Asa Wong Email & Phone Number

London, Gb

London, Gb

Acuity Professional Group is a leading provider of comprehensive financial services, offering expertise in tax, accounting, audit, corporate finance, mortgages, and other financial solutions to a diverse range of clients.I successfully transitioned into a new industry outside of hospitality, leveraging my skills to lead a team of 5 finance professionals. Reporting directly to the Finance Director, I implemented automation for daily, weekly, and monthly reports, providing real-time data that enabled senior management to make faster, more informed decisions. These initiatives significantly streamlined operations, reducing manual tasks and optimising team efficiency, leading to a reduction in headcount from 8 to 5 within the finance department.- Cash Flow Management- Process improvement, simplification and automation to enhance operational efficiency- Lead in budgeting process and managing the financial forecast- Lead and develop a team of 5- Timely and accurate financial reporting, including profit and loss, balance sheet, cash flow and management reports- Business partner to key stakeholder to support strategic decision making- Assisting the Finance Director in executing new strategic projects- Designed and managed analytical models to track and optimize company performance- Ensuring legal and tax compliance including VAT, payroll taxes and corporation tax with timely submissions

London Area, United Kingdom

A few months into the role of Management Accountant, I took on additional responsibility following the departure of the Head of Finance who was not backfilled. I managed two direct reports and delivered on ad hoc projects such as rolling out the new credit card payment machines at the existing and new sites. -Preparing and producing monthly management accounts for the group-Producing weekly sales report-Attending monthly P&L meetings with site General Managers-Streamlining accounting processes to improve efficiency-Preparing and submitting VAT returns-Key liaison for external auditors-Ensuring integrity of accounting system and processes including monthly full balance sheet reconciliations-Review and approve weekly supplier payment run’s -Responsible for recruiting within the accounting team-Oversee process of sister management accounts

New York, United States

-Review and post daily sales entries-Producing daily sales flash and meal break reports-Attending weekly management and monthly investor meetings-Processing and submitting payroll via MBA for 10 salaried and 100 + hourly employees -Review and post all Accounts Payable invoices-Preparing and submitting monthly tax returns-Daily bank reconciliations and resolving any discrepancies found -Balance sheet reconciliations for major accounts such as cash, credit cards and house accounts-Prepare and produce monthly financials packs for both entities which included P&L, Balance Sheet, Trial Balance, Month End Commentaries and Variance and Metric Reports

New York, United States

-Prepare and produce monthly financials packs for 6+ restaurants which included P&L, Balance Sheet, Cash Flows, Month End Commentaries and supporting back up schedules-Assist CFO with group consolidations-Preparing and submitting monthly/quarterly tax returns

New York, United States

-Supervise a team of three and provide support as a backup for payroll manager and sales accountant-Audit the daily sales revenue for 6 venues and investigate all discrepancies with the General Managers -Reconcile all cash (via Garda reports) and credit card (via Mercury, SecureNet and AMEX merchants reports) accounts on a daily basis-Produce daily cash balances report and projected cash flow reports on demand-Month end tasks such as accruals, prepayments, reconciling balance sheet accounts, maintaining fixed asset register and posting depreciation-Produce and review monthly P&L for six venues-Daily bank reconciliations and resolve any discrepancies found -Monthly/Quarterly sales tax for FL, NY, MD and CA states-Create month end trending graphs of food, liquor and bowling data to review year on year trends for Senior Management-Assist in the year end review and audit -Process weekly payroll via ADP for hourly and salary employees and manage all garnishments-Handling accounts payable for advertising and marketing invoices in Compeat

New York, United States

-Assisted with personal and company Tax Returns via Ultra Tax CS and ProSeries-Booking keeping services for clients via Quickbooks including working on site at client offices

London Area, United Kingdom

-Produced monthly consolidated P&L for the UK holding companies and sales offices in USA, France and Spain-Produced monthly corporate forecast and review quarterly with heads of departments -Balance sheet reconciliation with supporting schedules for all accounts -Monthly preparation of historic cash flow-Produced and analyzed the monthly sales and marketing cost report-Account and reconcile the groups gift voucher scheme-Quarterly VAT Return’s, EC sales list and EU VAT refunds-Prepared and produced head office annual budgets -Assisted with year end financial accounts such as preparing the audit file-Reviewed the weekly hotel results report -Maintained fixed asset register and posting monthly depreciation-Intercompany reconciliation and issuing monthly inter-company recharges and management fee invoices-Month end tasks such as prepayments and accruals-Monthly payroll review, payment, journals and PAYE reconciliation-Cash books posting and bank reconciliation for GBP, USD, CHF and EUR -Maintained all aspects of Accounts Payable in Microsoft Dynamics Nav

London Area, United Kingdom

-Weekly bank reconciliations, cashflows and group cash flows-Daily income audit/ daily revenue-Maintained all aspect of accounts receivable-Maintained all aspects of purchase ledger -Reconciled VAT -Reconciled accounts and closing period end for creditor ledger, debtor ledger and general ledger-Assisted in monthly management accounts

Association Of Chartered Certified Accountants (Acca), Applied Skills

Association Of Accounting Technician (Aat), Diploma In Accounting Level 2-4

Bachelor Of Science (Bsc), Applied Accounting

Association Of Chartered Certified Accountants (Acca), Strategic Professional