Claire Swallow

Finance Manager at SPM Group Ltd
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(386) 825-5501
Location
East Farleigh, England, United Kingdom, UK

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Experience

    • United Kingdom
    • Events Services
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Finance Manager
      • Nov 2022 - Present

      Responsibilites: - Bookkeeping and reconciliations using Clearbooks including making all payments and managing cashflow. - Creation of Management Accounts where there were none before. - Payroll, HR and Pensions for all employees. - P&L Analysis and providing financial advice to Senior Management Team. Responsibilites: - Bookkeeping and reconciliations using Clearbooks including making all payments and managing cashflow. - Creation of Management Accounts where there were none before. - Payroll, HR and Pensions for all employees. - P&L Analysis and providing financial advice to Senior Management Team.

    • Architecture and Planning
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Office Manager
      • Feb 2022 - Oct 2022

      Responsibilities: - Management of all accounting responsibilities including accounts payable and receivable, raising invoices, cashflow forecasting, budgeting, bank reconciliation and VAT returns. - Payroll and HR for all employees including submissions to HMRC, managing pensions and dealing with redundancies. - Office management of all contracts and operating leases. - Ensuring RIBA compliance. Achievements: - Found large monthly savings within 2 months of being with company by renegotiating operating lease contracts. - Organisied the wind down of the office following notice of company downsizing including employee redundancies, terminating contracts and managing tight cashflows. Show less

    • United Kingdom
    • Professional Services
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Social Media and Community Management Consultant
      • Jan 2021 - Apr 2021

    • United Kingdom
    • Hospitality
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Management Accountant
      • May 2019 - Sep 2020

      Responsibilities - Full responsibility for the production of the monthly Management Accounts and variance reporting for our 12 operational sites. - Accruals, prepayments and balance sheet reconciliations. - Management and training of Assistant Management Accountant. - Completion of quarterly VAT Return and submission to HMRC. - Budgeting and Forecasting of variable and operational costs on a 6 month basis. Achievements - Implementation of new schedules and processes for accruals and prepayments. - Creation of new report to calculate expected Brokers Fees based on estimated sales. - Resdesigned and automated the Management Accounts using data extracted from Sage. - Creation of Sales Flash Report and handover to Assistant Management Accountant. Show less

  • GREEN AND FORTUNE LIMITED
    • London, United Kingdom
    • Finance Manager
      • Feb 2019 - May 2019

      Responsibilities - Full responsibility for production of the Management Accounts and all transactional postings. - Daily bank reconciliation, allocating payments and creating payment runs. - Processing the payroll and managing staff rotas. - Management of weekly flash and cash flow forecasts. Responsibilities - Full responsibility for production of the Management Accounts and all transactional postings. - Daily bank reconciliation, allocating payments and creating payment runs. - Processing the payroll and managing staff rotas. - Management of weekly flash and cash flow forecasts.

    • United Kingdom
    • Food and Beverage Manufacturing
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Management Accountant
      • Jul 2017 - Feb 2019

      Responsibilities - Collating 22 sites accounts into single set of Divisional Accounts to submit to group each week. - Weekly P&L and KPI Reporting and daily flash forecasting. - Indirect management of site finance teams to ensure deadlines are met and accounts are accurate. - Week on week variance analysis and commentary. - Accruals, prepayments and balance sheet reconciliations. - Management of Finance Assistant. Achievements - Delivered headcount savings by automating several reports and taking on others workload. - Increased efficiency in order to meet strict deadlines. - Implementation of new datastore system and overseeing transfer of data and standardised report - Training of colleagues on new datastore system. Show less

    • United States
    • Real Estate
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Assistant Client Accountant
      • Aug 2015 - Jun 2017

      Responsibilities - Management of client money for use within property services. - Client cash flow forecasting - Accruals, prepayments and bank reconciliations of client accounts. - Service charge reconciliations.Achievements - Creation of control systems for use by the wider finance team to prevent errors. - Management of largest client - Creation of new funding request system to increase efficiency using excel macros. - Implementation of new software and transfer of highly confidential client data. Show less

    • Service Charge Accountant
      • Mar 2015 - Aug 2015

    • United Kingdom
    • Wholesale Motor Vehicles and Parts
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Accounts Assistant
      • Jun 2011 - Mar 2015

      Responsibilities - Completion of Monthly Management accounts and analyse to report to Management Accountant and Financial Director. - Accruals, prepayments and balance sheet reconciliations. - Explanation of Management Accounts to non-financial stakeholders (ie Depot Managers). - Calculation of employee bonuses based on depot success rates. - Creation of annual audit packs. Achievements - Completed AAT during evening classes. - Redesigned existing reports using graphs to relay data to senior staff and non-financial stakeholders. - Created more efficient way of calculating rental invoices using vlookups in excel. Show less

    • United Kingdom
    • Spectator Sports
    • 100 - 200 Employee
    • Sales Assistant
      • Jul 2009 - Dec 2011

      Responsibilities - Main match day cashier. - Stock checking. - Balancing tills at the end of the day. Responsibilities - Main match day cashier. - Stock checking. - Balancing tills at the end of the day.

Education

  • The Open University
    Design and Innovation
    2021 -
  • CIMA
    CIMA, Part Qualified
    2017 - 2019
  • Dudley College
    AAT
    2012 - 2014
  • King Edward VI College
    Accounts
    2009 - 2011

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