Brian Johnstone Email & Phone Number

Godalming

Crawley

Providing onsite and online financial control and bookkeeping advice and assistance including VAT, credit control and payroll.

Burgess Hill

Responsible for selection and implementation of a Time & Attendance software system to replace existing manual timesheets and rota monitoring.Selection and implementation of new accounting software – Access Dimensions – to replace Quickbooks accounts software.Modernisation of certain accounting and reporting practices to improve reports available to directors and managers.

Worthing

Managing a team of nine accounts staff including, latterly, the financial controller.Implementation and development of all business accounting, administrative and IT processes.Involvement in business strategy and planning.Liaising with banks, customers and suppliers.Implementation of HR procedures such as employee contracts and handbook in conjunction with external HR consultant.

Worthing

Responsible for major VAT refund across all companies in 1995, overall sum in the region of £70,000.Set up contract costing reporting system across all companies, a system not previously in place, thereby ensuring the directors were able to monitor the profitability of their contracts.Assisted the franchise directors in securing bank finance in excess of £1m, in the majority of instances with minimal security required from the directors.Responsible for two major system changes, most recently the development of RedSky construction accounting software and an invoice scanning system.