Management Accountant

Education/Qualification

• CIMA Part Qualified – self funded – P1 and F1 scheduled
• 2009     Chartered Accountancy (Foundation)
• 2005     University of the Punjab Lahore – B Com (IT) Equivalent to a Bachelor’s Degree
• 2003     High School – A Level Standard

Systems used

• Excel including Lookups / Pivots / Sums / Formulae
• Xero

• SAP / Oracle / Receipt Bank
• Quick Books 2010 and Quick Books Online
• VT Transaction Plus and VT Cash Book
• IRIS / My Business Works
• CRM Systems: Pabau, Zoho, SaaS Optics, Sales Force

Career Summary

Current Employer – British Company

Position – Management Accountant – Contract 

Dates – February 2025 – Present

• Led the month-end close process, ensuring timely and accurate P&L reporting
• Managed revenue allocations across business units in compliance with accounting standards
• Oversaw intercompany revenue management to ensure alignment and accuracy of internal transactions
• Handled COS (Cost of Sales) allocations to reflect true operational costs in financial reports
• Delivered detailed commentary on financial performance, highlighting key variances to support strategic decision-making
• Ensured accuracy of balance sheet reconciliations, including prepayments and accruals
• Owned statutory reporting including quarterly covenant certificates and national statistics submissions
• Managed internal controls, testing high- and medium-risk areas to mitigate financial risks
• Collaborated with FP&A for budgeting, forecasting, and cost centre reviews
• Supported Workday finance system improvements through regression testing and process enhancement

Previous Employer – Gym

Position – Management Accountant – Contract

Dates – July 2023 – January 2025

• Reports to the Head of Finance
• Assisting with Internal/External Audit
• Prepares and presents regular financial reports, including income statements, balance sheets, and cash flow statements
• Provides explanations for variances and key financial performance indicators
• Provides financial insights and analysis to support strategic decision-making
• Analyses revenue streams from different gym locations
• Managing Accrued/Deferred Income Schedules/Accruals/Prepayments Schedules on the balance sheet
• Preparation of Month End and various internal reports
• Processing invoices on Xero, posting journals/transactions, matching payments received to invoices

Reason for Leaving: End of Contract

Previous Employer – Analytics for Health  t/o circa £10m – data

Position – Management Accountant

Dates – March 2023 – May 2023

• Reported to the Financial Controller
• Assisted with Internal/External Audit
• Managed the AR Function (including SaaS Optics), building key relationships with Sales/Sales Admin to ensure all customers are invoiced and paid accurately and on time as per the agreed contracts
• Managed Accrued/Deferred Income Schedules on the balance sheet
• Managed Accruals/Prepayments Schedules on the balance sheet
• Prepared Quarterly VAT Submissions
• Reviewed the Bank Reconciliations  
• Assisted with Revenue Recognition
• Assisted with Intercompany transactions and general data analysis
• Assisted in the preparation of Month End and various internal reports
• Worked on Xero, posting journals/transactions, matching payments received to invoices and assisting the team with ad-hoc requests on the platform

Previous Employer – Mobile Company

Position – Consolidation Analyst

Dates – January 2023 – March 2023

• Assisted in the hard close, half year and year end audit providing full support to our auditors
• Assisted with the preparation of key monthly milestone reporting namely: D+3, D+6, cash-flow, and transmission reporting models
• Ensuring compliance to Sarbox controls related to consolidation, revenue and costs and maintaining the related Sarbox control documentation
• Assisted in periodic balance sheet reviews of entities to ensure IFRS compliance and adherence to internal accounting policies and controls
• Liaison with regional and country controllers and senior fiscal management to resolve issues
• Ensured compliance to group accounting policies and procedures
• Continually drove for process improvement/efficiency and identified areas for improvement

Previous Employer – Company

Position – Financial Process Controller

Dates – December 2021 – November 2022

• Involvement in the period-end close processes, providing oversight on the consolidation process, ownership of consolidation companies and journals, error handling and ensuring the businesses submit high quality information on time
• Supported the Group external audit process, preparing deliverables and responding to audit queries
• Central finance coordination for the Group’s operating model
• Coordination of month end finance timetables, processes, and controls
• Maintenance of Transfer Pricing for all intercompany trade routes
• Reviewed and coordinated activities with local finance teams to clear daily error checks
• Collaborated closely with a cross functional team in Accounting, Treasury and Tax and supporting with queries raised and adjustments required
• Reviewed transactional postings relating to the groups operating model as well as the preparation of monthly reconciliations to ensure the integrity and quality of numbers reported
• Assisted with the submission of data on reporting systems and the development of management reporting to be more dynamic and insightful
• Promoted and championed the group reporting model

Previous Employer – Global Consulting Firm

Position – Management Accountant

Dates – August 2021 – October 2021

• Responsible for transactional cover – receivables and payables end to end processing
• Bank and supplier reconciliations
• Low level debt chasing and reporting
• Posted journals, accruals, and prepayments
• Revenue recognition
• Assisted with production of month end packs
• Covered various team members BAU duties during projects
• Assisted Finance Manager in budget and reporting

Previous Employer – Start Up Luxury Spa

Position – Assistant Management Accountant

Dates – May 2018 – June 2020

• Developed, implemented, and monitored financial processes, automation, and systems to ensure sound financial control for the start-up business
• Built improved operational processes and support between Finance and Sales teams
• Responded to ad hoc queries from supplier, customers, and outsourced accountants
• Supported COO with experience building and leading Finance functions 
• Posted manual journals and expense processing
• Production of ad hoc management information and reconciliation of balance sheet accounts including bank accounts
• Imported and reconciled sales from CRM to accounting system
• Month-end (accruals, prepayments, posting adjustments, cash flow forecasting etc)
• Continuously improved and implemented new Finance processes and systems
• Setup of improved management accounting and longer-term financial planning, variance analysis and KPI tracking and analysis

Previous Employer – Luxury Spa

Position – Bookkeeper/Assistant Management Accountant

Dates – May 2018 – May 2020

• Responsible for co-ordination of financial and performance reporting
• Supported CFO in preparation of monthly management report, KPIs and supplementary ad-hoc reporting
• Utilised accounting information to support the management team to establish and execute business improvement opportunities and cost efficiencies
• Payment reconciliation reports for elite clients
• Imported and reconciled sales from CRM to accounting system
• Managed Bank Account, credit cards and Balance Sheet Reconciliations
• Budgeted, forecasting and variance analysis
• Posted manual journals, accruals, and prepayments
• Prepared and submitted 8 VAT returns without any supervision

Previous Employer – Translation and Interpreting

Position – Finance Assistant

Dates – May 2013 – June 2016

Previous Employer – Organisation

Position – Accounts Assistant

Dates – October 2012 – December 2012

Previous Employer – Organisation

Position – Accounts Assistant

Dates – September 2012 – October 2012