Experience

Katharine House Hospice Stafford

• United Kingdom
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Finance Manager

  • Mar 2017 - Present

  Manager of finance team - covering all aspects of the finance function Responsibility for the production of Statutory accounts for the Hospice and its trading subsidiaries Production of regular management accounts and reports Streamlining processes to ensure efficiency in reporting Liaising with key stakeholders such as banks, auditors and investment brokers Reviewing and developing financial policies and procedures to enhance controls Lead budgeting and forecasting process Reporting and presenting financial information to Trustees on a regular basis Working with Executive and operations teams to review financial information Show less



Self Employed

• Staffordshire

• Accountant

  • Apr 2006 - Feb 2017

  Preparing financial statements and business plans, producing annual and monthly accounts and filing tax returns and providing tax advice. Preparing financial statements and business plans, producing annual and monthly accounts and filing tax returns and providing tax advice.



ASSA ABLOY Group

• Sweden
• Building Materials
• 700 & Above Employee

• Financial Controller

  • Apr 2000 - Mar 2006

  Production of the monthly management pack Calculating and monitoring sales rebates Analyse the impact of potential new products/markets Introduction of new control procedures regarding authorisation of expenditure Involvement in the product and pricing strategy Regular forecasting and budgeting with commercial managers and variance analysis Reconciliation between current and prior year Development of profit centre accounting and introduction of schedules using KPIs Assessment of capital appraisals and monitoring payback’s Design and implementation of Perpetual Inventory of Finish Goods Warehouse Supervising stock takes and reconciling results Show less



Barloworld Handling

• Automation Machinery Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Financial Accountant

  • Aug 1992 - Mar 2000

  Overseeing production of monthly management accounts and annual statutory accounts Involvement in annual forecasting and budgeting Preparation and review of balance sheet reconciliations Forecasting monthly cash flow Providing accounting information to trading managers and staff to assist the decision making process Provide advice, coaching and on the job training to relevant staff Overseeing production of monthly management accounts and annual statutory accounts Involvement in annual forecasting and budgeting Preparation and review of balance sheet reconciliations Forecasting monthly cash flow Providing accounting information to trading managers and staff to assist the decision making process Provide advice, coaching and on the job training to relevant staff



National Express LTD

• United Kingdom
• Truck Transportation
• 700 & Above Employee

• Accounts Assistant

  • Jul 1990 - Aug 1992

  Preparation of group engineering performance ratios and comments Reconciliation of monthly trading statements Checking initialised stock parts and stock valuations Balancing control accounts Interrogation of the nominal ledger system Preparation of group engineering performance ratios and comments Reconciliation of monthly trading statements Checking initialised stock parts and stock valuations Balancing control accounts Interrogation of the nominal ledger system