Experience

Major Players | B Corp™

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

• Financial Controller

  • Nov 2016 - Present



Across the Pond | B Corp™

• United Kingdom
• Advertising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Financial Controller

  • Aug 2016 - Nov 2016

  * I have been tasked with implementing, updating and maintaining all the financial controls and systems within the business, identifying and recommending potential operational efficiencies and improvements to working practices and procedures. * Prepare and submit information to statutory authorities including HMRC and the bank. * Liaise with external advisors on the preparation of statutory financial information. * Review half year results and communicate them to the company’s bank manager as part of their banking terms and conditions. * Due to Across the Pond being a relatively small growing business Cash flow has been one of the most important responsibilities for my role. Forecasting accurately all income and outflows allows prompt and informed business decisions to be made with quickly and with accordance with business needs. * Monthly Prepare Payroll figures. * Creation of new starters employment contracts and termination contracts. * Preparation of Tax computations (VAT and corporation Tax). * Develop the forecasting models (P&L and Cashflow).



London Metal Exchange

• United Kingdom
• Financial Services
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Management Accountant

  • Jul 2015 - Jun 2016

  * Conduct month-end processes including journal postings, accruals and prepayments * Assisting the LME Management Accountant with the monthly Balance Sheet account and P&L reconciliations * Supporting the monthly Management Accounts preparation and analysis * Improving month end processes and controls in terms of efficiencies * Preparation and review of departmental P&L results to be reviewed by the LME Management Accountant * Support the preparation of annual budgets for the LME to be reviewed by the LME Management Accountant * Preparation of supporting schedules for the statutory reporting to HKEx Group on a quarterly basis * Prepare ad-hoc requests for analysis * Assist managers to achieve targets and objectives within budget * Undertake cross-training and provide support for accounts payable, accounts receivable and treasury functions? * Other ad-hoc duties to support the finance team, this will broaden as your knowledge and experience expands. * Ensure all relevant deadlines are met and any issues are escalated to manager in a timely manner



ITV

• United Kingdom
• Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
• 700 & Above Employee

• Production Accountant

  • Jan 2010 - Jul 2015

  *Monitoring the account’s assistant’s workload in preparing weekly cost report for Daybreak and Lorraine, ensuring that the highest quality work will be presented, I create the cost book for ITV Breakfast New *Preparing Monthly Accounts for ITV Breakfast – Consisting of reconciliation of monthly salaries and Studio costs. This includes inside out knowledge of all talents contracts, across the new Studio 3 contract and what extras it entails, Staffing Salaries both matching acting up payments to salaries and forecasting future payments *Gathering and analysing actual daily costs *Evaluate the difference between budgeted and actual costs *Continually formulating new system and process to help ease Production Managers workloads. Mainly aimed at any manual commitments or last minute spends that need to be captured from the overnight teams. *Creating, managing and forecasting ad-hoc features and ITV Breakfast News budgets *Budgeting, managing and forecasting ad-hoc features and ITV Breakfast News budgets *Weekly production meetings with production managers to report over/under forecasts and brainstorming where possible savings can be made in future features *Managing guest waiver payment procedures and queries. I have been involved in the constantly refining of procedures trying to find the optimum process to reduce workloads for everyone from Input/output to artist payments. *Monitoring and paying USA departments Budgets, spending and updating monthly forecasts *Controlling presenter’s wardrobe allowances and expenses *Managing the systems conversion from GMTV to ITV oracle, OBI (Oracle Business Intelligence) and iBusiness (User interface programme for Oracle) *First point of Contact for all ITV Breakfast invoice queries *Training of Current and New Employees on all ITV Systems *Oversaw the entire migration of the accounts function from x-chequer to Oracle



GMTV Limited

• Production Accountant

  • Nov 2009 - Jan 2010

  * Preparing Weekly Cost Report for GMTV and Lorraine Kelly * Gathering & Analysing ActualDaily Costs * Evaluate the difference between Budgeted and Actual costs * Creating & Managing Adhoc Feature's Budgets * Controlling Presenters Wardrobe Allowances and expenses. * Preparing Weekly Cost Report for GMTV and Lorraine Kelly * Gathering & Analysing ActualDaily Costs * Evaluate the difference between Budgeted and Actual costs * Creating & Managing Adhoc Feature's Budgets * Controlling Presenters Wardrobe Allowances and expenses.



GMTV

• United Kingdom
• Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Accounts Payable / Guest Relations and

  • Jan 2009 - Nov 2009

  *Handling account queries/client liaison *Creditors reconciliation’s *Creditors payments *Data capturing *Exchequer systems *Handling account queries/client liaison *Creditors reconciliation’s *Creditors payments *Data capturing *Exchequer systems



Reed Recruitment London

• Accounts Assistant

  • Mar 2008 - Dec 2008

  * Data Integrity * Handling Account Queries/Client liaison * Creditor Stock Costing * Creditors Reconciliation's * Creditors Payments * Data Capturing * DIDOS Systems * Data Integrity * Handling Account Queries/Client liaison * Creditor Stock Costing * Creditors Reconciliation's * Creditors Payments * Data Capturing * DIDOS Systems



Top Carpets Dolphin Coast

• Assistant Accounts Manager

  • Feb 2006 - Feb 2008

  Cash Book, Petty Cash * Invoicing / Debtors Control * Suppliers Invoicing / Creditors * Inventory / Stock Control * All Reconciliation's - Bank - Creditors Statements - Debtors * Monthly Management Accounts * Budgets Cash Book, Petty Cash * Invoicing / Debtors Control * Suppliers Invoicing / Creditors * Inventory / Stock Control * All Reconciliation's - Bank - Creditors Statements - Debtors * Monthly Management Accounts * Budgets