Davinia McGann FCA, BFP

Experience

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  Mazars UK

  Jun 2005 - Aug 2008

  Audit Senior

  CORPORATE FINANCE EXECUTIVE (October 2007 – August 2008, internal promotion)Supporting senior managers and partners with projects and delivery of business cases.Responsibility for the day to day management of the office’s opportunities broking service.Project work included the review of systems in place to implement a new approach to managing opportunities and clients, creating a streamlined and efficient database.Re-established contact with clients, built up relationships with them and management of ongoing relationships independently.AUDIT SENIOR (October 2006 – October 2007)Responsible for senioring audits, involving planning, budget preparation and review of the audit teams work. Gained more experience in a client facing role with responsibility for answering client queries and in-depth reviews of audit issues.AUDIT JUNIOR (June 2005 – October 2006)Immediately worked in a client facing role with clients in the Mid Corporate Market (MCM), with turnover up to £125m. Clients have included Limited companies, Charities and Educational establishments. Show less

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  BPP

  Aug 2008 - Jul 2016

  Programme and Product expert for Accountancy qualifications, focusing on customers within International Markets.Supporting the local commercial teams in providing successful, high quality, feasible solutions for Tuition Providers, Distributors, Clients and Institutes across the globe.Designing and delivering tailored Training programmes for Accounting tutors focussed on the latest Education methodology and pedagogySupporting the creation, implementation and delivery of new professional qualification courses within institutions globally Show less As a tutor I am experienced in delivering material in the traditional Face to Face environment and through an On-line Classroom - both synchronous and asynchronous. I specialise in teaching the Financial Reporting papers, specifically:-•ACCA – Corporate Reporting, Financial Reporting, Audit & Assurance• ICAEW – Corporate Reporting, Financial Reporting, Financial Accounting, Audit & Assurance• CIMA – Financial Reporting, Business Economics• AAT – Financial AccountingI am very experienced at taking complex topics and breaking them down into simple terms and step by step approaches. I have a friendly and approachable demeanour and am able to connect with students in order to assist their learning. I have an understanding of different learning methods and am able to adapt and react to students' needs, as well as balancing groups of varying abilities.I have been particularly involved in BPP’s Online Classroom since it launched in 2009, helping to develop the product, improve the systems and processes supporting it, training new tutors as well as actually looking after cohorts for both the synchronous and asynchronous products. I have experience in working to deadlines, working with teams and stakeholders in multiple locations and dealing with feedback and change in a positive way.I am responsible for the performance management of the tutors who are based in my office location, as well as all the tutors who look after cohorts for our Online Classroom offerings. I am skilled at managing others, building a cohesive team and delivering feedback in a constructive manner. I have experience in managing upwards and am able to build relationships with colleagues at all levels of the business.My role as Faculty Manager has also meant I have been involved in a number of ad-hoc management level projects to various degrees, which are ongoing. The varying nature of my role on a day to day basis means I am very good at prioritising tasks as well as managing my own time. Show less

  • Head of Programmes - International Markets

    Jan 2015 - Jul 2016

  • Head of ACCA & FIA Programmes

    Aug 2012 - Dec 2014

  • Faculty Manager / Financial Reporting Tutor

    Aug 2008 - Aug 2012
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  HLSCC Robert Mathavious Institute (formally Financial Services Institute), British Virgin Islands

  Aug 2016 - Aug 2022

  Professional Qualifications Tutor
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  Chateau Velo

  Oct 2022 - now

  Founder
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  DaM Good Business

  Jun 2023 - now

  Founder

  Offering accounting, bookkeeping and payroll services to small independent business owners wanting to create a DaM Good Business of their own.

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  DaM Good Self Co

  May 2024 - now

  Founder