Farah Danks
Leicester
Summary
I am a creative and driven professional with a strong background in administration and finance. I pride myself in accurate data management and innovative problem solving, a self proclaimed perfectionist extremely detail orientated. I am known to never back away from a challenge, a speedy learner, a resourceful team player and efficient solo.
I am seeking this new opportunity to push myself and uncap my full potential. I thrive on tight deadlines and perform my best in busy environments, the calm in the storm.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
15
15
years of post-secondary education
Work history
Level 4 Administrator
Abbey Mead Primary Academy
Leicester
2026.01 - Current
- Process all orders, credit card auditing and complete income reports
- Maintain website compliance
- Update and adjust policies
- Completing end of year proceedings
- Working directly below the Head of School and all safeguarding leads
- Implementing new ideas to improve efficiency ensuring a smoother day to day running of the front office. I.e moving the school away from paper records to digital with spreadsheets to accurately track all jobs from dinner records to trips
- Managing and organising all staff training
- In charge of all projects for school site updates
Finance & Admin
Willowbrook Mead Primary Academy
Leicester
2024.01 - 2026.01
- Processed all orders and credit card purchases
- Maintained website compliance
- Trained newly hired employees on daily running off the front office, being first point of contact for any queries
- Transformed outdated filling systems for a more efficient and easily accessible online system
- Managed staff training, issued new courses keeping up to date and accurate
- Booked, tracked and reconciled payments for all trips
- Monitored and maintain stock levels
- Working closely with the kitchen company to ensure all children are fed and accounted for and sending monthly finance reports
Self Employed
SKOLA
Leicester
2021.09 - 2024.08
- Managed day to day operations, maintaining inventory levels and building customer relations. Everything involved with running your own salon
- Marketing using various online platforms and face to face
- Ensuring all tools and work stations are kept up to hygiene regulations
- Specialised in tiny art, gaining lots of customers with very specific detailed requests
- Ensuring adequate amounts of stock for any requests or potential delays in delivery
Project Manager
KK Installations LTD
Leicester
2019.01 - 2020.08
- Devised plans and schedules for projects to meet established deadlines
- Working closely with production, fitting teams and clients to ensure all projects are to the highest standard
- Provided clear direction to all teams, setting expectations and itineraries
- Acting as middle man between clients and install teams, being first point of contact should any issues arise
- Identified gaps across projects and devised strategies and recommended resolution methods
Office Manager & Accounts
MAP Excavations LTD
Leicester
2016.02 - 2019.01
- Oversaw bookkeeping, quarterly VAT returns and monthly subcontractor CIS payments
- Inputted new database systems
- Organised, ordered, tracked and negotiated all materials for multiple construction sites. Working closely with the company QS
- Travelled to and from multiple sites delivering toolbox talks to subcontractors and building relationships with site managers to ensure all sites are on track with deadlines
- Handled all marketing on varies different online platforms
- Tracked and maintained all vehicle and machine services and repairs
- I ran the office solo for 2 years in which time the company went from a team of 5 offering man and machine services to a team of 30+ with a large fleet running multiple sites at once from start to finish.
- Trained new office staff
Data Analysist
British Gas Business
Leicester
2015.08 - 2016.02
- Auditing and fixing errors on customer accounts
- Usually working on large scale corrections with tight deadlines for completion
Education
GCSEs - Maths, ICT & Busines Studies
Hamilton Community College
Leicester 2007.01 - 2019.06
GCSE - English, Science, Geography, French
Hamilton Community College
Leicester 2007.01 - 2009.06
Skills
- Strong organisational skills and time management
- Accurate data processing and record management
- Fast thinking with excellent attention to detail
- Highly adaptable to new environments and new software systems
- Proactive at introducing new ideas for smoothers efficiency
- Excellent verbal and written communication
Timeline
Level 4 Administrator
Abbey Mead Primary Academy
2026.01 - Current
Finance & Admin
Willowbrook Mead Primary Academy
2024.01 - 2026.01
Self Employed
SKOLA
2021.09 - 2024.08
Project Manager
KK Installations LTD
2019.01 - 2020.08
Office Manager & Accounts
MAP Excavations LTD
2016.02 - 2019.01
Data Analysist
British Gas Business
2015.08 - 2016.02
GCSEs - Maths, ICT & Busines Studies
Hamilton Community College
2007.01 - 2019.06
GCSE - English, Science, Geography, French
Hamilton Community College
2007.01 - 2009.06