Darren Bradley
About Darren Bradley
Darren Bradley is a Financial Controller with extensive experience in accounting and finance. He currently works at Age Partnership and has held various positions in notable organizations, including Eclipse Legal Systems and Lupton Fawcett.
Current Role at Age Partnership
Darren Bradley has served as the Financial Controller at Age Partnership since 2016. In this role, he oversees the financial operations of the company and manages a finance team of 10 members, which includes qualified, part-qualified, and apprentice accountants. His responsibilities encompass the preparation and presentation of board reports for executive meetings, ensuring accurate payroll processes, and managing VAT affairs for the group. He coordinates the implementation of new expense management platforms and financial planning and analysis (FP&A) procedures aimed at cost-saving measures.
Previous Experience in Finance
Before joining Age Partnership, Darren Bradley held several finance-related positions. He worked as a Management Accountant at Squire, Sanders & Dempsey (UK) LLP from 2006 to 2009. He then served as Finance Manager at Eclipse Legal Systems from 2012 to 2015. Additionally, he had roles as Management Accountant at Lupton Fawcett for 10 months in 2009-2010 and as Accountant at Maplin Electronics for 7 months in 2010-2011. His early career included a position as Assistant Management Accountant at Leisure Connection Ltd from 2005 to 2006.
Education and Professional Qualifications
Darren Bradley studied Accounting & Finance at Teesside University, where he achieved a BA Hons from 1998 to 2001. He furthered his education by studying at AAT from 2002 to 2005, followed by ACCA, where he achieved Fellowship from 2005 to 2008. His educational background provides a solid foundation for his extensive career in finance.
Key Responsibilities and Projects
In his current role, Darren Bradley is responsible for overseeing the consolidation of new businesses into the group from a financial perspective. He leads projects aimed at closing process gaps and bottlenecks by importing and implementing additional management information (MI) software. His role also includes managing VAT affairs, including quarterly returns and inspections, and addressing payroll queries with the outsourced payroll function.