Alan Knape Email & Phone Number

England, United Kingdom

Daventry, Northamptonshire, Uk

- Management of Finance team- Production of Full Monthly Accounts- Producing year end accounts and liaising with external auditors- Preparation of forecast and budgets and presenting to board of directors- Prepare and develop business plan with general manager- Management and control of working capital- Management and keeping up to date stock costing system- Submit statutory reports to HMRC and Companies House- HR Management- Responsible for IT systems- Management of relationship of external stakeholders - Participate to ensure excellent standards of H&S are maintained- Contribute to management team to ensure continued growth.- Assisting with running finance for the GCP entities in Poland & Sweden.- Contributing to the set up of our new ERP system for the Construction Chemicals BU.

Daventry

Leading and developing the UK finance team Management of multi-currency financial accounting and liaison with external advisors Budgeting, forecasting and planning Reporting to global HQ and responding to group requests for information Development of systems and processes Preparing monthly & quarterly management accountsPreparing quarterly budgets and statutory financial statementsStock management within financial packagesOverseeing sales ledger/purchase ledgerIncreasing efficiencies and reducing costsReducing the carbon footprint of the company fleet Preparing and submitting quarterly VAT returnsProcessing payroll for UK and Ireland Being actively involved in the UK management team and influencing strategy

Northampton, United Kingdom

Whilst at Coba I was responsible for the finance function of the Coba group which covers; Coba Education (6 branches across the UK and the Middle East), Coba IT Consultants (three branches across the UK and Switzerland), Coba Resourcing and Fuse Collaboration Services. This involves preparation of monthly and yearly management accounts, preparation of yearly budgets and monthly analysis of budgets against actual performance. Monitoring and forecasting cash flow.Presentation of financial performance to the senior management team on a monthly basis.Liaising with auditors, HMRC and banks. Supervision of the day to day running of the finance department across the group.

Northampton, United Kingdom

Whilst at Fuse I was responsible for the finance function of the Coba group which covers; Coba Education (6 branches across the UK and the Middle East), Coba IT Consultants (three branches across the UK and Switzerland), Coba Resourcing and Fuse Collaboration Services. This involves preparation of monthly and yearly management accounts, preparation of yearly budgets and monthly analysis of budgets against actual performance. Monitoring and forecasting cash flow.Presentation of financial performance to the senior management team on a monthly basis.Liaising with auditors, HMRC and banks. Supervision of the day to day running of the finance department across the group.

Daventry, Northamptonshire

 Full responsibility for UK & Swiss Accounts Payable (AP)including; Supplier statement reconciliation Payment processing Expenses processing  Full responsibility for UK Accounts Receivable (AR) including; Credit control - maintaining a good collection record Cash receipts processing Daily cash book entry  Overseeing management of stock and setting appropriate stock holding levels. Preparing weekly management reports including Cash flows and Sales forecasts for the UK, German and Swiss offices and reporting to head office in USA. Preparing monthly management accounts including General Ledger account reconciliations at month-end (Banks, AR, AP, Inventory, accruals and prepayments) for the UK, German and Swiss offices and consolidating for submitting to head office in USA. Preparation of quarterly VAT returns and monthly EC Intrastat returns for the UK and Switzerland and monthly VAT returns for the German office. Assistance with annual budgets, year-end financial audit and tax returns for the UK, German and Swiss offices. Analysing pricing and calculating profitability on standard products, services and on projects.  Control of sundry office expenditure. Reviewing and amending financial processes when needed.

Wellingborough, Northamptonshire

 Keeping accurate accounting records using Sage line 50 and Orderwise costing software Processing purchase invoices, getting them approved for payment, reconciling statements with supplier accounts and passing invoices for payment when due Creating sales invoices, sending out regular statements, resolving customer queries, chasing payment and giving regular updates to the management team Updating and reconciling the cash books on a daily basis Updating and reconciling the sales financing on a daily basis and well as filing monthly returns Processing payroll (including payment of NI & PAYE) using Sage Payroll in the absence of the company accountant. Identifying cost saving opportunities and reporting findings to the management team Processing credit card and cash expenses and controlling petty cash Performing cost benefit analysis for projects and reporting the results to the management team Assisting in preparation for bank, sales financing and statutory audits Assisting with yearly budgets, sales targets and commission scheme Undertaking ad-hoc financial tasks as requested by the directors

Market Harborough, Leicestershire

 Keeping accurate accounting records using Sage line 50 and Sage Job Costing software Processing purchase invoices and creating sales invoices Uploading sales invoices to the factoring website and drawing down funds on a daily basis Preparing for and being the main point of contact for factoring, HMRC and statutory audits Manual cash book entry Reconciliation of supplier statements. Preparing payments via BACS and cheque Credit control  Processing payroll (including payment of NI & PAYE) using Sage Payroll  Processing credit card and cash expenses Preparation of monthly and yearly management reports Preparing, submitting & paying VAT returns Preparing and submitting EC sales reports and Intrastat returns Maintaining accurate personnel files  Controlling petty cash

Bachelor'S Degree, Business

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