Qualified by Experience Management Accountant

Education/Qualification

• CIMA Certificate Level
• AAT Level 2
• 1997 BSc Hons Environmental Biology 2:2 – Staffordshire University
• 1994 A Levels in General Studies, Maths and Biology -Bluecoat School
• 10 GCSEs achieved at grade A – B

Systems used

• Microsoft Word and Excel
• Oracle and Discoverer
• SAGE
• Opera
• Concur
• Inspyrus
• Salesforce
• Xero
• Tableau

Career Summary

Most Recent Employer – National Information Services

Position – Senior Accountant

Dates – 2022 – March 2025

• Worked within the Merchant Revenue Operations team supervising a team of 9 reconcilers
• Approved journals
• SOX testing
• Uploaded bank data, running reports and assigning tasks in Autorek
• Complex aged item investigation
• Resolution and stakeholder engagement Queries from Accounts Receivables, Collections, NAP payments, Treasury and FA
• Investigated credit rejections
• Audit queries
• MI reporting
• Ad hoc project work

Previous Employer – Bars and Venues Company

Position – Financial Controller

Dates – 2020 – 2022

• Responsible for overseeing and managing accounts function across four venue businesses and artist management
• Oversaw purchase ledger and in particular processing of purchase invoices and timely payment, preparing suppliers payment runs and processing bank transfers
• Processed of daily income reports from each venue, including bar takings, cash, and credit deposits
• Weekly and monthly bank reconciliations of all bank accounts
• Monthly management accounts for each venue and balance sheet reconciliations
• Quarterly VAT return, Machine Games Duty return, FEU return, PRS return
• Production of weekly cash flow movement and forecast for the owner
• Liaised with existing and new suppliers and negotiating contracts
• Checked and posted weekly and monthly payroll journals including reconciliations of PAYE, NI and Net Pay
• Prepared reports and reconciliations for auditors and assisting with year end
• Worked closely with general managers of the venues
• Delivered numerous ad hoc reports to support decision making process
• Month end nominal ledger journals and reconciliations
• Payroll submission to Wagemate
• Management and audit of debtors’ ledgers
• Produced the monthly P&L report
• Issued artist management contracts, invoicing, calculating commission due to Intention Management and processing payments to the artists

Previous Employer – Ticket Sale Company

Position – Finance Manager and Mental Health Champion

Dates – 2015 – 2020

• Managed 1 finance assistant
• Purchased Ledger management
• Raised POs in Salesforce
• Employee expense approval
• Petty cash management and reconciliation
• Payroll audit and action
• Production of monthly figures for Manchester Call Centre
• Arranged G4S collections for Box Office sites
• Ordered replacement gift cards
• Ticket stock count and reconciliation
• Production of weekly and monthly method of payment reports
• Audit and completion of customer refunds
• Rejected invoice audit
• Responded to finance related questions and queries via Customer Service
• Box Office Supervision
• Mental Health First Aid
• Live Well Ambassador

Previous Employer – Hotel

Position – Financial Controller

Dates – 2014 – 2015

• Managed 1 accounts assistant
• Credit card and cash reconciliations
• Bank reconciliations
• Month end journals including holiday accrual, general accruals, pre-payments
• Payroll submission to Regents Payroll
• Management and audit of debtors’ ledgers
• Purchase order control and management
• Produced the monthly P&L report
• Assisted with the weekly forecast and production of the weekly variance report
• Payroll forecast
• Any other reporting required

Previous Employer – Hotel

Position – Finance Manager

Dates – 2008 – 2014

• Managed 2 members of staff – 1 sales ledger clerk, 1 purchase ledger clerk
• Journal and purchase ledger posting SAGE accounts system
• Production of monthly accounts
• Event billing audits
• Bank reconciliation at both properties
• Management and audit of debtors’ ledgers
• Purchased order control and management
• Internal audits – credit card and cash reconciliations
• Budget production and management
• Produced reports and information as requested by senior management

Previous Employer – Hotel

Position – Accounts Manager

Dates – 2003 – 2008

• Sales Ledger, Purchase Ledger (all input and payment runs)
• Bank reconciliation
• Budget preparation and implementation
• Credit card and cash reconciliation, cash banking
• Purchase order authorisation
• Weekly revenue reporting
• Monthly revenue and F&B result reporting
• Production of monthly accounts and PBIT reports with narrative
• Production of reports and paperwork for stock taker
• Quarterly VAT return
• Auditing of procedures
• Petty cash reconciliation
• Nominal Ledger reconciliations