Mrs Jackie Bliss This is Me

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1. 1. www.charityfinance.co.uk

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   Published on: 5/27/2008   Last Visited: 5/27/2008

   Jackie BlissCharity Finance | Jackie Bliss
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   Alex Newte Hardie speaks to Jackie Bliss, finance director for the National Church Institutions of the Church of England.
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   Jackie Bliss was appointed as finance director for the National Church Institutions of the Church of England ten months ago.It was the first time a joint FD had been appointed for the Archbishops' Council, the Church Commissioners for England and the Church of England Pensions Board and her particular focus for the next two years will be combining the finance work from the three bodies.Before she started in the role, the work was carried out by three finance directors/financial secretaries and she is now occupied with reshaping the work to enable one person to take over the wider remit.
   
   The change has been part of a general move towards marrying together the financial strategy and thinking of all the different bodies to support the wider church.She is not alone in making the changes, however, and meets regularly with her three predecessors to agree priorities and diary management. ,It just isn't possible for me to cover alone all the work that they had handled between them.'
   
   When Bliss was first recruited, she thought she would be moving immediately into a strategic role helping to pull together financial policy and planning across the three bodies, ,but in reality', she says, ,just creating the new role has brought plenty of challenges in terms of bringing together the staff teams and redesigning the scope of the post to make it manageable.'
   
   She does get involved in strategy on a day-to-day basis, however, particularly with committee work. ,My day is typically very meeting driven, as the culture of the church is very much committee based.
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   Once things settle down, Bliss is looking forward to building on what is already happening at the grass roots level, the key financial strategy and issues such as pensions, investment management and fundraising.
   
   Her faith is crucial to her work. ,I don't think I could get up and do the work if I didn't have a really strong faith to support me because of the obvious pressures.' Her role, however, is one of the few in the Church that specifies that the employee has to be a communicate member of the Church of England. ,Being such a part of the strategic direction of the Church, it wouldn't make any sense at all for me not to share that ethos,' she says.
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2. 2. The Pensions Trust

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   Published on: 8/8/2008   Last Visited: 8/8/2008

   Barry joins in a member nominated capacity and is accompanied by Philip Edwards (member nominated), Alison Massie (member nominated) and Jackie Bliss (employer nominated), who have all been re-elected.
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   John Alleston, Chair of the Board stated "We are very happy to welcome Barry and Stephen and that Philip, Alison and Jackie will be remaining with us.
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   Jackie Bliss is Non Executive Director and a Chartered Accountant with 16 years' Board level experience within the voluntary, commercial and public sectors.She has been a Director of The Pensions Trust for four years and holds a PMI Trustee Certificate.She is also Treasurer of Foundling Museum which displays works donated by Hogarth, Gainsborough and Reynolds.Between 2003-2004, Jackie devoted her time as a full time carer for her critically ill husband.Prior to this she was the Director of Finance and Administration for Coram Family, an award winning children's charity.

3. 3. Director of Finance appointed for the National Church Institutions | Church of England

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   Published on: 7/17/2006   Last Visited: 12/23/2006

   Jackie Bliss has been appointed as Director of Finance for the National Church Institutions of the Church of England.This is the first time that a joint finance director has been appointed for the Archbishops' Council, the Church Commissioners for England and the Church of England Pensions Board.
   
   Jackie will be responsible for financial management and reporting for the three bodies, which have a combined annual turnover of around £300 million and an asset base of more than £5 billion.She will coordinate strategic thinking on financial issues affecting the whole Church of England and will also oversee the operation of the national institutions' financial policy, planning and accounting, including the operation of the national clergy payroll and pensions payroll.She will take up the post on 21 August.
   
   Responding to her appointment, Jackie Bliss said: "It is both an honour and a challenge to serve the Church in this way.The fundamental role of the finance team is to support and advise the Church in its mission.It will be my priority to ensure that financial systems help in focusing decision-making, coordinating strategy and evaluating the effectiveness of projects, in a way which enables and enhances that mission."
   
   A chartered accountant with a degree in English and Philosophy, Jackie Bliss trained with KPMG in Cardiff and Geneva.Qualifying in 1988, she took up the post of Company Accountant and then Finance Director at Maplin Electronics plc.In 1999, Jackie moved to the Thomas Coram Foundation charity (now known as "Coram Family") as Director of Finance and Administration.
   
   She is currently Non-Executive Director of the Southend University Hospital Foundation Trust and Non-Executive Director of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (Northern Ireland); and will be withdrawing from both of these shortly after she takes up her new post.Jackie has also been a Non-Executive Director and Trustee of The Pensions Trust, chairing the Trust's investment committee, responsible for a £3 billion portfolio.
   
   Jackie Bliss is a member of the parish of St Mary the Virgin, Prittlewell in the Diocese of Chelmsford, where she has served on the PCC and is a server, intercessor and the parish's link for its Church Mission Society mission partner in DR Congo.She is married to Michael, who is a churchwarden at St Mary's.