Lisa Laycock

National Trust

I am the Financial Systems Development Lead for the National Trust, working in the Central Finance Division based in Trowbridge in Wiltshire. We use the Finance ERP system – GL, AP, AR, Fixed Assets, Purchasing, Projects, Expenses. We have some customisations in place around Funds and Projects and have many feeder systems linking into the system – from our Tills through to our membership systems, property system and HR system to name but a few.

We are currently on version 7.7 and actively working on upgrading to 7.11/7.12. We are working on various initiatives to improve processes, particularly in our AP Function and have a variety of initiatives around interfaces/integration for Purchase Orders, Invoice automation and employee/volunteer expenses. Our transactional volumes are high (around 300K supplier invoices per annum, 250K purchase orders) and we also have around 10K users.

I have worked at the National Trust in my current capacity for 6 years and have a long history of around 25 years working within Finance both as the Financial Systems Manager on the Support side and as developer/implementation lead for many finance systems within that time. Although I am ‘development lead’ I work within a busy Finance Systems Team and work closely with system administration/support analysts. I have also worked as a software consultant for a couple of different financial software companies – my background though is in accounting, having started my working life as an accounts clerk at Nat West Bank.

I live in Westbury which is a small town in Wiltshire and have 2 grown up sons, a hubby and a lively cockapoo dog! We spend a lot of time in and around the New Forest walking and exploring the local eateries. I am a member of our local choir, an avid reader, love a bit of gardening and also dabble with mosaic crafts. We are now hooked on cruising and are saving up for our next big adventure to the Caribbean.

Joined Council 2023

lisa.laycock@nationaltrust.org.uk