Assistant Management Accountant

Education/Qualification

• 2022    Nelson and Colne College – AAT Level 3 and Level 4 | Professional Accounting or Taxation Technician Apprenticeship Level 4
• 2018    Nelson and Colne College – A Levels Achieved
• 2016    Colne Primet Academy – 11 GCSEs Achieved – Including Mathematics and English

Systems used

• Microsoft Word and Excel – Intermediate
• Sage 50
• SAP
• Internal systems

Career Summary

Current Employer – Manufacturer of high-quality rubber compounds – (t/o – £51.32 million)

Position – Assistant Management Accountant

Dates – June 2023 – Present

• Working in a team of 5 – reports to the Financial Director
• Processing weekly sales, providing commentary on variances from actual to budget and forecast
• Helped assist with the merge of 3 sites into 1, within the business
• Profit centre analysis on monthly sales, analysing sales by production centres in detail to support reporting on the overall sales margin
• Assisting in the preparation of monthly Management Accounts, reviewing capital and expense accounts ensuring appropriate controls are in place. Posting relevant accruals and prepayments
• Updating inventory valuation bi-monthly using a standard cost system
• Supporting the annual statutory audit process. More recently taking ownership of certain aspects of the audit submission, for example sales transactional processing and capital commitments
• Reconciles capital figures for the business
• Uses Excel to create spreadsheets, collate reports and review all financial figures
• Ownership of the customer recharge schedule
• Implementing and managing a new Cycle To Work scheme for employees, communicating with different stakeholders to ensure all information is presented accurately. By then creating a process that ensures an employee’s application meets all the requirements detailed in the Cycle To Work scheme policy document
• Measuring weekly and monthly KPIs

Previous Employer – Global distributor of water analysis instrumentation solutions – (t/o between £1 million – £10 million)

Position – Accounts Administrator

Dates – September 2018 – May 2023

• Worked in a team of 5 – reported to the Managing Director
• Processed all month-end procedures including nominal journals and prepared the Trial Balance, Profit and Loss and Balance Sheet using Sage 50 Accounts
• Line Manager to two members of staff within the department, whilst also advising on key business decisions through the management advisory group
• Bookkeeping duties covering both sales and purchase ledgers
• Monthly bank reconciliations for multiple currencies
• Processed payroll for all company employees
• Oversaw the purchasing department and leading supplier meetings
• Credit control management for Process Instruments UK and its subsidiary
• Month-end analysis and reporting, presenting the monthly Profit and Loss Statement to senior management

Key achievements:

• Implemented a new credit control procedure, which reduced the company’s outstanding debtors by over 80% within the first six months
• Provided financial data/reports for our application to the Queen’s Awards, which contributed to us winning two Queen’s Awards
• Managed and implemented a new expense system, which allowed all employees within the business to have a company card and have their expenses authorised by the relevant manager

Previous Employer – Supermarket Chain

Position – Retail Assistant

Dates – March 2018 – February 2020