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London, England, United Kingdom

London, United Kingdom

• Responsible for daily managing of the financial accounting statements and meeting the regulatory obligations.• Managing the monthly and yearly financial statements and year end audit process for the UK entity.• Supporting with group wide year end audit processes.• Maintaining the group accounting manuals to ensure compliance with all accounting rules.• Ensure the reliability of data by supporting the monthly group financial reportings with sufficient balance sheet and P&L analysis• Responsible for the operational cash flow and supervising the group cash-pooling accounts• Responsible for issuing periodic information for legal and regulatory reportings including financial and own funds positions (FCA)• Preparation, reconciliation and filing of the monthly VAT accounts • Supporting annual VAT and corporate income tax filings together with external tax advisors

Basingstoke, Hampshire, United Kingdom

Responsible for overall financial control and reporting – delivering through a direct team of 8 covering management accounts, stock and systems accounting; and indirectly through a wider team of 12 covering masterdata, banking and accounts payable.Reporting to the UK Finance Director, one of 3 senior finance managers I supported various business projects and was responsible for instilling a philosophy of continual improvement with a focus on financial control across finance and the wider business.Led month end processes to ensure results published on time and presentations delivered to the GAME board as required.Responsible for the end to end budgeting and forecasting processes, ensuring all functional departments drove submissions to deadlines, for onward collation and re-presentation to Directors. Led on all cost business partnering in submissions, providing challenge and support as required.Managed the half year and year end statutory audits being the main liaison between the internal finance team and external auditors, supporting audit and risk committee with regular updates on financial control.Responsible for the review and submission of VAT returns on a monthly basis and the main point of contact for VAT queries in the business. Supported Finance Director through major VAT investigation, and subsequent reclaim with HMRC. Introduced MTD into the business in September 2019.Led finance integration on key change projects, ensuring changes could be integrated into the business with correct accounting and maintaining adequate financial control.Started at GAME as Stock and Controls Manager. Promoted to Operations and Controls Manager in 2017 and Reporting and Controls Manager in 2018.

Basingstoke, Hampshire, United Kingdom

Responsible for managing the Finance modules of the TIA system (current usage, issue support & development), ensuring that TIA Finance development and management was aligned to the operational finance team strategy in both Insurance and Road.Management of the TIA Finance team (12 direct reports) including prioritisation of conflicting fault fix and business project activities, utilising existing business resources where possible and identifying and managing additional resources when necessary. Managed bi-weekly regression testing and authorise code release to live on completion of satisfactory tests. Management of Finance prioritisation meetings to ensure issues were being resolved in a timely manner. Identified and recommended best practices to ensure efficient reconciliation processes were followed within the business finance teams.Gained exposure to Insurance Marketing working within the commercial finance team. Responsible for month end processes and succeeded in implementing new models to gain efficiency and improve the robustness of the results. Gained exposure to Financial Shared Services as an Operational Support Accountant. Trained staff on Microsoft Excel functions and processesResponsible for drafting policy proposals and recommending/implementing new reconciliation methods with limited guidance. Co-ordinated cross finance teams to enhance reporting and gain efficiencies in month end processes.Started at the AA as Operational Support Accountant. Progressed to Finance Manager in 2013 responsible for Insurance Marketing and promoted to Finance Systems Manager in 2014.

Basingstoke, Hampshire, United Kingdom

Responsible for preparing management accounts for Centerprise International and a sister company, Adam Continuity. Deputised for the Finance Manager whilst she was on maternity leave. Management of one Assistant Management AccountantResponsible for completion of monthly balance sheet reconciliations and reports on various projects across the group.Supported the management team on tenders and bid processes. Implemented a leasing option from start to finish. Led various process improvements with a focus on gaining efficiency and compliance checking data across systems.

Basingstoke, Hampshire, United Kingdom

Responsible for preparing statutory and management accounts for companies, partnerships, sole traders and pension schemes. Managed installation of accounting packages and trained staff on particular functions that they were required to use including credit control, VAT, stock controls and others. Involved in completion of statutory audits for clients.

Basingstoke, Hampshire, United Kingdom

Responsible for reporting spend against budgets for various departments across the Borough. Assisted Management Accountants with reports to be produced for council meetings and senior management meetings. Successfully streamlined a number of processes to gain efficiencies and ensure CIPFA guidelines were followed. Supported department managers across the council offices with finance queries and additives in the preparation of budgets and forecasts.