Claire Gooch

Head of Facilities Investment @England & Wales Cricket Board (ECB)

Manchester, GB

Financial control for ECB’s capital programme for the “Inspiring Generations” strategy 2020-24:• Managing all Professional Game facilities investment programmes (£70m budget) and overseeing/implementing associated processes and controls for grant and loan management• Oversight of all internally-funded capital grants schemes for the recreational game (£50m) and the Sport England funded capital grant schemes• Responsibility for designing and administering ECB’s COVID-19 emergency funding programmes (grants and loans)• Project managed introduction and roll out of ECB’s Investment Management System for Facilities Funding and introduced use of Zendesk software for customer services for Facilities team• Revising funding programmes as required based on COVID-19 crisis, delivering associated training to County Cricket Boards via webinar• Managing a team of four Funding Operations Officers on all processes, contracts and systems, helping staff to develop and supporting them to fulfil their roles.• Member of management team for Facilities Department, reporting to Director and inputting into policy decisions across the team • Leading on departmental budget management• Leading administration of, and attending England and Wales Cricket Trust (EWCT) Board meetings• Mentor for Project Accountant in Finance department, including signing professional ACCA experience and supporting with year-end reconciliations

University of Birmingham

BCom, Accounting and Finance

Chartered Management Institute

Diploma in Leadership and Management (Level 5)