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Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Supervision, management and strategy setting of accounts and IT departments.Preparation of statutory accounts, monthly management accounts, KPI analysis and reporting for all group entities.Planning and preparation of annual budgets, forecasting and cash flow forecasting.Project manager for conversion of Partnership to Limited Liability PartnershipImprovement of standard of management accounts.Converted partnership statutory accounts to GAAP compliant.Setting up of… Show more Supervision, management and strategy setting of accounts and IT departments.Preparation of statutory accounts, monthly management accounts, KPI analysis and reporting for all group entities.Planning and preparation of annual budgets, forecasting and cash flow forecasting.Project manager for conversion of Partnership to Limited Liability PartnershipImprovement of standard of management accounts.Converted partnership statutory accounts to GAAP compliant.Setting up of accounting systems of newly created subsidiary companies.Negotiation of IT support contracts, utility agreements and equipment contracts.Set up of centralised IT infrastructure.Centralisation of Sales Ledger function.Company secretarial duties. Show less

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

Supervised preparation, reporting and analysis of consolidated group results.Preparation and review of group budgets and quarterly forecasts.Preparation of Board reports.Designed, built and implemented new financial reporting system.Redesigned data storage structure and management reports.Designed database for project accounting using Microsoft Access.Greatly reduced production time of month end reports and year end package.

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

Daily management and reporting of cash and borrowings.Optimised borrowing costs through use of derivatives.Arranged trade finance for foreign transactions.Arranged finance and foreign exchange forward cover for imports and exports.Supervised preparation and reporting of consolidated group results.Managed Head Office accounts department (6 staff; treasury, accounts preparation, purchase ledger – local and foreign payments).

Ba, Accountancy And Business Law

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