Head of Finance And Administration

• Sep 2022 - Present

Financial Controller

• Oct 2020 - Sep 2022

Finance Manager

• Apr 2019 - Oct 2020

Financial Accountant

• Aug 2016 - Apr 2019

Managed the US finance operations. Key tasks and responsibilities included: Complete and submit all month end reports such as AR/AP/working capital files. Organise weekly meetings with the sales and service teams to discuss current and future quarterly revenue and obtain commentary for month end reports. Produce and compare quarterly P&L forecasts against previous years with relevant and useful commentary. Calculate and manage all monthly accruals, prepayments and WIP journals Chase payments from customers via emails and calls, negotiate with them to resolve issues and provide a weekly update on the aged debtor report. Approve Sales quotes, verify profitability and ensure its in-line with the guidelines. Sales invoicing – Confirm what is to be invoiced with Sales and professional service managers, check invoices against contracts and POs from customers and send. Submit monthly and quarterly US Sales Tax returns. Purchase invoicing – Obtain invoices and statements from suppliers, resolve queries and code appropriately in the accounts. Collate all employees expense reports, ensuring all are approved with attached receipts before submitting for payment. Bank payments – Process bank payments and authorise payments for other entities. Complete monthly bank reconciliations for 4 different entities. Manage the Fixed Assets Register and input the monthly depreciation in accordance with Company policy. Write commentaries on operating expenses, providing sound judgement on variances. Working Capital management – Ensuring low bank balances and minimal AR. Calculate and send Intercompany invoices and cross-charges, resolves issues between entities, input correction journals and perform all Intercompany reconciliations. Calculate and manage FX differences with CAD, EUR, USD and ARG. Train new finance officers to current company policies and procedures

Financial Accountant

• Jul 2016 - Aug 2016

 Processed sales and purchase invoices into Sage Line 50 Applied month end adjustments including accruals and prepayments Completed systematic bank reconciliations Produced easily comprehensible reports for managers, enhanced the receivables and payables reporting, met targets and competently dealt with financial queries.  Processed sales and purchase invoices into Sage Line 50 Applied month end adjustments including accruals and prepayments Completed systematic bank reconciliations Produced easily comprehensible reports for managers, enhanced the receivables and payables reporting, met targets and competently dealt with financial queries.

Management Accountant

• May 2015 - Jul 2016

 Produced quarterly forecasts and led on budget planning meetings Created understandable and dependable reports for managers Scheduled meetings with 15 budget holders every month and provided them with a breakdown of spend and detailed variance analysis to ensure effective cost control Worked as a key part of the team to create accurate and reliable monthly management accounts Posted month-end adjustments and managed monthly accruals, prepayments and depreciation. I always made it a priority to meet the month end deadline Completed monthly balance sheet reconciliations and other systems reconciliations. This helped ensure the robustness of our accounts and made the year end audit simple Carried out the weekly payment run, keen eye for detail was highly essential Other tasks included raising sales and PO’s, submit national statistics and proficiently answer all finance related queries. Software used was Microsoft Dynamics Great Plains, Salesforce, Active-H, Pro-master and EDM• Improve processes using macros and various formulas in Excel and update procedure notes for others to use and follow