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Specialising in quality tax advice and automated accounting solutions for the freelance consultant and other owned managed businesses.My aim is to save customers time and money through: cloud based accounting solutions; tax advice specific to the industry; forward tax and exit planning; and other accounting services.My services bridge the gap between companies offering online HMRC/Companies House return production and the traditional office based accountant.I provide professional flexible support to smaller businesses with a proactive, friendly and individual service.In addition to supporting my customers, I also run a couple of regular new start up courses at my local Business Gateway in Stirling, and provide advice to local businesses through a Stirling Enterprise funded scheme.http://www.goddardsolutions.co.uk/

Change Management for public sector

Supporting the management of seven financial modellers during period of change, and reporting directing to Executive. Active project management of all aspects of new wider department set up eg work reception process, developing skills and capabilities of team, system documentation.

Responsible for evaluating the profitability of Everyday Banking products. Effectively assessed risks to underlying assumptions and proactively identified how profitability could be improved. Successful in influencing the business to change decisions which impact on profitability.

Enabled the Business to fully understand the Cards Cost Base. Managed the Budget consolidation, co-coordinating finance teams across three sites and attending the Executive Committee.

Managed roll out of Business Balanced Scorecard to all directors, significantly raising profile as key business tool

Led team of nine and reported directly to FD. Managed Divisional demands, introduced challenge, and presented a clear overall picture of the monthly results, and 2004 Budget, to Executive/Group.

Responsible for centralising and automating all cards scheme reporting plus managing and identifying savings in Scheme Fees.During role, I also modelled changes in regulation and pricing on profitability and create a model to value a subsidiary acquisition, liaising with directors to breakdown/challenge the business drivers.

Managed accounting records, rating agency reporting and statutory accounts production for several legal entities.

Responsible for a team of eight. Successfully integrated the NatWest entity into our consolidated management accounts, and the NatWest accounting services responsibilities into the Finance team.

Key relationship manager for Insurance, Financial Services and Leasing Subsidiaries in UK.

Clients included subsidiary of large German Bank in first year as audit client. Exposure to complicated special purpose vehicle structures and derivative products.

Preparation of year end Accounts and Tax Computations for range of small businesses.