Alison Marsh Email & Phone Number

Bolton

I am the founder and Managing Director of Insight Business Solutions. A small team of experienced accountants in Bolton. Our goal is to offer insights into your business and to assist with financial growth.

Manchester, United Kingdom

Soreen are part of the Mc Cambridge Group and are a manufacturing company supplying morning goods to retailers. I started my role here as the Financial Controller and took a 6 month secondment for the Finance Directors role. My key responsibilities included:• Management of Finance Team. • Production of Monthly Management Accounts in a timely manner.• Preparation of Cashflow Forecasts.• Annual Budget.• Implementation of new financial management tool.• Weekly Reporting Pack including KPI’s and operational reports.• Weekly review with MD of KPI’s and Weekly P&L.• Preparation of all legal reporting i.e companies house information.• Monthly Board Report including commentary, dashboard and variance analysis.• Monthly review meetings with heads of departments.• Quarterly sales reviews with sales team to review margin and promotional analysis.• Management of Annual Audit.• Constant development of existing tools and processes to enable efficient support to the business.• Review of working capital on a monthly basis ensuring stock days, trade debtor days and trade creditor days are in line with budget and are being fully utilised.• Responsible for ensuring the preparation of day to day management/production reporting,• Analysis/trend work on various areas of the business.• Review of Monthly Balance Sheet Reconciliations.• Monthly Gross Margin Analysis.• VAT Returns.• Senior Management Monthly Payroll.• Review BOM’s and product Costings• Presenting financial information at Leadership meetings to Senior Management Team to enhance decision making.• Working alongside all departments within the organisation to provide support and accurate financial data.

Manchester, United Kingdom

Sport Media Group is a PLC are a Multimedia company publishing and providing digital content to mobile phone channels. As the Group Finance Manager I managed the finance department and also provided monthly management accounts for 8 Companies within the Group on a timely basis. Other responsibilities included:• Preparation of Latest Forecasts and Annual Business Plan.• Consolidation of Group Accounts.• Monthly Board Report including commentary on utilization and efficiencies.• Monthly review meetings with MD comparing actual to budget and future forecasting.• Support and Developed a Budgeting and Forecasting process.• Management of Annual Audit.• Completion of Statutory Accounts.• Constant development of existing tools and processes to enable efficient support to the business.• Review of inventory on a monthly basis.• Responsible for ensuring the preparation of day to day management/production reporting• Analysis/trend work on various areas of the business.• Preparation of Monthly Balance Sheet Reconciliations.• Gross Margin Analysis.• VAT Returns.• Cash Flow Forecasting.• Weekly KRI Reports.• Production of Annual Accounts. • Monthly Payroll.• Intercompany Reconciliations.• Management of costing new and existing products.• Provide Capital Investment Appraisal.• Provide support, guidance and direction to senior management team.• Key contact for the operations team advice for business development.• Collation of data and presentation to key personnel, to help aid decision making processes.

Manchester, United Kingdom

As a joint venture between Manchester City Council and Morrison Service Facilities Manchester Working regenerated the housing facilities within the Manchester area. As the Financial Controller my tasks included:• Management of Finance Team responsible for 9 members of staff.• Production of Monthly Management Accounts.• Production of Annual Accounts.• Monthly Balance Sheet Reconciliations.• Directors Board Pack Reports and commentary.• Financial Reports aiding monitoring of commercial and business activities.• Monthly CIS Returns.• VAT Returns.• Year End.• Dealing with Auditors.• Preparation of Budgets.• Cashflow Forecasting.• Management of Working Capital.• Fixed Asset Register.• Providing training for non Financial Managers on the importance of procedures and systems in running a smooth and effective business- something I have implemented• Improvements in the Finance processes and procedures.• Fast moving environment, high volume of invoices, pressurised position, working to tight deadlines.

Bolton, United Kingdom

Peter Hunts Bakery is part of the Lyndale Group, and they manufacture savouries for the retail market. In my role as the Management Accountant I prepared annual budgets and also assisted with the implementation of new systems. Other duties in this role included: • Production of Monthly Management Accounts using BPCS ERP System,• Cashflow Forecasting.• Preparation of Annual Budget.• Costing – all new costings, all product ranges, promotional costing, material variance analysis reporting, margin analysis, contribution analysis. • Bom maintenance. • Fixed Assets.• BS Reconciliations.• VAT returns.• Payroll monthly.• PAYE.• Profitability Analysis.• Financial Analysis of new initiatives.• Productivity Reporting.• Inventory Control.• Implementation of new procedures to both Financial and Non Financial aspects of the Business.• IDF Modelling.• Material Master, Vendor Management, Cost Set Roll Ups.• Operational Reporting - Waste Report, Manning Report, Overtime Report, Efficiencies/Productivity Reports.• Commercial Reporting – Gross Material Margin Report, PPV Report, Profitability Analysis.

Manchester, United Kingdom

Sonoco are an International packaging manufacturer and their Manchester site was the largest operation in Europe. My role was to run the day to day operations of the accounts department and produce the management accounts. Other responsibilities in my role included:• Consolidation of European division set of accounts• Responsible for the day to day running of the accounts department• Responsible for the supervision, recruitment and training of accounts staff• Management of Purchase Ledger, Sales Ledger, Payroll and Cashbooks• Preparation of sales price variance reports and product costing information• Implementation of scrap and spoilage saving initiatives and material price saving initiatives• Preparation of monthly reports and presentation to Senior Management Team• Budget Preparation and monthly forecasting including commentary/review of spend versus Budget• Responsible for presentation of productivity reports and plant performance to all employees• Maintenance of Fixed Assets Register• Completion of VAT and Intrastat returns • Reconciliation of intercompany accounts and multi-currency accounts• Supervision of monthly physical stock counts and calculation of consignment stocks• Facilities Management,(negotiation of contracts/overseeing functions),• Health and Safety Officer,(Office Staff),• Management of yearly external audit process• Report writing within Navision Accounts system • Quarterly and Yearly Tax supplements to Parent Company

Manchester, United Kingdom

Match Services Recruitment Group specialised in medical recruitment and had an annual turnover of 175m. As the Finance Manager my key responsibilities Included:• Supervision of 10 members of staff• Balance sheet analysis • Profit and Loss accounts preparations• Consolidation of 13 sites management accounts• Balance sheet reconciliation’s • Quarterly VAT returns • Cash flow reporting and analysis on a daily basis• Monthly Budget reporting and forecasting • Producing reports for Finance Director and IT Director in London• Holding regular meetings with all senior management • Dealing with monthly end and year end journals and cash books• Sales ledger analysis • Merging health care with nursing company • Responsible for staff appraisals and recruitment of new staff

Manchester, United Kingdom

Working in the Broadcast Finance Division in the Management Accounts Department, I was responsible for ITV Productions Shared Services Accounts. My key responsibilities included:• Using Oracle Applications and Excel I prepared the monthly accounts and management reports.• I analysed all costs out against departmental budgets and produced comprehensive breakdowns of all costs, and solutions for areas which are considerably overspending.• I liaised with Managers on a monthly basis to discuss their own departments expenditure.• I produced annual budgets through detailed costing activities.• I reconciled all accounts back to the nominal and produced accurate forecasts.