Experience

Per-Scent

• United Kingdom
• Personal Care Product Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Financial Controller

  • Jan 2022 - Present

  Manchester, England, United Kingdom



JD Sports Fashion plc

• Finance Manager

  • Dec 2020 - Dec 2021

  Manchester, England, United Kingdom



Marshall Motor Group

• United Kingdom
• Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Management Accountant

  • Aug 2016 - Dec 2020

  North West England - Management accountant for 3 Mercedes dealerships in the North West region. - Full monthly management accounts production with Balance Sheet reconciliation. - 4 direct reports . - Maxmise the cash available to the business with daily reviews of debtors. - Annual Budget collation and weekly forecasts in collaboration with general, sales and after sales managers. - Build business cases with the General Manager for investments to maximise potential future… Show more - Management accountant for 3 Mercedes dealerships in the North West region. - Full monthly management accounts production with Balance Sheet reconciliation. - 4 direct reports . - Maxmise the cash available to the business with daily reviews of debtors. - Annual Budget collation and weekly forecasts in collaboration with general, sales and after sales managers. - Build business cases with the General Manager for investments to maximise potential future earnings. Show less



Amey

• United Arab Emirates
• Design Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Management Accountant

  • Jun 2014 - Jul 2016

  Oldham, United Kingdom Financial responsibility for the Metering & Connections contract with United Utilities. - Production of monthly management accounts pack. - Production of detailed disallowed pack. - Apart of the mobilisation team during the contract changeover period. - Built up working relationship with contract supplier. - Work closely on a daily basis with the commercial team. - Weekly P&L reviews with senior contract manager's



BNY Mellon

• United States
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Principal Financial Analyst

  • Jun 2012 - May 2014

  Manchester, United Kingdom Achievements •Mentored, trained and supervised three members of the Luxembourg Finance team based in Manchester and had ultimate responsibility for their work performed. •Designed and implemented specific checklists and deadlines to comply with corporate deadlines. Main Responsibilities •Worked under strict policy guidelines around month end procedures and tight deadlines. •Reviewed over 60 legal entity intercompany relationships on a monthly basis ensuring that no breaks… Show more Achievements •Mentored, trained and supervised three members of the Luxembourg Finance team based in Manchester and had ultimate responsibility for their work performed. •Designed and implemented specific checklists and deadlines to comply with corporate deadlines. Main Responsibilities •Worked under strict policy guidelines around month end procedures and tight deadlines. •Reviewed over 60 legal entity intercompany relationships on a monthly basis ensuring that no breaks between legal entities occur. •Communicated with various individuals over Europe, Asia and the US to ensure that all necessary recharges between entities are accounted for. •Reviewed over aged items according to corporate policy will all intercompany reconciliations and either invoice or request invoice from counterparty when necessary. •Completed VAT returns and reconciliations for 3 Luxembourg entities. •Completed accruals and prepayments on a monthly basis. •Assisted in the recruitment of second member of the Luxembourg team based in Manchester. •Received invoices from various legal entities and send to Accounts payable ensuring correct VAT rate, currency and backup so it can be processed. •Reviewed intercompany reconciliations performed by teams in India and advising where necessary. •Initially completed intercompany reconciliations for one of the Luxembourg entities but off shored this work to India including training of how to complete the reconciliation. •Reviewed cash breaks on a daily basis for 3 of 4 Luxembourg entities and clearing them. Show less



Wilson and Co (Motor Sales) Ltd

• United Kingdom
• Retail Motor Vehicles
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Assistant Accountant

  • Jan 2010 - May 2012

  Bolton, United Kingdom Achievements •Qualified ACCA accountant with all first time passes. •Time taken to complete month end accounts reduced by almost half through process improvements and integrating system changes. •Created a 40,000 plus word document for the company’s financial policies and procedures for the whole accounting function. Main Responsibilities •Completed the preparation of departmental management accounts and the consolidation into one set of management accounts. •Worked under… Show more Achievements •Qualified ACCA accountant with all first time passes. •Time taken to complete month end accounts reduced by almost half through process improvements and integrating system changes. •Created a 40,000 plus word document for the company’s financial policies and procedures for the whole accounting function. Main Responsibilities •Completed the preparation of departmental management accounts and the consolidation into one set of management accounts. •Worked under strict deadlines in the preparation of monthly management accounts. •Daily interaction with senior management either in verbal or written communication. •Daily interaction with non-finance staff ranging from technicians to sales admin. •Prepared year end pack for external audit use. •Depreciated the demonstrators which would require discussion with the managing director about who was driving what vehicle in the month. This would ensure the correct department would get the relevant cost. •Completed salesman commissions, liaising directly with the sales manager. •Reconciled new and used vehicle stock from stock reports to manual stock count. •Completed monthly reconciliations of fixed assets, prepayments, accruals, bank, WIP and intercompany. •Assisted in the completion of quarterly VAT returns and budgeting. •In charge of the accounting function when the accountant is absent reporting to the Group FC and Managing Director. Show less



RSM Tenon

• United Kingdom
• Business Consulting and Services

• Auditor

  • Sep 2009 - Dec 2009

  Chorley •Completed bank and wages reconciliations, sales, purchases, overhead work, debtors, creditors and fixed asset testing, these being reviewed by senior managers. •Completed an internal sales review compiling data on clients for management purposes. This entailed calling clients to acquire relevant information. •Completed a secondment in the small business team creating accounts from a box of receipts or from reviewing bank statements and cash books.

• Auditor

  • Jun 2007 - Sep 2008

  Chorley •Completed a placement year as part of my degree which counted as a module. •Completed sales, purchases and overhead transaction testing, system reviews, bank and wages reconciliations and attended stock takes. •Audit was carried out on client’s premises giving me access to a range of business. •Completed profit and loss account reviews with clients followed by balance sheet reviews of debtors, creditors and fixed assets. •Given a specialism to perform audits of insurance brokers.… Show more •Completed a placement year as part of my degree which counted as a module. •Completed sales, purchases and overhead transaction testing, system reviews, bank and wages reconciliations and attended stock takes. •Audit was carried out on client’s premises giving me access to a range of business. •Completed profit and loss account reviews with clients followed by balance sheet reviews of debtors, creditors and fixed assets. •Given a specialism to perform audits of insurance brokers. •Obtained positive feedback from my peers and managers, resulting in a job offer in April 2008 which I accepted. Show less

• Junior Accountant

  • Jul 2006 - Sep 2006

  Chorley My role consisted of assessing numerous company accounts for an external client. This consisted of completing the individual client tax returns and dealing with any queries that they had. I was also introduced to standard bookkeeping practices and generally working within an office environment.