Senior Accountant

• May 2022 - Present

Senior Management Accountant

• Oct 2018 - May 2022

● Analyse the margins and variance on income, cost of sales and overheads at product level. ● Analyse and explain variances at product level to the business managers. ● Manage the financial reporting and analysis of Wiley’s largest society partner at product level and consolidated. ● Support the Senior Finance Analyst with setting and monitoring budget and forecast for a main expense category, editorial plant. Assist with variance analysis and commentary. ● Design and re-design business and reporting processes to enhance accuracy, efficiency and transparency. ● Transition the new processes to junior colleagues, oversee and review the completion and provide support to improve their professional competency. ● Provide support and training on systems and processes including Excel, SAP, PowerBI, Power Automate and Alteryx. ● Complete the month-end close (prepayments & accruals IFRS and ASC606) of certain main expense and income lines of multiple companies. ● Complete the reconciliation of the related Balance Sheet accounts. ● Work with internal and external auditors on SOX control and substantive testing throughout the year and at fiscal year close. Show less

Assistant Management Accountant (HO)

• Dec 2017 - Oct 2018

● Reported finance and non-finance KPI weekly and monthly to the senior business partners and the Executive Team. ● Assisted the senior business partners with the budget and forecast preparation and monitoring, including variance analysis and commentary. ● Worked with the Home Managers to collect and share information for monitoring business performance and for internal benchmarking. ● Completed the accurate monthly management accounts of 32 care homes to very tight deadlines. ● Contributed to the development of automated reporting processes at home and consolidated level and worked with large volumes of incomplete and inaccurate data. Show less

Finance Officer

• Dec 2016 - Dec 2017

• Assisted with the timely completion of the accurate monthly management accounts for the parent company, reconciled the balance sheet accounts, composed detailed P&L reports with commentary on the variances. • Prepared and processed general ledger journals, including intercompany transactions, accruals, prepayments and depreciation. • Comprehensive transactional accounting, organised and submitted supplier payment runs, reconciled the bank and assist with the filing. • Contributed to the development of the accounting and financial control processes in liaison with the various departments. • Successful transition of the financial records from QuickBooks to WCBS PASS ERP. Show less

Finance Manager

• Sep 2015 - Nov 2016

● Supported the Managing Director with detailed analysis of sales and revenue, product performance, personnel productivity and pricing to deliver effective business partnering.● Assisted with budget and forecast preparation and monitoring, including variance analysis and detailed insights.● Managed and oversaw accounting and reporting initiatives of daily financial operations, including administration of sales ledger and purchase ledger entries, chart of accounts, payment processing, multi-currency transactions and bank reconciliation.● Prepared and executed the composition of quarterly VAT returns, annual statements, accounting accruals and prepayments, accounts reconciliation, cheque, BACS and SWIFT payments.● Served as a key point of contact for account management, liaising with customers and suppliers to arrange payments and services to rectify delinquencies. Show less

Finance and after-sales support administrator

• Jul 2014 - Aug 2015

All-round financial and management accounting assistance (except payroll preparation) and sales administration

Finance / HR Assistant

• May 2009 - Oct 2010

Purchasing, invoicing, petty cash and other cash purchases, maintaining purchases subsidiary ledgers, providing financial reports to the management, preparing financial informations for double entry bookkeeping, registering casual workforce, preparing informations for payroll, inventory management and control etc. Purchasing, invoicing, petty cash and other cash purchases, maintaining purchases subsidiary ledgers, providing financial reports to the management, preparing financial informations for double entry bookkeeping, registering casual workforce, preparing informations for payroll, inventory management and control etc.

Finance / Sales Assistant

• Sep 2005 - Apr 2009

Invoicing, maintaining purchases and sales subsidiary ledgers, providing financial reports to the management, inventory management etc. Invoicing, maintaining purchases and sales subsidiary ledgers, providing financial reports to the management, inventory management etc.