Finance Manager
About Candidate
Education/Qualification
- January 2023 – ACCA Qualified
- 2014 Accounting and Financial Management – Sheffield Hallam University
- 2011 Mathematics, Mandarin and Business Studies – Hereford Sixth Form College
Systems used
- Microsoft Word and Excel – Including Vlookups and Pivot Tables
- Sage 50 / Sage 200
- MS SQL
- Xero
- Other in-house systems
Key Skills
- Languages: Fluent in Mandarin and English
Career Summary
Most Recent Employer – Distribution across Perfume and Cosmetics
Position – Finance Manager (FTC)
Dates – July 2024 – December 2024
- Reported to and worked closely with Directors across a range of Management and Financial Accounting tasks including:
- Preparation and submission of detailed Monthly Management Accounts
- Production of full Cashflow and rolling Forecasts
- Production of detailed sales templates for Management Accounts and ad hoc Reports
- Responsible for Stock Payment – Weekly / liaised internally
- Responsible for preparation of Weekly and Monthly Payroll
- Assisted with Audit Queries
Previous Employer – Property development and Investment Company
Position – Management Accountant (Contract)
Dates – January 2023 – July 2024
- Review and supervision work prepared by the 2 AMAs, support Month End
- close within set timelines, include:
- Production of full Management Accounts – including detailed Balance Sheet Reconciliations
- KPIs
- Variance Analysis
- Continuously review and improve processes within Finance team
- Supported Sales and Purchase Ledgers – up to and including Month End
- Responsible for Payroll and Payment runs
- Produced Year End consolidation and assisted with Statutory Accounts
- Participated in Management meetings
- Assisted and prepared Forecasts, Budgets and Cashflow
- Produced ad hoc reports with analysis and commentary to senior management, including COO, MD and Directors
- Prepared and submitted VAT returns
Previous Employer – Property Investment
Position – Management Accountant
Dates – March 2022 – January 2023
- Responsible for preparing full month end management accounts for at least 5 SPVs
- Helping to implement new system for the company, and using the new system
- Responsible for dealing with the Audit requests
- Producing varies reports
- Balance sheet reconciliations
Previous Employer – Media and Publishing Employer
Position – Management Accountant
Dates – February 2020 – March 2022
- Reported to the Finance Director – responsible for preparing full month end management accounts for E-commerce side of business
- Complete Profit and loss account, including posting Journals
- Prepared Variance analysis to Budget and reforecast with Budget holder
- Responsible for Balance sheet reconciliation/ reconciliation of sales
- Assisted Budget holder with the reforecasting
- Complete weekly reports and Forecasts, highlight potential issues and commentary, including Weekly forecasted P&L
- Quick dashboard view of the performance for previous week, including Sales, Stock, Analytics, and products
- Prepare Analysis of Costs, report to the heads about potential issues
- Updated detailed stock with Cashflow analysis
- Prepared VAT returns for EU monthly countries regarding new IOSS
- Managed and respond to Auditor requests
- Various analysis and reports for different departments heads
- Help on publishing side of the business
Previous Employer – Fashion Retailer
Position – Assistant Accountant – Management Accounts
Dates – February 2016 – January 2019
“UK-based fashion retailer and have offices in the UK and America”
- Based in the Management Accounts Team of six and reported to the Financial Reporting / Management Accounts Manager
- Responsible for registering, preparing, and submitting VAT returns for EU countries, which ensured timely registration to avoided penalties to the company
- Handled month-end duties, including accruals, prepayments, fixed asset register, general journal calculations and postings, and commentaries to ensure timely production of the management accounts within a tight deadline – was responsible for Carriage, Warehouse and Facilities
- Presented departmental analysis to relevant Heads of Department, to keep them updated on the costs and performance, also identifying any issues -built and maintained solid working relationships with Stakeholders at all levels
- Managed / Investigated stock Costings – reconciled the systems vs actual
- Reconciled various data, including balance sheet, income, and expense reconciliation- identified potential issues
- Produced varies weekly and monthly reports, to keep Management informed on certain areas to make sure they seem reasonable or investigating into them
Previous Employer – Information Technology and Services
Position – Administrator
Dates – April 2015 – January 2016
- Bookkeeping, with Quickbooks Online
- Translations (between English and Chinese)
- Assisted external Accountant (preparing accounts)
