James Carter
About James Carter
James Carter is the Head of Delivery Finance - Payroll & Cloud and ProServ at Alight Solutions in Hemel Hempstead, United Kingdom, with extensive experience in finance and business partnering.
Title
James Carter currently holds the position of Head of Delivery Finance - Payroll & Cloud and ProServ at Alight Solutions in Hemel Hempstead, United Kingdom.
Company
James Carter works at Alight Solutions, where he leads the Delivery Finance segment. His current focus areas include Payroll, Cloud, and Professional Services (ProServ).
Professional Experience
James Carter has a robust professional background with extensive experience in finance. He has held various significant roles, starting from his early career at North Thames Regional Health Authority on the Finance Management Graduate Programme (1992-1996). He has since worked at East Herts NHS Trust as a Directorate Accountant (1996-1998), MBDA as a Project Accountant (1998-2001), and Computacenter in a series of escalating roles from Divisional Accountant - Enterprise Division (2001-2003) to Senior Finance Manager (2011-2014). From 2014 to 2018, he served at NorthgateArinso, first as Finance Director, SR and HRC (2014-2016) and then as Head of Finance - Service Readiness (2016-2018).
Education and Credentials
James Carter studied at Sheredes, where he achieved 3 A-levels and 8 O-levels (1979-1986). He further pursued higher education at De Montfort University, earning a BA Hons in Economics (1987-1990). He is also trained in CIPFA Accountancy (1992-1995).
Skills and Expertise
James Carter possesses extensive experience in business partnering and financial forecasting, particularly with Sales, Operational, and Support functions. He supports change programmes, builds business cases, and handles costing and pricing of new business. Additionally, he has a strong background in developing individuals within organizations and excels in communication skills and commercial judgment. His expertise spans working at all levels of business to achieve results.