Support Finance and Commercial Manager• To assist the Finance Manager in planning and reporting for the business unit and perform analyses as required to support good understanding of the businesses profit and loss and balance sheet • To produce monthly management reports, including update on cost of sale, revenue, manpower utilisation, EBIT and balance sheet items. • To prepare monthly forecasts, including liquidity planning, and variance analysis. • To prepare annual budgets for P&L and balance sheet. • Ensuring that all records are maintained to an auditable standard. • Carry out month end tasks including the raising journals, accruals and prepayments and ensure correct project margins being shown in SAP. • Provide monthly analysis of WBS and cost centres to ensure correct cost allocation. • Raise purchase orders and invoice approval. • Prepare monthly invoices for customer products, projects and services.

Responsible for assisting the financial management of project delivery within the Croydon Project Portfolio. FDM turnover of approx. £ 9 m.• Project Forecasting and Reporting - review and analyse project actual and forecast spend to support the financial control and forecasting• Maintain for each project the P&L, balance sheet, order book and cashflow• Working with other parts of the project team as necessary eg Commercial function, prepare project reporting to the client where required• Ensure all project reports and forecasts are submitted to Central Finance on time, accurate, and are understood and approved• Calculate and amend, where necessary, project accruals related to internal and agency staff, materials, expenses and major subcontractors• Ensure the correct trading margin and verify the traded position• Provide commentary on traded position and financial status/movement where necessary• Support the setup, submission and processing of Payment Applications, Certificates and Invoices, including all postings to the ledger• Maintenance of the project within the SPIRIDON Project Ledger• Support ad hoc activities and projects where required

Support the Framework Accountant as well as Commercial Teams for projects with turnover of approx. £ 160 m.• Producing monthly reports • Attendance of internal project reviews to ensure the accuracy and evaluation of project risks and forecasts• Ensure accurate and timely billing of costs to the client including management and collection of aged debts • Ensure cash forecasts are robustly prepared and accurately reported.• Work with commercial teams to minimise the WIP position and achieve cash collection targets• Oversee and maintain accurate plant, material and subcontract ledgers including timely invoice processing and supplier reconciliations• Provide governance around the project delegated authority process to ensure compliance at all times and provision of controls to eliminate non-conforming authorisations, purchases and retrospective purchase orders• Ensure all costs are accurately accrued within E1 in time for period close• Maintain accurate records of time bookings to projects ensuring robust timesheet and cost allocations• Provide accurate Staff costs, including allocations of individual on-costs in relation to It, Company Vehicles, Company Mobile Phones, training charges etc• Expenses management covering processing and compliance to company policies• Balance Sheet reconciliation and input into the CLR• Participating in implementation of cost reports• Assistance to project teams and company for Audits• Line manager to four people

Support the Business Controller as well as lead Project Accountant for two Private Finance Initiative’s for Ministry of Defence with approx. turnover of £ 8 m.• Preparation of Budgets and Forecasts• Preparation of monthly Profit and Loss Statements• Provide accurate and current Cash Flow Statements• Entering accruals and other monthly journals as well as transacting revenue recognition• Working to tight deadlines ensuring integrity and consistency of data entered into the corporate reporting tool (SAP Magnitude)• Balance Sheet reconciliation• Preparation VAT returns for submission to HMRC• Liaising with Project Managers analysing the incurred and forecast costs, identifying deviations to budget• Annually external audit support• Assist in the maintenance and development of ICQ’s• Preparation of statutory accounts• Preparation of the tax pack• Assist with reporting to other stakeholders outside of Thales

Provide Commercial and Finance support to the Operational departments of HVMS. Reviewing financial performance across a diverse range of Engineering projects (c. 1000 live projects) and programmes. • Presented financial information at business reviews with departmental heads• Reported sales, margin and cash, including department analysis against budget• Provided project finance support on projects of up to £10m turnover• Enabled project managers have full visibility to achieve control of margin targets through robust reviews• Acted as key interface between project managers and other business functions• Developed project reporting to meet the need of the business (Cost Report, Outstanding Purchase Order and Cost Accrual Report, Sales Report) as well as closing jobs procedure• Journals postings• Participated in the annual budget cycle and the quarterly forecast process

Supporting Project Managers to understand the financial performance of their projects (value up to c. £50m), currently looking after 30 projects and Training School billing• setting up new project in the financial system• high volume, complex invoicing, including liaising with Project Managers to ensure completeness• staff allocation to projects and correction of time bookings errors• project reviews and updating project forecasts by Project Mangers• preparing time and expenses reports, journals• working with credit control to resolve any issues regarding billing queries• agency reconciliation and system implementation• ad hoc tasks and reporting as and when required by unit directors, financial controller• organising monthly Projects Summary Reports meetings• offered a full time role in the Rail Finance team through demonstrating commitment, initiative and dedication to the initial temporary contract

•maintaining sales & purchase ledgers, including invoicing and payment of overheads•managing & reporting bank balances, posting of cash books and bank reconciliations•P&L account reconciliations •monthly accruals & prepayments and creation of journal entries•activate deals and calculate sales commissions