Experience

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  Volunteer services overseas

  • London, England, United Kingdom

  • Group Accountant

    • Jul 2021 - Present
    • London, England, United Kingdom
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  RAMBLERS

  • London, United Kingdom

  • Finance Transformation Manager

    • Jun 2019 - Jun 2021
    • London, United Kingdom

    Process mapping of key Finance processesFinancial reportingCashflow reporting and forecastsLead on Budget and forecasting including quarterly re-forecastingUpdate of Standing Financial Instructions, Scheme of Delegation and other policies such as expensesLead on month end, month end reporting and...

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  Victoria and Albert Museum

  • South Kensington, London

  • Senior Group Accountant

    • Nov 2018 - Jun 2019
    • South Kensington, London

    Grant In aid claims to DCMSCash flow forecastsSystem based financial controlsStatutory accounts for the V&A subsidiariesRecommendation for change

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  vinspired

  • London, United Kingdom

  • Financial Controller

    • Apr 2017 - Nov 2018
    • London, United Kingdom

    - Statutory statements up to audit- Financial accounts - Payroll- Financial controls and procedures

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  • Extended leave

    • Oct 2016 - Apr 2017

    Extended leave taken to tend to family issues

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  Excellent Development

  • Interim Financial Consultant

    • Mar 2016 - Sep 2016

    Job role: to appraise the charity’s statutory accounts, advise on and implement the required changes for FRS102.- Reviewed line-by-line the FRS102 and SORP requirements with regard to ED’s accounts.- Identified required changes and sought agreement with the trustees on how they were to be impleme...

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  NatCen Social Research

  • London, United Kingdom

  • Senior Financial Accountant

    • Aug 2015 - Mar 2016
    • London, United Kingdom

    Job role: to motivate the finance teams and ensure efficient day to day operation, during a time of upheaval within the organisation.- Prepared financial statements (SOFA, B/S and supporting notes) and external auditor schedules.- Liaised with external audit. Managed Accounts Payable and Accounts...

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  Breast Cancer Campaign

  • London, United Kingdom

  • Management/Systems Accountant

    • Sep 2014 - Jun 2015
    • London, United Kingdom

    Job role: to support the finance team to use a newly implemented system ‘Exchequer’.- Designed and produced monthly management reports for 20 budget/project code holders, departmental directors and senior management teams.- Trained finance staff in Exchequer.- Ensured project accounting records w...

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  Museum of London

  • Interim Systems Analyst

    • Nov 2008 - Sep 2014

    Job role: support the Audit and Risk committee, initially to document and map all financial processes and to review all financial controls, then to implement the controls identified in the initial review. Finally, to provide cover the Management accountant whilst on long-term sick-leave.- Compile...

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  London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham

  • Accountant

    • May 2007 - Nov 2008

    Job role: to produce and implement the Corporate Governance procedures for the new department of Resident Services within the Council.- Established the Departmental Scheme of Delegation from a top-level summary, which was incorporated into the Council Constitution, down to departmental managers a...

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  East Sussex County Council

  • Finance Manager

    • Feb 2007 - May 2007

    Job role: to provide treasury services (management accounting, budgeting and final accounts) for the newly established South Downs Joint Committee within the Transport and Environment (Finance) department.- Liaised with the Audit Commission on issues resulting from the 2005-06 audit.- Produced mo...

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  SOCA

  • Finance Manager

    • Jan 2006 - Jan 2007

    Job role: to implement the SUN accounting system. SC clearance required for this role.- Built a new SUN system using the requirements detailed from its pre-cursor organisation, including a Chart of Accounts, interfaces from sales and purchase ledger to the general ledger, and ‘T’ project codes.- ...

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  National Crime Squad

  • Interim Financial Accounts Manager

    • Jan 2002 - Dec 2005

    Job role: to cover the role of Financial Accounts Manager. SC clearance required for this role. (Specifically requested)- Managed the closure and production of the statutory accounts for the organisation for the year ended 31st March 2002 under Local Government Accounting rules and for the year e...

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  London Borough of Hackney

  • Interim Head of Finance/Financial Controller Social Services

    • Mar 2001 - Dec 2001

    Job role: to oversee, manage and challenge the operation of Hackney Social Services at a time of serious cut-backs within the borough.- Review of potential grant resources and existing grant claims to ensure maximisation of grant income.- Challenged expenditure policies to ensure efficient use of...

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  National Crime Squad

  • Interim Systems Accountant

    • Jan 2001 - Mar 2001

    Job role: to maintain the financial system for the central offices of the squad. Standard police clearance procedures were required for this role.- Trained as a system administrator on SUN- Processed invoices from police forces for use of police officers on squad business.

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  Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames

  • Interim Education and Leisure Finance Accountant

    • Oct 2000 - Dec 2000

    Job role: to prepare the budgets for the Education and Leisure Departments.- Liaised with budget holders to analyse each budget’s content and prepare the budget for the following year.- Advised service managers on best financial procedures and practices

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  London Borough of Lambeth

  • Interim Finance Manager

    • Oct 1999 - Oct 2000

    Job role: to setup the finance department at the newly established StreetScene business unit for street cleansing, refuse collection and disposal and recycling with a budget of £12m- Responsible for all financial issues relating to the operation of the unit and the management of six staff.- Broug...

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  London Borough of Hackney

  • Interim Finance Manager

    • Sep 1998 - Sep 1999

    Job role: to manage the business unit whilst in preparation for privatisation.- Reduced spend of a unit with a £2.5m deficit to a £750,000 deficit by the privatisation date.- Responsible for the management of five staff.

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  London Borough of Southwark

  • Interim System Consultant

    • May 1998 - Aug 1998

    Job role: to provide support on SAP interfaces (Specifically requested)- Finalised the structure of the key fields on the Accounts Payable feeder- Ensured correct interface controls were in place as well as general system testing.

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  London Borough of Islington

  • Interim Systems Team Manager

    • Sep 1997 - May 1998

    Job role: to implement a project to extend the useful life of LAFIS by using Monarch Report Writer to download transactional data into excel.- Identified and corrected issues between the posting of payroll from the payroll system to the ledger through reconciliations.- Successfully extended the u...

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  London Borough of Newham

  • Interim Financial Systems Manager

    • Jan 1997 - Sep 1997

    Job role: to manage the systems team which had recently been brought within the management remit of Finance having not been previously managed.- Brought the management of a team of eight staff into line with other Finance teams.- Instigated system improvements such as 'Automated Journals'...

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  London Borough of Camden

  • Interim Accountancy Consultant

    • Apr 1996 - Dec 1996

    Job role: to assist with accounts closure and final grants claims. Then moved to LAFIS Control section.- Ran monthly and weekly expenditure reports, downloaded into Supercalc, Excel or E Mail.- Report writing using ‘Querymaster’ and ’Merit’- Responsible for general system maintenance, for example...

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  Datatech Computer Software Ltd

  • Consultant

    • Jan 1995 - Mar 1996

    Job role: to provide training, services and support to external clients on Word, Excel and other desktop applications.- Provision of training to external clients- Production of the year-end accounts and returns for submission to the relevant government departments.

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  London Borough of Southwark

  • Interim Service Accountant

    • Sep 1994 - Dec 1994

    Job role: to cover for system team staff vacancies during the loading of budgets.- Amended the Access database which included the data downloads from Millennium to split into relevant service departmental files ready for upload into relevant management reports.- Responsible for the input into Mil...

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  • Maternity leave

    • Jan 1994 - Sep 1994
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  London Borough of Camden

  • Interim Financial Accountant

    • Dec 1993 - Dec 1993

    Job role: to develop PC systems to control their departmental budgets.- Introduced a system using their spreadsheet package MULTIPLAN to download budget against spend from the mainframe.

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  London Borough of Lambeth

  • Interim Accountant

    • Sep 1993 - Nov 1993

    Job role: to help the Finance team clear the backlog of work relating to multiple year ends.- Assisted in the reconciliation of final accounts for the years 1977 to 1993.

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  Cadbury Schweppes Plc

  • Interim Systems And Banking Manager

    • Jun 1993 - Aug 1993

    Job role: to cover for the Systems and Banking Manager who had been sacked. (Specifically requested)- This post involved the day-to-day administration of Millennium, including weekly and monthly payment runs, entering invoices for payment, raising manual cheques where applicable and dealing with ...

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  Umbrella Maintenance Services Limited

  • Interim Accountant

    • Mar 1993 - Apr 1993

    Job role: to reconcile the invoice payment system with DATAEASE.- Reconciled the two systems and raised invoices where required

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  Cadbury Schweppes Plc

  • Interim Accountant

    • Jan 1993 - Feb 1993

    Job role: to assist with the analysis and reconciliation of asset accounts and the production of working papers and schedules to support these final balances in final account format- Compiled asset account working papers and schedules- Ran the systems year end closure- Updated detail and auditor ...

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  • Permanent employment

    • Sep 1980 - Dec 1992

    1988 –1991, Senior Accountant/Systems Accountant, LB of Croydon.1984 –1991, Technical Accountant, LB of Merton.1980 – 1984, Trainee Accountant/Accountant, LB of Richmond.