Carol Milne
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Credentials
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Chartered Management Accountant
CIMA
Experience
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Speedcast
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United States
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Telecommunications
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700 & Above Employee
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Accountant
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Mar 2018 - Present
• Preparation of monthly accounts & VAT Returns for Eastern Hemisphere Entities. • Preparation of budgets and cost analysis for all areas of the business to ensure all documents are booked and then provide monthly narrative on values outwith those expected. • Completion of balance sheet reconciliations in Blackline and also subsequent financial analysis of all ledger accounts in the BI Reporting System. • Preparation of Statutory Accounts and supporting notes and also preparation of Tax Packs. • Preparation of Weekly Cash-flows to ensure the Treasury Department has accurate and timely information to allow efficient transfer of funds between entities. • Work with other Accounting Teams and also Sales Teams to ensure all documents are processed and coded correctly. • Work with External Auditors to provide all audit documentation and work through any issues/concerns with them. • Analyse various information and put together for various ongoing projects and operations in the business. • Looking at process improvements within finance due to the ongoing implementation of new companies within the company and accounting systems, also working on ensuring that implementations are completed accurately and timely. • Provide assistance to requirements of Manager including assisting with Recruitment and then subsequent training and knowledge transfer to new and junior employees. • Use of various software including NAV, Blackline, BI and Microsoft Packages.
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Duncan Taylor Scotch Whisky Limited
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United Kingdom
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Wine & Spirits
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1 - 100 Employee
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Company Accountant
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Jan 2016 - Mar 2018
• Preparation of monthly management accounts for Duncan Taylor Scotch Whisky and subsidiary companies. • Preparation of budgets and cost analysis for all areas of the business as well as weekly cash flows. • Completion of balance sheet reconciliations and also subsequent financial analysis of all ledger accounts and annual Statutory Accounts. • Calculation & process of bottling instructions, vatting & maturation losses for all activity within the organisation. • Completion of monthly VAT, W5, W1, EU Sales & Intrastat returns and working on HMRC projects. • Looking at process improvements within finance, production and the business in general so to increase productivity and efficiency. • Project completed on the location of all barrels owned by the company to ensure that all spreadsheets and systems had accurate & correct information to allow for ongoing checking of cask rental charges and also on the dry material stock held within the business and stock of completed bottlings. • Preparation of monthly payroll and pension submissions, reports and payments as well as dealing with HR issues and staff recruitment. • Working alongside and assisting production/business staff and direct responsibility for the book-keeper, accounts assistant and other administrative staff. • Use of Sage for all accounting processes as well as Microsoft packages.
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A J Duncan
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United Kingdom
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Farming
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1 - 100 Employee
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Accountant
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Aug 2015 - Jan 2016
- All daily aspects of accounting looked at for farm, egg production and wind energy.- Preparation of monthly reconciliations and returns.- Preparation of monthly management accounts and analysis.- Analysis and clean up of aged items on accounts.- Daily use of Sage & Microsoft. - All daily aspects of accounting looked at for farm, egg production and wind energy.- Preparation of monthly reconciliations and returns.- Preparation of monthly management accounts and analysis.- Analysis and clean up of aged items on accounts.- Daily use of Sage & Microsoft.
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Baker Hughes
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Norway
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Oil and Gas
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1 - 100 Employee
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Eastern Hemisphere General Accounting Subject Matter Expert
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Mar 2009 - Jul 2015
•Responsible for the transition of all GL activities to outsource provider, this included preparation of high level maps, workflows and desktop procedures for general ledger finance function then conduct knowledge transfer and training as required.•Work on various assigned projects to clear outstanding items and balances and identify process improvements across all outsourced finance areas.•Provide metrics and analysis to the business on outsourced activities.•Work with individuals globally to identify process similarities and differences and to create a single unified process.•Work on own initiative to ensure that project runs to schedule and all outcomes are met.•Ensure that the books are closed monthly in a correct and timely manner.•Work with payroll departments in the eastern hemisphere to clean up all outstanding items and allow transfer of reconciliations.•Responsible for controlling the costs and budgets for Global Business Services in the Eastern Hemisphere.•Managing the global contract for the outsourced payroll provider to ensure that employee numbers and costs stay within agreed levels and any corrective action is taken.•Assigned the point of contact for assisting in clarification of processes found in audit issues (internal & external audits) related to the work conducted by our finance outsource provider.•Experience and daily usage of SAP, Microsoft, Workspaces and Blackline.•Skills developed in project management and time management due to time constraints as well as problem solving & communication.
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Financial Analyst/Scandinavia Finance
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Sep 2008 - Mar 2009
•Responsible for 6 finance staff based in Norway to assist with questions in payables, receivables, fixed assets and general ledger.•Contact for divisional finance managers in Norway & Denmark to assist with questions and issues.•Responsible for the monthly financial reporting of Norway, Denmark & Iceland.•Preparation of plan in Hyperion Financial Management for Scandinavia finance, IT and facilities.•Preparation of monthly/quarterly budget for Scandinavia and also cost centre analysis.•Responsible for submission of monthly tax reports.•Working with internal & external auditors.•Experience and daily usage of SAP, HFM and Microsoft Software.•Skills developed in management and financial analysis.
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General Ledger Team Member
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Jul 2006 - Sep 2008
•Reconciliation of numerous accounts for month end accounting and reporting.•Preparation and processing of journal entries.•Involved with running month end close procedures and reporting of closing figures and FX movements.•Adhoc Tax and Statutory Accounting preparation and queries.•Preparation of Intercompany invoices and subsequent reconciliation & confirmation at month end.•Responsible for petty cash.•Processing fixed assets and monthly reporting & reconciliation.•Involved with checking & input of data loads for new companies.•Involved with approval of payment runs.•Experience and daily usage of SAP and Microsoft Software.•Skills developed in time management, foreign exchange and general accounts experience.
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Accounts Receivable, Credit & Collections Team Member
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Jul 2004 - Jul 2006
•Daily contact with customers in the collection of trade receivables.•Responsible for smooth transition of USA Export Direct receivables.•Allocation of cash received into bank accounts.•Creation and maintenance of customer master records in SAP.•Credit analysis on new, existing and potential customers.•Experience and daily usage of SAP, Getpaid and Microsoft software.•Skills developed in time management and communication in daily work.
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Education
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2005 - 2009
The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants
Chartered Management Accountant - Associate -
2000 - 2004
Robert Gordon University
Bachelor's Degree, Business Studies -
1994 - 2000
The Gordon Schools, Huntly
High School
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