Ian Stewart BSc., ACMA
Edgware, London, HA8
stewartij@gmail.com
- Qualified Chartered Management Accountant
- AWS Cloud Practitioner
- Finance and operations Leadership
- Charity, education and commercial sector experience
- Change management and business process re-engineering
CAREER SUMMARY
Nov '18 - to dateS&P Sephardi Community: Chief Operating Officer and Acting CEO
Oldest Jewish Communcity in the UK dating back over 350 years.
Looking after all aspects of finance, IT, HR, premises and facilities management
across 4 sites in London.
Apr '16 - Nov '18Hasmonean High School: Chief Financial Officer
Number 2 non-selective comprehensive school in the country (The Times). Over 1,000
students. Looking after all aspects of finance, including an annual budget of £10m, premises and
facilities management.
Mar '15 - Dec '15UBIS: Chief Financial Officer
PE backed, private, for-profit education business based in Switzerland,
The University of Business and International Studies is part of the Boutique Universities Consortium
and powered by Linden Education Group based in the US. Reporting to the CEO. Approximately 1,000
students worldwide.
Aug '13 - Jan '15Cabot Credit Management: Consultant to CFO
UK's market leading debt purchase, contingency collections, process outsourcing
and litigation Group. Has portfolios of debts with a Face Value of £16bn and an Estimated Remaining
Collections of £9bn.
Oct '10 - Aug '13BPP: Commercial Finance Director
A leading UK-based private education provider of undergraduate, postgraduate
degrees, professional certificatoins and continuing professional development courses. Turnover exceeding
£150m.
Aug '05 - Oct '10Chellomedia, Liberty Global: Head of FP&A
A Europan media company and distribuor of channels, content and video services
with over &euro300m revenue. Acquired by AMC Networks Internation in 2014.
Jan '01 - Aug '05AOL: Assistant Financial Controller
Jul '97 - Dec '00 Harsco: Financial Accountant
Jun '96 - Jun '97 Balfour Beatty: Assistant Financial Accountant
May '95 - Jun '96Norcoss plc: Graduate Trainee Finance
PROFESSIONAL
2000ACMA- Chartered Institute of Management Accountants
2003AMCT- Association of Corporate Treasurers
EDUCATION
'91 - '94University of Manchester,BSc (Hons) Metallurgy, degree awarded 2.1
'86 - '91Clifton College, A-levels in Chemistry, Maths and Physics
CAREER DETAILS
Sep '21 - Apr '22S&P Sephardi Community: Acting CEO
- Transition: during a period of upheaval due to CEO, Chair and Vice Chair leaving, I provided stability for the
organisation by ensuring retention of staff and ensuring support to existing and new trustees.
- Governance:supporting the board with governance advice and management of elections.
- Capital project: Overseeing a £400k capital project within a Grade II listed building.
Nov '18 - dateS&P Sephardi Community: Chief Operating Officer
- Committee reporting: present, prepare and engage with Board of Trustees, Finance committee, Building committee
and Investment committee on all aspects of operations for the Charity.
- Strategic review: in collaboration with the CEO recommended to the Board of Trustees significant cost savings
and increased fundraising and generation of additional income resulting in £150k improvement to results.
- Accounting system implementation: future proofing of IT, moving away from legacy server to cloud
infrastructure moving from Sage 50 to Xero for 7 charities. Including implementation of cloud based approval and
purchase order system to improve financial controls.
- Reporting: manage all aspects of statutory, management and budgetary reporting.
- Risk Management: review of risk management matrix and traffic light system, introduction of policies to
mitigate risks.
- Health and safety efficencies: consolidated a variety of H&S related suppliers to one provider across the
estate. Constant review, improvements and training to increase compliance with legislation.
Apr '16 - Nov '18Hasmonean High School: CFO
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