Jonathan McAllister

Experience

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  Elibank Trust and Ruchazie Parish Church

  Jan 1996 - Jan 1997

  Volunteer Youth and Community Worker
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  Deloitte UK

  Jan 1998 - Jan 2003

  Associate, Assistant Manager then Manager

  Varied ACA training contract within the Assurance and Advisory and Enterprise Risk Services departments of the firm, including delivering external and internal audit services within the public and private sectors then manager level experience, including secondments to the internal audit departments of a large automotive firm and a UK Non Departmental Public Body.

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  Learning and Skills Council/ Young People's Learning Agency

  Jan 2004 - Jan 2011

  Principal Auditor

  Led a team of auditors to provide assurance to the Agency’s Chief Executive and Accounting Officer over the use of £11bn funds by public and private sector providers, including developing a national reputation in delivering high quality reviews of financial management and governance in the FE, sixth form college and academies sectors which improved financial management and control, working alongside OfSTED.

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  Department for Education

  Jan 2011 - Jun 2015

  Senior External Assurance Manager

  • Member of senior management team for EFA division of c50 staff responsible for overseeing the financial framework for the academies programme and 16-19 funding in sixth form colleges and further education, including financial health and regularity, financial intervention and investigations, audit and assurance. Involved in recruitment, resource planning, performance review and had oversight of Department of State functions including parliamentary correspondence and Freedom of Information Act cases• Led flexible EFA team of up to 20 accountants delivering specialist financial advice to the £1.1bn high profile free schools, university technical college and studio school programme through multiple application waves• Worked collaboratively with Ministers, senior officials, school proposers, education advisors, finance directors, external partners in order to minimise risks to financial viability, governance, compliance and value for money, often to tight timescales within constrained resources• Led multiple review teams to assess the effectiveness of financial management and governance at multi and single academy trusts in order to ensure the appropriate handling of public funds and to secure improvements to financial management and governance. Extensive experience of working with trust chief executives, finance directors and staff at all levels.• Six month attachment to projects to improve financial control systems within the EFA’s £5bn capital programmes, including by successfully implementing a pay budget and modelling tool within EFA capital group (headcount of 350) through joint working with divisional heads Show less

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  Slum Soccer

  Oct 2016 - Dec 2016

  Volunteer Financial Consultant

  Carried out initial review of financial management and governance at Slum Soccer, an NGO which uses football as a tool for social development amongst marginalised communities in India as part of a volunteer assignment arranged through Accounting for International Development (afid.org.uk).Delivered report and action plan to underpin the next stages of development for the organisation, wrote new financial policies and procedures for immediate implementation.