Billings Team Members

On leaving school, far too many years ago, I somehow managed to begin a career in the construction industry as an estimator, more by luck than judgement, where I worked on elements of several large and prestigious projects, mostly in and around London, together with smaller local projects for almost 3 decades.  At the end of the noughties, I left the construction industry to try my hand at obtaining planning approval for small scale wind turbine projects, but when the wind was taken out of the turbine blades, I joined The AF Group Ltd, initially in the energy team and renewables, then moving across to the invoicing team, returning to my original rapport with numbers.

I have been working in administrative roles in various companies since 2007 with a small break in 2017 to go back into fire safety for a few months. I also have keen interest in safety have served on Health & Safety committees in three companies that I have worked for including the AF Group, having previously attended an IOSH course in 2015 with a previous employer and a refresher earlier this year with AF. At one of my previous employers, I was also a Fire Marshal pulling on my background in the fire safety industry, which is something that still interests me.

Upon leaving school I spent 8 years with Aviva known then as Norwich Union providing customer services and that then leading on to dealing with accounts. I went to India for 4 weeks to train staff when the jobs went overseas. I then got made redundant and a friend recommended Anglia Farmers now AF group – I started briefly in invoicing before applying for a completely different role for me in the Arable inputs department in chemicals where I was for 8 years before moving back to invoicing where I felt the role was better suited to me.

From university, I worked in retail and made my way up to leadership role. This led me to apply for a payroll position at AF in 2017 but was offered a role in invoicing instead. I found that I really enjoyed this & when Harrier (our new order system) was introduced, became a superuser to help test the system. In 2019 I became Team Leader for the invoicing team and handling queries. I am the ‘go to’ for questions the team has and, if you asked, they would tell you I have a pretty good memory for most things, including the obscure ‘one-off’s’!

I have a keen interest in history, which ties in nicely with my love of all things mid-century including clothes, music, and cars. I enjoy spending time with my family & attending gigs & weekenders.

Having worked in many different industries over my working life, as well as working at The AF Group for more than 10 years I bring a wealth of experience job role and department.

I started off working in the Insurance industry but after 6 years I decided it was time for a change to which I joined the AF Invoicing Team in 2016 and have never looked back. I began splitting my time between Standard and Electronic Billing using Esker but since returning from Maternity Leave, I have worked mostly on XML’s for Electronic Billing. In my past time I enjoy beach walks with my family, eating out and catching up with friends.

I started my Career as a Hairdresser, then marrying Ray, introducing my two boys, Chris, and Scott into the world, which lead to my 15 years in childcare obtaining my degree within my role as Nursery Manager. A change of career was needed and I found myself sitting at a desk rather than sitting on the floor.

I enjoy eating out and exploring our amazing county, although I can’t wait to explore some very hot countries again. I have a beautiful Granddaughter Sophia and a Grandson due to arrive end of January.

I started working for AF in 2007 as part of the Building Materials team. As my history is mostly accounts work within the building Industry, AF and I decided my skills were better utilised in Invoicing. I started in the Standard Billing Team, quickly moving to Team Leader followed by a move to Manager of Sales and Purchase Ledger, to Invoicing and Ledger Manager and Now my main focus is Utility Billing. Systems have moved on a lot since I joined which has helped improve the quality of service we provide.