Management Accountant

Education/Qualification

• Currently studying CIMA – Advanced Diploma in Management Accounting
• 2018 MSc Masters Accountancy and Finance – Bolton University
• 2016 BA Hons 2:1 Accounting and Finance – Manchester Metropolitan University
• 2012 3 A Levels achieved in Law, Philosophy and Economics – Bolton Sixth Form College
• 2008 10 GCSEs achieved at grade A* – C including Maths and English – St James CE School

Systems used

• Microsoft Word and Excel – intermediate
• Oracle
• Sage
• SAP

Career Summary

Current Employer – Online Home Shop

Position -Senior Management Accountant

Dates – May 2024 – Present

• Prepare accurate and timely financial reports, including profit and loss statements, balance sheets, cash flow statements
• Involved in project work, this included integration between WHS systems and financial accounting systems
• Direct report for 2 Assistant Management Accountants
• Set clear objectives for both, conduct regular performance reviews, and provide training and development opportunities
• Act as a key business partner to the senior management team, providing financial insights and analysis to support decision-making and provide recommendations to improve profitability
• Developing KPI’s and improving the monthly board pack
• Prepare statutory reports as required and liaise with relevant auditors/accountants, including statutory accounts, corporation tax return and VAT returns
• Created a budget from the start, as the company had never had a bottom-up budget
• Working with department heads to develop their desired budgets

Previous Employer – Financial Management Platform

Position – Management Accountant

Dates – August 2022 – May 2024

• Responsible to produce the Group Management Accounts in accordance with strict timelines
• Managing purchase ledger and sales ledger
• Managed all VAT preparations and liaise with HMRC for all financial queries
• Assisting in the management of the budget and forecasting processes, working with business managers to tight deadlines
• Management and development of 2 Finance assistants. Both achieving their quarterly targets
• Attended weekly cashflow meetings to provide a financial update to the wider company and the board
• Involvement in ad hoc project work to ensure the continuous improvement of internal controls, finance transformation and processes across the finance department
• Manage external relationships with relevant entity professional service suppliers to ensure that they are operating effectively and provide the best value to the business
• Analysis of P&L and Balance Sheet accounts
• Review of monthly results with senior Finance representatives
• Business Partnering multiple stakeholders, including Board Members
• Produced statutory reports
• Acquisition integration accounting
• Prepared payroll from start to end for 70 members of staff

Previous Employer – Employment agencies 

Position – Assistant Management accountant

Dates – July 2021- August 2022

• Produce all monthly management accounts for 11 companies which are multicurrency
• Taken everything up to trial balance. For example, all day-day transactional posting to the correct dept/nominal code
• Maintained Fixed asset register/posted journal
• Maintained the monthly journals for the prepaids schedule and posted the expense Journals required
• Assist with the parent company Audit and the companies German & Dutch Audit
• Provide commentary on the Monthly management accounts
• Produce GP margin reports
• Produce P&L Reports for Directors monthly
• Produced B/S reports for the Parent AND Subsidiary companies
• Complete German and Dutch VAT returns monthly

Previous Employer – Service Provider

Position – Assistant Accountant/ Accounts Assistant, CMS Payments

Dates – November 2018 – June 2021

• Taken everything up to trial balance. For example, all day-day transactional posting to the correct dept/nominal code
• Accrued rev/Deferred revenue postings monthly
• Updated the Bad debt provisions schedule monthly
• Posted necessary Journal entries
• Maintained Fixed asset register/posted journal
• Maintained the monthly journals for the prepaids schedule and posted the expense Journals required
• Assisted with VAT preparations for multinational companies/currency
• Cashflow management
• Balance sheet account reconciliations
• Assisted with weekly/monthly reporting
• Reported on Finance position/KPI’s
• Attended weekly meetings to provide a financial update to the wider company and shareholders
• Assisted with the gathering of financial/company information for VDD
• Managed to whole credit control process from start to finish
• Managed the whole process of Sales ledger
• Created the invoice, posting to the correct revenue centre i.e., EUR, NAM, APAC
• Liaised with the company R’Ms on complex projects regarding revenue adjustments
• Prepared bank payments
• Assisted and prepared elements to the FY audit and interim audit. For example- Schedules for FAR, Prepaids, Deferred and Accrued revenue
• Bank statement and Rec request
• Reconciled multinational bank accounts on a weekly/monthly basis
• Created documentation of these in preparation for the FY audit
• Managed the whole purchase ledger process from start to finish
• Got approval on supplier invoices of the correct budget/central holder
• Coding invoices to the correct nominal/department (cost centre)
• Researched different accounting systems and Implemented INVU (purchase ledger systems) which improved the efficiency of the purchase ledger process

Previous Employer – Kitchens and Bathrooms shop

Position – Accountant Assistant

Dates – July 2018 – September 2018 (Temporary Role)

• Worked in a larger team of 12 but a smaller sub team of 4 reporting to the Transactions Accountant
• Responsible for daily Bank Reconciliations across 2 accounts – up to 40 transactions per day
• Reconciled Worldpay account daily – up to 30 transactions
• Downloaded the bank statements and allocate payments to correct accounts
• Reconciled cash transactions and allocate to Customer accounts daily
• Processed refunds through Worldpay, CHAPS or BACS on an ad hoc basis
• Responsible for processing Employee expenses weekly
• Reconciled the Staff Credit Cards Statements weekly
• Responsible for Petty Cash – logging sundry payments and posting to the ledger
• Prepared refund cheques for Customers and issued

Previous Employer – Salon Services

Position – Accountant Assistant

Dates – May 2017 – September 2017 (Summer Work)

• Spent time shadowing a Qualified Accountant assisting with the overall accounts for the business
• Responsible for processing and logging various accountancy transactions
• Liaised daily with Suppliers assisting with queries and escalating when necessary
• Assisted with the monthly Management Accounts – helping to prepare the Balance Sheet and Cash Flow reports
• Assisted with the preparation and submission of VAT returns

Previous Employer – Construction Company 

Position – Business Development Assistant 

Dates – May 2015 – September 2015 (Summer work)

• Secured contacts with new Companies – adding information to the database
• Responsible for managing new and existing accounts
• Generated new Business through online searching, cold calling, and face to face meetings
• Reviewed existing contracts and looking for growth opportunities
• Ensured that the Sales database is always up to date and accurate
• Implemented Sales and Marketing strategies and plans
• Ensured that correct procedures and practices are in place so that maximum efficiency is achieved
• Identified potential Clients and attempted contact
• Assisted in the recruitment process of hiring new Employees
• Assisted with invoicing and accounts (using SAGE)

Previous Employer – Supermarket

Position – Sales Supervisor  

Dates – April 2011 – 2015