Finance Manager

Education/Qualification

• Ongoing          City & Guilds – Property Investment and Strategies
• 1993    City University (London) – BSc. Economics / Accountancy Hons
• GCE `A’ Levels – Mathematics, Chemistry and Physics

Systems used

• Microsoft Word and Excel

• SAP Business One
• Sage Payroll, Sage 50, Sage 200 and Sage 200 (Construction)
• EQUE2 (Construction / Intime (Timesheet Management System)
• Twinfields / QuickBooks / Quick Books
• EDI / OB10 / Adobe PDF Editor

Career Summary

Current Employer – Car leasing company

Position – Finance Manager

Dates – July 2022 – Present

• Managing a team of 3 – including 2 Accounts payable and 1 Accounts receivable
• Management of Preparation of monthly management accounts
• Presentation of the Management accounts to Board and Board Packs
• Management of reconciliation of the balance sheet control accounts
• Month end duties, Accruals, Prepayments and other adjustments
• Management of the fixed asset register, setting depreciation schedules and reconciliations at period end
• Management and correcting periodic adjustments of prepayments, accrued expenses, depreciation, HP leases and other adjustments
• Management and development of finance team and creating monthly processes
• Management of the cashflow forecast and payments
• Business Analysis and reporting

Previous Employer – Recruitment Agency

Position – Head of Finance

Dates – December 2021 – June 2022

• Management of Preparation of monthly management and consolidated accounts
• Presentation of the Management accounts to Board and Board Packs
• Monthly reporting to the bank and Invoice Discounting Facility with the Consolidated
• Accounts and other monthly information
• Management of reconciliation of the balance sheet control accounts
• Management of the fixed asset register, setting depreciation schedules and reconciliations at period end
• Management and correcting periodic adjustments of prepayments, accrued expenses, depreciation, HP leases and other adjustments
• Management of invoice discounting facility (£5m) and month-end reconciliations
• Management and development of finance team and creating monthly processes
• Management of the cashflow forecast and payments
• Business Analysis and reporting
• Liaised with the Perm Sales and Temp Sales Managers to confirm monthly sales and monthly sales commissions
• Management of the daily and cashflow forecast produced by the Management Accountant in the team
• Management of the credit control team to ensure that the debtor days and debts are reduced and within acceptable parameters
• Advising Board Members on changes of direction required
• Completion and submission of the monthly VAT returns
• Liaising and discussions with the IT Support company for Systems change to SAGE and integration of Intime via the SAGE API
• Management of the Company Payroll via the external Payroll company and liaising with HR for new starters, leavers and payroll amendments
• Increased the cashflow in the company by amending the VAT returns to Monthly from
• Quarterly Concilium was in a refund position due to the nature of the business.
• Positive changes and processes within the Finance Department towards month end Accounts. Introduced Monthly deadlines and procedures
• Ensuring that the Balance sheet reconciliations are achieved on monthly basis for accurate reporting
• Managed a successful cash collection via the credit control team
• Introduced procedures for the Monthly Invoice Discounting reconciliations to produce accurate reconciliations
• Introduced better communications with the Company Accountants for a better working relationship
• Liaised with Santander Regional Directors for Invoice Discounting Facility for Concilium

Previous Employer – Scaffolding Services

Position – Financial Controller

Dates – May 2019 – November 2021

• Preparation of monthly management and consolidated accounts
• Presentation of the Management accounts to Board and Board Packs
• Monthly revenue reporting to the Managing, Financial, Operations and the Commercial
• Directors highlighting any projects which require a further attention
• Monthly reporting to the bank and Invoice Discounting Facility with the Consolidated
• Accounts and other monthly information
• Preparation for the year-end reports for Company Auditors
• Reconciliation of the balance sheet control accounts
• Managing fixed asset register, setting depreciation schedules and reconciliations at period end
• Periodic adjustments of prepayments, accrued expenses, depreciation, HP leases, stock and other adjustments
• Management of invoice discounting facility (£1.75m) and month-end reconciliations
• Management and development of finance team and creating monthly processes
• Management of the cashflow forecast and payments
• Business Analysis and reporting
• Liaised with the QS’s in updating the Applications Ledger and work in progress
• Liaised with the Commercial Director at the monthly close out meetings
• Project costing and P&L and ensuring that projects are within the budgeted targets using Eque2
• Worked alongside the Commercial Director and Managing Director on revenue forecast and debt control on projects
• Advised the Directors of various project costs and revenues
• Advised Board Members on changes of direction required
• Monthly debtor meetings with Credit controller and the Commercial Director ensuring that there are no overdue debts which need escalating.
• Completion of VAT returns
• Reconciliation of the labour spend with the internal reporting system, payroll and the P&L
• Reporting of the monthly labour spend to the Managing, Financial, Commercial and the Operations Directors to ensure that the labour spend corresponded to the revenue generated
• Implementation of the RCV (construction) process across the company
• Positive changes and processes within the Finance Department towards month end accounts
• Ensuring that the Balance sheet reconciliations are achieved on a monthly basis for accurate reporting
• Managed a successful cash collection drive to ensure that all projects were upto date in the cash collections and reduced the DSO. Worked with the Commercial Director and the Managing Director on this drive. Ensured that this cash collection drive continued and regularly monitored via the monthly debtor meetings
• All subcontractor/labour invoices approved after stringent checks
• Implementation of the RCV (construction) process across the company
• Positive changes and processes within the Finance Department towards month end accounts
• Ensured that the Balance sheet reconciliations are achieved on a monthly basis for  accurate reporting
• Managed a successful cash collection drive to ensure that all projects were up to date in the cash collections and reduced the DSO. Worked with the Commercial Director and the Managing Director on this drive. Ensured that this cash collection drive continued and regularly monitored via the monthly debtor meetings
• All subcontractor/labour invoices approved after stringent checks

Previous Employer – Construction Company

Position – Head of Finance

Dates – July 2018 – May 2019

• Preparation of monthly management accounts
• Presentation of the Management accounts to Board and Board Packs
• Monthly Management Meetings
• Preparation of yearly budgets, forecasts and cash flows
• Budgeting and Variance Analysis
• Preparation for the year-end reports for Company Auditors
• Reconciliation of the balance sheet control accounts
• Managed fixed asset register, setting depreciation schedules and reconciliations at
• period end
• Periodic adjustments of prepayments, accrued expenses, depreciation, HP leases,
• stock and other adjustments
• Completion of VAT returns, CIS monthly HMRC reporting
• Management of invoice discounting facility, trade loans and month-end
• reconciliations
• Management and development of finance team
• Liaised and working with accountant and auditor
• Business Analysis and Consulting for future developments
• Liaised with the Company Auditors, HMRC, bank auditors and any other external
• Negotiated with the Banks on competitive rates on invoicing discounts, and other loans
• Liaised with the Payroll company in relation with the tax coding matters and other pay matters including pensions. Preparing annual P11d details
• Assisted in the Inventory software, Inflow
• Trained current finance staff into processing monthly accounting and set up a process the month end accounting process
• Liaised with the QS in updating the Applications Ledger and work in progress
• Assisted the QS with the Valuations to ensure prompt payment certs and payments
• Project costing and P&L and ensuring that projects are within the budgeted targets
• Operational changes within the company in relation to the processes and costs
• Produced monthly board packs and recommending the senior management and Directors of the progress and areas of concern
• Advised the Directors and introduced external finance to generate predicted growth in sales for the forthcoming year(s)

June 2017 – June 2018 Career Break

Previous Employer – Charity

Position – Volunteer – Assistant Manager

Dates – March 2008 – December 2019

Previous Employer – Computer Hardware Company

Position – Various

Dates – October 1997– May 2017

Position – Financial Controller

Dates – October 2008– May 2017

Neil had various positions while with Boston Limited, such as HR Assistant Manager, H&S Manager, Logistics Manage. Finally, Financial Controller.

Position – Financial Controller, Operations and Logistics Manager

Dates – July 2005 – September 2008

Position – Finance Manager, Sales Admin Manager, Operation & Logistics Manager

Dates – April 2008 – June 2005

Position – Finance Team Supervisor

Dates – August 2000 – March 2004

Position – Sales Ledger, Purchase Ledger, Credit Control Supervisor

Dates – October 1998 – July 2000

Position – Finance Executive – Sales Ledger, Purchase Ledger

Dates – October 1997 – September 1998