple new projects

• Move accounting software to cloud based system

Results:

Having doubled in size MENTA, generates consistent, stable operating surpluses whilst meeting its obligations as a Social Enterprise. It is able to provide support to a much greater broader range of clients and was recognised as the National Enterprise Network’s “Enterprise Agency of the Year”.