Darryl Poulton Tel: 07854 511268 Address: 20 Eagle Street, Pennfields, Wolverhampton, WV3 7DNEmail: darryl.poulton@yahoo.co.uk

Personal StatementA 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.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 FoundationChartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) PQ to Stage 2 inclusive.BTEC Business Studies6 O-Levels including Mathematics and English

In House Training & Development

Financial Management in a Consultancy BusinessContract ManagementQuality Management Systems (QMS)Business Intelligence – Business ObjectsEuropean 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, Wolverhampton2012 –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.

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 –2012Programme 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 –2000Management 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 - 1998Management 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 - 1994Financial 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 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 AccountantTrial 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.