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City Of London, England, United Kingdom

• Extensive testing of a deferred revenue recognition dataset of c4k entries against NetSuite to confirm the revenue accounting for the residual ageing candidates was correctly deferred/recognized from Lockdown onwards; also confirmed the correct accounting period for the deferred revenue based on any exceptions given, giving comfortability of the CFA’s Balance sheet.• Created project memos to summarise the results for each of the 3 deferred revenue recognition projects summarising analysis… Show more • Extensive testing of a deferred revenue recognition dataset of c4k entries against NetSuite to confirm the revenue accounting for the residual ageing candidates was correctly deferred/recognized from Lockdown onwards; also confirmed the correct accounting period for the deferred revenue based on any exceptions given, giving comfortability of the CFA’s Balance sheet.• Created project memos to summarise the results for each of the 3 deferred revenue recognition projects summarising analysis and recommendations to the Head/CFO.• Actioned an Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Pricing exceptions data reconciliation project testing data quality of NSAW data by reconciling to NetSuite, for a new report to be used by the revenue team as part of their monthend process.• Assisted the Revenue Manager with any adhoc projects, as and when they arise, e.g. unbilled revenue project. • Collaborating extensively with the Revenue Manager to create documentation on key monthend processes: CFA Grades Release, month-end revenue journals, ESG Grades Release, etc. to document the process for new hires. Show less

Lancing, England, United Kingdom

London, England, United Kingdom

Mitie, a top FTSE250 Facilities Management organisation is prolifically acquiring businesses into their portfolio. The current projects included the expansion of their Energy Division, with the acquisition of a solar panel and EV charging company. Brought in last minute to work closely with the Integration Finance Director, to ensure delivery of the business migrations onto SAP and Coupa made its tight October deadline.• Engaged in data transformation by data cleansing… Show more Mitie, a top FTSE250 Facilities Management organisation is prolifically acquiring businesses into their portfolio. The current projects included the expansion of their Energy Division, with the acquisition of a solar panel and EV charging company. Brought in last minute to work closely with the Integration Finance Director, to ensure delivery of the business migrations onto SAP and Coupa made its tight October deadline.• Engaged in data transformation by data cleansing, validating, and populating master data templates to ensure accurate and high-quality data for migration. • Extensively collaborated with the business data owners to validate and secure approval for transformed data while maintaining its integrity. • Collaborated with Functional Consultants and Data Teams to verify data accuracy and troubleshoot errors, contributing to the successful migration. • Monitored and reported on data quality, profiling, and cleanse activities, ensuring compliance with established standards. • Reviewed and approved General Ledger (GL) balance/GL Open items/Fixed Asset (FA)/ migration templates with legacy data for the weekend migration. Show less

London, England, United Kingdom

Beauty Pie is a venture capital (VC) backed 7-year-old online beauty start-up that is growing rapidly in a highly competitive market.Focus on the Finance and NetSuite teams to action gap analysis and create solutions, jump-starting numerous projects to strengthen and streamline the team structures, processes and business partnering.

Gatwick, England, United Kingdom

Lead financial representative on the Thomas Cook Repatriation project on the flight side.Enabled clear monitoring and management of the running fund/budget expenditure with regular reporting updates to key stakeholders: CAA Management, external auditors, ATOL Air Travel Trust (ATT) auditors, Department for Transport (DfT), insurers and the official receiver.Ensured all figures were correctly substantiated for audit purposes, working closely with the Head of the ATT (ATOL project… Show more Lead financial representative on the Thomas Cook Repatriation project on the flight side.Enabled clear monitoring and management of the running fund/budget expenditure with regular reporting updates to key stakeholders: CAA Management, external auditors, ATOL Air Travel Trust (ATT) auditors, Department for Transport (DfT), insurers and the official receiver.Ensured all figures were correctly substantiated for audit purposes, working closely with the Head of the ATT (ATOL project lead), finance and business colleagues. Pro-actively worked with suppliers to ensure the project’s expenditure crystallised sooner to expedite project closure.Delivered over USD 200k project savings by setting up a self-initiated review of all airline charges with the Head of Crisis Management and aviation experts, Flight Directors. Show less

• Two major refurbishment projects during planned career break (2018 - 2019).• Yoga Teacher Training (YTT) 200-hour course (Sept 2017 - July 2018).• Regular volunteer at school fund raising events.

Leatherhead

The Exploration Controllers’ team support the Exploration Business in their research to find potential oil & gas opportunities in the European region. Working with the Houston home office, this global team covered all aspects of month-end & quarter-end preparation, Financial Reporting, Business support & analysis and extensive UAT testing.

Bank, London

Management Accountant in the Management Information and Cost Control team responsible for producing accurate and reliable MI reporting and analysis.This broad role covered all aspects of month-end processing ranging from MI Reporting, month-end account preparation and signoff, payments processing, UAT testing and streamlining processes.High level, responsibilities included:• Prepared the Asia Regional and location Performance Reports.• Reviewed and maintained the Hong Kong cost… Show more Management Accountant in the Management Information and Cost Control team responsible for producing accurate and reliable MI reporting and analysis.This broad role covered all aspects of month-end processing ranging from MI Reporting, month-end account preparation and signoff, payments processing, UAT testing and streamlining processes.High level, responsibilities included:• Prepared the Asia Regional and location Performance Reports.• Reviewed and maintained the Hong Kong cost P&L.• Initiated the monthly allocation process for Hong Kong and Singapore. • Booked and reconciled the monthly London loan Provisions process.• Managed the monthly London Revenue reconciliation between Business Area Control and the ledger.• Signed off Hong Kong Balance sheet substantiation.• Produced Balance sheet analysis for VTB Capital Holding.• Assisted with the general ledger administration duties, as and when needed.• Assisted with system and process enhancement and development projects.• Worked closely with the wider Finance team and other departments to resolve any issues that arose. • Successful Singapore trip to offshore the Asia reporting piece, providing process documentation and knowledge transfer.• Created and centralised month-end process procedures, to ensure smooth transition between staff rotation. • Led the Hong Kong SWIFT payments testing to ensure the Asia office fulfilled external requirements requested by the intermediary bank. Show less

London, United Kingdom

Test analyst in Regional Controlling & Accounting (RCA) Change the Bank (CTB) team. The team supported the RCA primary deliverables of accurate and timely financial and regulatory reporting to both Head Office and locally.• Developed test plans that validated the stakeholder requirements had successfully been implemented prior to deployment in the General Ledger during the monthly/quarterly UAT releases.• Supported ad-hoc and specific projects including new business initiatives… Show more Test analyst in Regional Controlling & Accounting (RCA) Change the Bank (CTB) team. The team supported the RCA primary deliverables of accurate and timely financial and regulatory reporting to both Head Office and locally.• Developed test plans that validated the stakeholder requirements had successfully been implemented prior to deployment in the General Ledger during the monthly/quarterly UAT releases.• Supported ad-hoc and specific projects including new business initiatives, system migration, various regulatory requirements, ensuring compliance with new accounting standards/reporting requirements for the Group/UK regulators.• Presented the test results at the post-implementation reviews to the RCA/Regulatory audience.• Supported the Liquidity & Funding team in the weekly FSA047/48 submission, holiday cover and issues resolution outside the planned releases.• Streamlined and documented processes to knowledge share. Show less

London, United Kingdom

Managed the London based expenses team within Corporate Finance Business Unit Control facing off to Corporate Finance Business, known at UBS as Investment Banking Department (IBD). Part of a Global team hubbed in London, NY, and HK specialising in expense/revenue reporting to support the Business in managing their cost base and maximise client expense recovery Responsible for the global expense reporting and analysis, including the preparation, review and signoff of the Corporate… Show more Managed the London based expenses team within Corporate Finance Business Unit Control facing off to Corporate Finance Business, known at UBS as Investment Banking Department (IBD). Part of a Global team hubbed in London, NY, and HK specialising in expense/revenue reporting to support the Business in managing their cost base and maximise client expense recovery Responsible for the global expense reporting and analysis, including the preparation, review and signoff of the Corporate Finance Global P&L.• Generated the extensive monthly/quarterly reporting packs for the Operating Committee and related stakeholders; actioning adhoc reporting when required.• Oversaw the London cost sign off process, ensuring costs were correctly reflected in the London P&L.• Managed, developed and trained my team and colleagues globally.• Led and contributed to systems testing and rollouts, plus a number of offshoring initiatives. Show less

London, United Kingdom

London expense controller for the UK Corporate Finance Division responsible for all the monthly London financial reporting and analysis.• Sole responsibility for the collation, analysis and review of the London monthend P&L before regional signoff. • Managed monthend processes in preparation towards the monthend London P&L, including preparing the accruals/prepayments, risk analysis of the London cost centres for unallocated Travel & Entertainment and professional fees.•… Show more London expense controller for the UK Corporate Finance Division responsible for all the monthly London financial reporting and analysis.• Sole responsibility for the collation, analysis and review of the London monthend P&L before regional signoff. • Managed monthend processes in preparation towards the monthend London P&L, including preparing the accruals/prepayments, risk analysis of the London cost centres for unallocated Travel & Entertainment and professional fees.• Regularly liaised with the Global Corporate Finance BUC, other Financial reporting areas and Legal to ensure the integrity of the accounts.• Actioned European system data reconciliations to ensure data integrity. • Collated and signed off the balance sheet in SAP in accordance with SOX.• Worked extensively with Legal to improve the recharge of Legal invoices to the relevant projects, increasing IBD’s expenses recoverability. Show less

London, United Kingdom

Managed and controlled the London Corporate Finance bankers project expenses to improve client expense recoverability. Provided a timely and accurate service to the Business and other regional offices.• Central expense contact for the London IBD Business to request transfers, balance write-offs, project balances and adhoc queries. Regularly liased with various BUC contacts to improve the project booking process.• Responsible for various monthend processes including IBD’s project expense… Show more Managed and controlled the London Corporate Finance bankers project expenses to improve client expense recoverability. Provided a timely and accurate service to the Business and other regional offices.• Central expense contact for the London IBD Business to request transfers, balance write-offs, project balances and adhoc queries. Regularly liased with various BUC contacts to improve the project booking process.• Responsible for various monthend processes including IBD’s project expense provisions, Intercompany invoicing process and creation of monthly Balance sheet pack for SOX signoff.• Generated various monthly/quarterly reports to support the Business and associated support areas (the Presentation and Information Centres) including weekly sapstatic report to improve project recharges.• Initiated, minuted and regularly led the quarterly Global IBD Expense Forum, actively taking part in discussions.• Actioned quarterly London system reconciliations to ensure data integrity.• Worked extensively with the London Revenue IBD Equity Capital Markets Group (ECMG) Controller to streamline and clarify the ECM Cleardown process.• Contributed in systems testing and rollouts. Show less

Bsc (Hons) Biomedical Sciences

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