Experience

Hewland

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

• Finance Coordinator

  • Jun 2020 - Present

  Role includes;• Working with the MD and departmental heads to prepare the annual budget.• Responsibility with the Finance Manager for month-end activities including balance sheet reconciliations, VAT returns, monthly reporting, journals and analysis and fixed asset accounting. • Responsibility with the Finance Manager for the annual statutory audit. • Project preparation, review and profitability analysis including Capex justifications.• Preparing in depth monthly reports analysing operational performance and highlighting areas for improvement. • Overseeing the transition to standardised costing. Show less

• Commercial Analyst

  • Sep 2017 - May 2020

  Role included:• Responsibility for preparing, evaluating and distributing reports daily for the senior-management team (including the weekly scorecard which highlights the status of departmental KPIs such as revenue to date, cash flow, and inventory movements).• Supporting month-end activities such as balance sheet reconciliations, VAT returns, monthly reporting, journals and analysis and fixed asset accounting. • Responsibility for preparing the yearly R&D Tax Credit submission.• Responsibility for claiming the Innovate UK innovation grant.• Assisting with preparing, monitoring and distributing the department budget reports (including undertaking monthly reviews).• Reviewing the current costing systems with the view of implementing standardised costing. • Supporting the annual audit.• Responsibility for the monitoring and reporting of inventory, this included managing the inventory adjustment process, scrap cost data and consignment stock. • Completed Internal QMS Auditor training. Show less

• Accounts Assistant

  • Jul 2015 - Sep 2017

  Role included:• Reviewing and carrying out the necessary actions relating to the accounts mailbox including processing supplier invoices and investigating invoicing queries. • Preparing sales & bank data for daily performance communication.• Posting of bank entries from bank statements. • Assisting with the accounts payable function including weekly payment runs, supplier queries and relevant reporting. • Assisting with credit control function and relevant reporting. • Responsibility for the ERP system month-end process. • Assisting with the preparation of the annual company budget, department budgets and quarterly forecasting. Show less

• Sales Assistant

  • Oct 2013 - Jul 2015

  Role included;• Processing customer purchase orders.• Liaising with the finance department regarding deposit management and customer queries.• Updating and managing customer expectations in relation to order status, payment requirements and shipment tracking. • Sourcing transport costs for customer orders. • Checking the accuracy of the sales invoices.• Maintaining a record of customer discounts.• Filing customer orders and shipping documents.