Financial Controller

• Aug 2022 - Present

Management Accountant

• Dec 2019 - Jul 2022

Assistant Management Accountant

• Jun 2016 - Dec 2019

Production and analysis of the monthly management accounts pack including summary P/L, balance sheet, expenses and variances with YTD and budget comparators. Mid-month hours flash forecast with estimated revenue and cost presented at high level to management. Monthly cash flow statement for the month end accounts pack. Bank postings and balance sheet reconciliations. Monitor and advise cashflow forecast with creditor payments and debtor receipts. Calculating and posting monthly depreciation charges and owning the fixed asset register. Estimating and calculating fee revenue and procurement revenue - Analysis of the monthly WIP circa. £500k and future planning to timely bill the client and recover the debts. Successfully reduced monthly revenue accruals to 50% of current month revenue. Prepared and submitted monthly financial reports to internal managers on KPI’s such as capacity, efficiency and man-hour utilisation. Assist with M&A team during disposal from Capita Plc to align closing and opening balances in different ERP systems. Provided budgeting and forecasting support, in particular cash flow forecasting due to close link to client billing. Assisted in the quarterly VAT return. Liaised with auditors on standard timesheet costing as well as variance analysis and monthly performance commentary. Assisted in analysis of the risk deferral pot (circa. £600k) and examining irrecoverable debt listings. Posting journals in Agresso and calculating various accruals and prepayments such as insurance and utility. Monthly reconciliation of new project wins and change orders in the month against Agresso and Salesforce system. Manufacturing financials exposure (accrual and deferred revenue, direct costs, overheads and timesheet analysis).

Accounts Assistant

• Sep 2014 - Sep 2015

Building strong relationships with various departments such as bulk shipping by processing invoices to both the purchase and sales ledgers. Liaising and communicating with cash manger located off-site on a regular basis. Thorough work ethic to ensure nothing is missed and that all tasks are completed to company standards. Team-player who can also use own initiative to solve problems independently. Openly flexible to different periods during the month were work load and pressure is increased. Task and responsibilities include: Providing analytical reviews to senior management using numerous software’s such as Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint Responsible in collating the month’s performance into a periodic management report using during the European Management Board. Processing invoices to both the sales and purchase ledgers. Daily cash allocation followed by generating debtor’s reports which are sent internally within the business. Closure and opening of sub ledger during the month end process and revaluation of foreign currency balances and constantly updating the trail balance. Also updating the trail balance with deprecation costs of fixed assets in addition to adding any new assets in the month. Reconciliation of self-bills before invoicing, ensuring our charges correspond to customer charges and if there is a variance enquire as to why. Assisted in the annual financial audit. Clean-up of numerous customer statements and enquiring with credit controller regarding overdue invoices. Generating CSR and CSA KPI reports each month which are then sent to senior management and dealing with any queries. Forecasting expected receipts each week to advise the treasury officer of expected income and whether cash needed to be loaned to cover outgoings.