Experience

Whistler Grills Ltd

• United Kingdom
• Retail
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Finance Manager

  • Feb 2022 - Aug 2023

  Gloucester, England, United Kingdom • Overseeing all the financial aspects of the company. Given that the Managing Director had a sales background with little understanding of financial management. I poured my skills and experience into the transformation of the business so it not only was well-managed financially but can efficiently and effectively serve its retailers. IMPROVING RELATIONSHIPS WITH RETAILERS AND GETTING PAID FASTER • Introduced new ordering, inventory management and sales invoicing system (Cin7 Core /… Show more • Overseeing all the financial aspects of the company. Given that the Managing Director had a sales background with little understanding of financial management. I poured my skills and experience into the transformation of the business so it not only was well-managed financially but can efficiently and effectively serve its retailers. IMPROVING RELATIONSHIPS WITH RETAILERS AND GETTING PAID FASTER • Introduced new ordering, inventory management and sales invoicing system (Cin7 Core / Dear), a 2-month process that included absorption costing inventory we hadn’t been properly invoiced for, and absorbing costs that were recorded incompletely before I arrived. • Sorted out disputed invoices and credit-controlled retailers improving relationships. No retailers were alienated by the process. Now follow-up system is largely automated to save time. GENERAL MANAGEMENT • VAT returns • Setting up purchase ledger and paying before due date IMPROVING REPORTING AND DECISION MAKING • Financial Statements (to near complete, then sent to external accountant to complete) • Advising the Managing Director on all matters financial (who had no financial background) • Advanced Excel used for all sort of analysis and reporting e.g. pivot, graphs, slicers, XLOOKUPs • Reporting including sales, expenditure, inventory, budget tracking • Costing of inventory • Working towards management accounts. Already including general ledger adjustments, payroll journals, pre-payments, and some accruals. Show less



Various Interim Finance Roles

• Various Interim Finance Roles

  • Oct 2011 - Feb 2022

  Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom (Some, more detailed descriptions of the work can be seen below). Providing support at Accounts Assistant level and above for assignments in public and private sectors from SME sector to large global corporate businesses. Roles included several bank reconciliations (using Excel and various software), use of Excel including pivot tables and VLOOKUP., submission of VAT returns. Organizations worked for included Superdry, Gloucester City Council and Hartpury College Full history available upon… Show more (Some, more detailed descriptions of the work can be seen below). Providing support at Accounts Assistant level and above for assignments in public and private sectors from SME sector to large global corporate businesses. Roles included several bank reconciliations (using Excel and various software), use of Excel including pivot tables and VLOOKUP., submission of VAT returns. Organizations worked for included Superdry, Gloucester City Council and Hartpury College Full history available upon request. Sample project highlights include: • Hired by Superdry to complete a bank reconciliation of over 29,000 German credit card transactions. Extracted data from .pdf statements and codes on bank statements; used pivot tables, VLOOKUPs, data extraction and text functions Successfully completed the reconciliation in time for year-end reporting. • Experienced with VAT registered accounting including sales ledger, accounts payable, bank reconciliation, staff expenses, VAT returns, assisting with annual audit and credit control. • High volume, full service purchase ledger and expenses with 90+ new invoices going on a day. • Clerical management accounting tasks such as accruals, pre-payments and evidenced journals. • Systems skills to include advanced Excel (pivot tables, VLOOKUPs, data extraction and text functions); proficiency in Sage 50 and Sage 200 - having passed all 3 Sage 50 exams – and Agresso. • Regularly recruited into process improvement roles covering areas such as cash flow, variance analysis, analyzing and reconciling large data sets. • Other roles have included year-end support, performing bank and balance sheet reconciliations, income posting, self-billing and journals. • Have advised management on issues relating to accuracy / fraud, staff training, induction, IT support and effective systems including drafted welcome material for new purchase ledger staff. Show less



Norville

• United Kingdom
• Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Finance Manager

  • Nov 2021 - Jan 2022

  Gloucester Month end work including inter-company, pre-payments and accuals Analysis of inventory (with new challenging system to work with).



PANGOLIN EDITIONS LIMITED

• Assistant Accountant

  • Apr 2021 - May 2021

  Stroud, England, United Kingdom • Cut the time of one regular task from 30 minutes to about 5 minutes. • Proposed changes (that I could action) that would reduce month-end processing time. • Corrected more errors in an internal spreadsheet by adding another layout of analysis. Job ended due to an injury. • System improvement to reduce workload and improve communication. • Production of an extended payroll journal (with analysis), pre-payments, accruals, depreciation.



CCR Motor Co Ltd

• United Kingdom
• Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Assistant Accountant

  • Mar 2019 - Sep 2019

  Staverton, England, United Kingdom Staverton (through agency Bruckshaw) Four centres selling first and 2nd hand cars, doing MOTs and repairs. Hired to assist year end, and kept on due to my skills. From the Managing Director down the company wanted me to stay but there was only a major demotion available. • Building relationships across the company to receive better quality information • Improving systems in order to take on more tasks • Bank and balance sheet reconciliations • Posting of income, self-bulling… Show more Staverton (through agency Bruckshaw) Four centres selling first and 2nd hand cars, doing MOTs and repairs. Hired to assist year end, and kept on due to my skills. From the Managing Director down the company wanted me to stay but there was only a major demotion available. • Building relationships across the company to receive better quality information • Improving systems in order to take on more tasks • Bank and balance sheet reconciliations • Posting of income, self-bulling invoices and journals. Show less