Experience

Fruition IT

• United Kingdom
• Staffing and Recruiting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Financial Controller

  • Dec 2021 - Present

• Management Accountant

  • May 2020 - Dec 2021



ilke Homes

• Construction
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Management Accountant

  • Jan 2019 - Apr 2020

  • Excel spreadsheet and system month end processes, such as; cost centre and GL corrections, month end postings, P&L result and balance sheet reconciliations• Creating and compiling KPI pack for CFO • Creating and driving the whole budget process and reviewing with CFO and board members• Creating brand WIP calculating spreadsheets to drive month end reporting• Implementing new accounting system (Dynamics 365) and creating month end process using the system• Training team members on the system• Completing monthly CIS submission• Completing monthly VAT submission• Adhoc tasks as requested by the financial controller and CFO• Assisting Financial Controller and team members and covering their absences



Kloeckner Metals - UK

• United Kingdom
• Mining
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Financial Planning and Analysis Accountant

  • Sep 2016 - Dec 2018

  • Month end processes, such as; system reconciliations, cost centre and GL corrections and balance sheet reconciliations• Reporting and analysing business types/machines profitability• Creating, compiling and distributing the internal financial result pack• Distributing P&L site review packs, attending and providing financial support in review meetings with site managers, transport manager and Operations Director• Driving the budget process and reviewing with senior management and Finance Director• Introducing standard costing and reviewing rates for standard costing• Implementing new systems such as PowerBI• Assisting FP&A manager, team members and covering absences

• Financial Control Accountant

  • Sep 2015 - Aug 2016

  • Month end processes, such as; journals, preparing trial balance files, reporting using BOFC and balance sheet reconciliations• Monthly internal VAT reporting, HMRC intrastat, EC sales reporting and quarterly HMRC VAT reporting• Preparing and completing statutory accounts for review• Investigating current issues and working towards resolving them• Overhead reviews with non-financial individuals• Compiling overhead budgets and reviewing with site managers• Innovating current procedures with in the team to streamline procedures and create more efficient spreadsheets with the available resources within excel



2 Sisters Food Group

• United Kingdom
• Food and Beverage Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Receivables Financing Accountant

  • Jun 2015 - Sep 2015

  • Creating the process mapping and process notes as it was a first time project• Liaising with bank to set up receivables project and go live• Setting up all relevant accounting requirements across a number of systems• Creating the relevant excel reporting tools required on a daily/monthly basis, such as; daily reconciliations, monthly balance sheet reconciliations• Day to day running of the processes, such as; inputting total daily invoice amounts, acknowledging receipts on the banking platform and creating receipt entries

• Assistant Financial Accountant

  • Dec 2013 - May 2015

  • Producing monthly reports, which include preparing the P&L, Balance Sheet and Cash Flow in Hyperion and reconciling back to SAP or site submissions• Preparation of balance sheet reconciliations. Resolving queries and reporting issues to Site Finance teams and Operations Finance Team Leader• Annual Budget Process and re-forecasts, co-ordinating preparation of balance sheet forecast. Entering monthly forecast/budget for P&L, balance sheet and cash flow in Hyperion• Preparation of weekly P&Ls, balance sheets and cash flows at a site and business unit level• Preparing statutory accounts, co-ordinating and preparing in Hyperion annual and quarterly statutory accounts schedules• Innovating current procedures with in the team to streamline procedures and create more efficient spreadsheets with the available resources within excel



Arcadia Group Ltd

• United Kingdom
• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• Property Assistant Accountant

  • Jan 2013 - Dec 2013

  • Producing monthly property division management accounts and providing support to the Property manager on producing the monthly management profit and loss for Property as a whole• Compiling and preparing recharges of rent, rates, service charges by store level on a monthly basis. Compiling and preparing recharges of proportioned depreciation, capital contribution, maintenance and insurance on a brand level, ensuring that Property as a whole comes to nil• Maintaining monthly reconciliations for recharge accounts, accruals and prepayments• Maintaining an advanced excel spreadsheet containing every properties rates annual liability and ensuring all payments are made for all properties, it is updated regularly to ensure the data is true at all times and not outdated, accruals and prepayments are driven out by formula and checked to be correct and rates refunds have been received and are up to date

• International Assistant Accountant

  • Oct 2009 - Dec 2012

  • Producing monthly International Bhs management accounts, including central, sales and margin review, adhoc shopfit reconciliations• Producing weekly Bhs debt summary for London finance and group finance. Liaising with London team and partners, to ensure and agree payments are received on time and input correctly• Maintaining monthly and weekly reconciliations for recharge accounts, to ensure costs received are fully recharged to Partners and any differences are flagged with the London team to quickly and efficiently resolve the differences• Assisting International Manager with adhoc duties and queries in a timely manner• Being a consistent point of contact for junior members of the team, to ensure knowledge is passed to them to help them with their duties• Covering members of the team in their absence• Monthly accounts tasks including running central, preparing and posting central accruals, preparing amortisation file and posting the monthly amortisation task• Weekly goldbook task• Sending out weekly invoices to the partners• Raising recharges to the partners



Kirk Newsholme Chartered Accountants & Business Advisors

• United Kingdom
• Accounting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Trainee Accountant

  • Jul 2007 - Oct 2009

  • Processing bookkeeping for a number of clients, ensuring all sales, cost of sales and expenses were accounted for• Working on year-end accounts for sole traders and small business for review by a manager and to then work through the review points to ensure correct financial statements were produced• Admin duties, such as filing, photocopying and creating letters • Processing bookkeeping for a number of clients, ensuring all sales, cost of sales and expenses were accounted for• Working on year-end accounts for sole traders and small business for review by a manager and to then work through the review points to ensure correct financial statements were produced• Admin duties, such as filing, photocopying and creating letters