Experience

Milsted Langdon LLP

• United Kingdom
• Accounting
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Finance

  • Apr 2019 - Present



ABBEYFIELD SOCIETY (THE)

• United Kingdom
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Finance Manager

  • Aug 2018 - Mar 2019



Serco Enterprise

• Management Accountant/Finance & Commercial Manager

  • Sep 2006 - May 2018

  •Prepare monthly management accounts, working closely with Operational colleagues on contract revenue recognition, accruals, prepayments and cashflow to maximise cost recovery•Prepare the annual 2 year budgets and quarterly forecasts for the P&L, Balance Sheet and Cashflow•Prepared complex schedules to convert the management accounts in to annual statutory accounts format for Group Accounts team and managed the relationship with external auditors•Designed MS Excel template to allow cashflow forecast modelling by individual programme ensuring accurate forecasting•Reported financial performance to the Contract Director and presented to the Senior Management Team (SMT) and to wide Serco Business unit or Divisional teams•Managed the financial closure of a contract outside of daily remit, ensuring Ministry of Justice audit requirements were met to achieve release of £0.5m retention payment and direct margin of £140k•Maintained a continuous high level of professionalism and contribution throughout the finance restructure programme, ensuring the contract turned prior year loss in to profit in 2017 and leaving operations teams in a strong position to face the challenges ahead with the new financial processes•Managed the checking and reconciliation of the contract payroll, being thorough and tenacious to ensure accuracy to protect all parties•Provided accurate and timely staff and 3rd party data to Operations team in line with EU/Customer requirements to maximise claims/cash flow process



Somerset Learning & Skills Council

• Finance Manager

  • Dec 1996 - Sep 2006