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Basingstoke, England, United Kingdom

Slough, England, United Kingdom

Set up and running our own Dental Hygiene Practice in the centre of Slough trading estateAided in the writing, implementation and monitoring of Practice policies and procedures in line with General Dental Council and ensuring the key lines of enquiry for the Care Quality Commission are met Preparing and submitting yearly tax returns Monthly AccountsMaintain and ordering of stockMeeting and greeting patients, making them feel welcome and at easeTaking patient… Show more Set up and running our own Dental Hygiene Practice in the centre of Slough trading estateAided in the writing, implementation and monitoring of Practice policies and procedures in line with General Dental Council and ensuring the key lines of enquiry for the Care Quality Commission are met Preparing and submitting yearly tax returns Monthly AccountsMaintain and ordering of stockMeeting and greeting patients, making them feel welcome and at easeTaking patient paymentsNegotiating and resolving landlord disputesAny other business that may arise from running your own Dental Hygiene Practice Show less

Langley

Slough Borough Council - Housing Reactive maintenance contract, circa 6500 properties delivering approximately £14 m per annum, JCT, NHF6.3 ⦁ Preparation and delivery of monthly Cost Value Reconciliation (CVR) - monthly profit and loss accounts of the Slough Contract to Osborne Board and resolution of any variances⦁ Cost analysis and cost reconciliation - Internal reports had conflicting figures - reconciled, prepared journals and resolved with Head Office⦁ Member of the… Show more Slough Borough Council - Housing Reactive maintenance contract, circa 6500 properties delivering approximately £14 m per annum, JCT, NHF6.3 ⦁ Preparation and delivery of monthly Cost Value Reconciliation (CVR) - monthly profit and loss accounts of the Slough Contract to Osborne Board and resolution of any variances⦁ Cost analysis and cost reconciliation - Internal reports had conflicting figures - reconciled, prepared journals and resolved with Head Office⦁ Member of the Senior Management Team (SMT)⦁ Ensuring KPI's and SLA's are met contractually⦁ Managed a small team (3 Members)⦁ Monthly meetings with Operational leads - ensuring all monthly costs are captured in preparation for month end⦁ Passed two internal audits - Ensured all policies and procedures adhered to OPSL compliance and governance.⦁ Prepare and submit clients monthly application (billing). Including, Voids, Compliance and Capital / project works. Resolution of any client queries.⦁ Providing management information for monthly KPI's⦁ Sub contractor order management - ensuring all contracts were legally binding and commercially accurate⦁ Designed and implemented various spreadsheets for the new contract⦁ Managed sub contractor orders⦁ WIP (work in progress) management - ensuring aged WIP was under 60 days⦁ Debt Management - ensuring aged debt was under 60 days and resolving all queries⦁ Training of staff - Internal processes and Excel⦁ Building strong relationships with my internal and external client including stakeholders⦁ Identifying risk and opportunities and reporting to OPSL board⦁ Supplier and sub contractor payments⦁ Managed Builders Profile - Commercially ensuring all sub contractor documentation is valid⦁ Working and delivering to challenging deadlines⦁ Various ad-hoc duties Show less

Slough, United Kingdom

⦁ Slough Borough Council - Housing Reactive and Corporate estate Maintenance contract, circa 6600 properties delivering approximately £13m per annum - Cost plus contract⦁ Managed the day to day running of the Commercial Department⦁ Delivered monthly CVR's to Interserve Board - investigating and resolving any variances⦁ Prepared and posted any journals arising from variances to nominal ledger⦁ Calculated yearly contractual volumetrics in line with the ONS and RPI… Show more ⦁ Slough Borough Council - Housing Reactive and Corporate estate Maintenance contract, circa 6600 properties delivering approximately £13m per annum - Cost plus contract⦁ Managed the day to day running of the Commercial Department⦁ Delivered monthly CVR's to Interserve Board - investigating and resolving any variances⦁ Prepared and posted any journals arising from variances to nominal ledger⦁ Calculated yearly contractual volumetrics in line with the ONS and RPI ⦁ Provided management information for the preparation of monthly CVR⦁ Trained incoming Operatives to the office in their new office based supervisor roles⦁ Managed the risk and opportunities tracker - presented to board at month end CVR meeting⦁ Managed a small team (3 members)⦁ Management and billing of Work in Progress (WIP) - Ensuring all WIP, including Decent Homes, Voids, Project works, was billed accurately and to deadlines and keeping aged WIP under 60 days⦁ Managed a £2m asbestos and fire upgrade program with Operational leads and sub contractors on time and to budget⦁ Monthly meetings with Finance and Operations to ensure contract was Commercially compliant. (no hidden costs) ⦁ Purchase Order (PO) management - Ensuring all PO's are raised and closed in line with company policy⦁ Prepared client and Commercial team for demobilisation. Prepared various reports and spreadsheets - including asset lists, final WIP and debt⦁ Member of the Commercial Management Team⦁ Keeping contract morale up during TUPE process Show less

Slough, United Kingdom

⦁ Prepared month end figures for Finance team to populate CVR⦁ Variance analysis from CVR outcome - Reporting back to the Finance Manager⦁ Materials reconciliation - project in conjunction with Procurement to analyse material spend to cut costs⦁ Management of WIP - ensuring WIP was billed accurately (Appx. 6000 jobs per month), including Project works, Voids, Decent Homes and cleaning, ensuring aged WIP was under 60 days⦁ Created and implemented various working spreadsheets for… Show more ⦁ Prepared month end figures for Finance team to populate CVR⦁ Variance analysis from CVR outcome - Reporting back to the Finance Manager⦁ Materials reconciliation - project in conjunction with Procurement to analyse material spend to cut costs⦁ Management of WIP - ensuring WIP was billed accurately (Appx. 6000 jobs per month), including Project works, Voids, Decent Homes and cleaning, ensuring aged WIP was under 60 days⦁ Created and implemented various working spreadsheets for Finance and Operations- improving efficiencies and saving time⦁ Management of Sub contractors⦁ Managed and reconciled clients complex cleaning program ⦁ Training of staff⦁ Various ad-hoc duties for Account Director and Finance Manager Show less

London And Slough

⦁ 2 contracts, Full management of Interserve Lifts and assisted on East Thames (Housing Contract) ⦁ Preparing forecasts and budgets with Operations and Finance leads ⦁ Reconciled mobile phones and vehicle spend, put processes in place to cut costs and recoup over spend ⦁ 3rd party data - put processes in place to eliminate errors ⦁ Preparation of month end accounts for CVR meetings ⦁ Variance analysis - interrogate any variance to budget / forecast and… Show more ⦁ 2 contracts, Full management of Interserve Lifts and assisted on East Thames (Housing Contract) ⦁ Preparing forecasts and budgets with Operations and Finance leads ⦁ Reconciled mobile phones and vehicle spend, put processes in place to cut costs and recoup over spend ⦁ 3rd party data - put processes in place to eliminate errors ⦁ Preparation of month end accounts for CVR meetings ⦁ Variance analysis - interrogate any variance to budget / forecast and reconciling ⦁ Supported Finance Manager and Senior Commercial manager on the demobilisation of the Lifts contract ⦁ Various ad-hoc duties for the Finance Manager Show less

Slough, United Kingdom

⦁ Management and analysis of Work in Progress (WIP) - WIP included Voids, Decent Homes, Project Works, Wilful Damage, Fire Damage, Aids and Adaptations - ensuring aged WIP is under 60 days⦁ Preparation and submission of monthly client applications (billing), appx. 6000 jobs per month and resolution of any client queries⦁ Changed billing process to client saving days of admin in the process⦁ Monthly meetings with Commercial and Operation leads to manage WIP and purchase… Show more ⦁ Management and analysis of Work in Progress (WIP) - WIP included Voids, Decent Homes, Project Works, Wilful Damage, Fire Damage, Aids and Adaptations - ensuring aged WIP is under 60 days⦁ Preparation and submission of monthly client applications (billing), appx. 6000 jobs per month and resolution of any client queries⦁ Changed billing process to client saving days of admin in the process⦁ Monthly meetings with Commercial and Operation leads to manage WIP and purchase orders⦁ Set up P&L spreadsheets for regional accountants via an excel data warehouse - saving many hours at month end⦁ Reconciled general ledger / nominal ledger and prepared journals⦁ Debt management - ensuring aged debt stayed under 30 days⦁ Managed Housing asset register, 6500 assets - Reconciled clients and Interserve databases and created URN (Unique reference number) making data manipulation easier and saving time⦁ Cleared and reconciled Aged WIP - Cleared appx 20000 old jobs⦁ Provided client with month end and year end management reports including yearly reports for client to prepare for their HIP (Housing Investment Program) returns⦁ Report writing⦁ Implemented changes to WIP reporting for my Operation colleagues - saving 1 day at month end⦁ Training of staff⦁ Yearly reconciliation of Housing stock - Recalculated year end volumetrics using RPI from Office of National Statistics⦁ Designed and implemented various working spreadsheets for Finance and Operations⦁ Various ad-hoc duties for the Finance Manager Show less

Uxbridge, Middlesex

⦁ Billed major clients (IBM, Xerox, Microsoft), with complex billing spreadsheets appx. £80m per annum ⦁ Coordinating, streamlining and implementing current and new contracts - setting up billing spreadsheets to clients preference⦁ Working with Credit Control manager and Finance Director to manage cash flow and reduce Days Sales Outstanding (DSO)⦁ Accounts representative on cross functional team working with Project Managers and IT to streamline billing practices ⦁… Show more ⦁ Billed major clients (IBM, Xerox, Microsoft), with complex billing spreadsheets appx. £80m per annum ⦁ Coordinating, streamlining and implementing current and new contracts - setting up billing spreadsheets to clients preference⦁ Working with Credit Control manager and Finance Director to manage cash flow and reduce Days Sales Outstanding (DSO)⦁ Accounts representative on cross functional team working with Project Managers and IT to streamline billing practices ⦁ Worked within a project team on the implementation of the new Peoplesoft software, coordinating a team to incorporate our complex billing for our major clients⦁ Team training to ensure holiday leave was covered⦁ Managed a small team (4 members) Show less

Slough, England, United Kingdom

• Internally head hunted for role• Concentrating on larger billings (£30m p.a.)• Developing and implementing Best Practice Policies• Preparing management accounts / reporting for major accounts• Sarbanes Oxley – worked on process development, compliance testing and implementation of Sarbanes Oxley in preparation for audits• Elected member of Manpower’s Staff Council (12 members), representing 1500 employees. Elected April 2004

Slough, England, United Kingdom

• Overseeing 6 members of staff, (Originally 11 members of staff)• Resolved the large number of outstanding legal proceedings CCJ’s• Reduced long outstanding amounts due from suppliers (overpayments) by £150k• Worked on several projects including the implementation of a new electronic invoicing system and a new web based purchase order system working closely with Procurement and IT. Substantially reducing invoice volume, internal costs and time • Dealing with suppliers Appx… Show more • Overseeing 6 members of staff, (Originally 11 members of staff)• Resolved the large number of outstanding legal proceedings CCJ’s• Reduced long outstanding amounts due from suppliers (overpayments) by £150k• Worked on several projects including the implementation of a new electronic invoicing system and a new web based purchase order system working closely with Procurement and IT. Substantially reducing invoice volume, internal costs and time • Dealing with suppliers Appx. 1500 suppliers• Supporting branch network, (appx.250 branches), with queries and advice• Coding and matching of invoices, payment / BACS runs• Ran project updating field staff expenses database (clearing appx.3000 records), sub-contractor payments and rogue payments - removing any chance of duplicate payments Show less