Head Of Finance

• Oct 2011 - Present

Audit Manager

• May 2005 - Mar 2011

Auditing - Taking full responsibility for own portfolio of clients with the largest client turnover of £10M predominantly from property management, retail, and entertainment and media industries. - Managing and motivating a team of 13 for the full audit process, including planning audit fieldwork, statutory reporting and completion of work. - Preparing consolidation accounts for clients with turnover up to £200M and up to 7 subsidiary companies. - Visiting clients on site and being a main person to contact throughout the year, raising fees and agreeing dates of cash collection. - Meetings with clients to finalise financial accounts, tax returns and any relevant documents. - Filing the accounts and tax returns with the Inland Revenue and Companies House within the set deadlines. - Train new recruits for the use of company’s software. Accounting - Preparing monthly management reporting pack with variance analysis and margin report for client’s investors and debt providers with turnover of £5M using excel spreadsheets. - Preparing annual projected cash flows, profit and loss and balance sheet for client using Sage Forecasting Solutions. - Helping clients to set up effective and efficient company system and internal control. - Liaise with Inland Revenue for PAYE, tax and VAT issues on behalf of client. - Assisting media client for British Film application, tax credit claim and preparation of accounts. - Preparing and filing of VAT returns, EC-Sales list, intrastate reports and government statistical reporting. Show less

Audit Senior

• Apr 2001 - Sep 2004

- Supervised, planned, and monitored audit assignment with a team ranging from 1 to 10 staff. - Reviewed work carried out by junior staff. - Prepared audited financial reports and consolidated financial statements for clients’ external reporting purposes. - Finalised accounts for public listed companies and private limited companies for housing development and construction sector. - Prepared corporation tax and deferred taxation computations for audit purposes. - Liaised with internal auditors on the company’s internal control requirements and performing systems and control testing. - Reviewed solicitor’s accounts and preparation of Accountants’ Report in compliance with the Legal Profession Act, 1976 (Malaysia) and Accountants’ Report Rule 1990 (Malaysia). - Involved in other audit assignments such as due diligence audit for corporate restructuring exercise and presentation of audit planning memorandum at the audit committee meeting of public listed companies. Show less