Voluntary role taking on responsibility for all areas of the club finances including chasing payments, year end accounts, forecasting and providing assistance to the chairperson.The position also involved setting up processes and spreadsheets to reduce the amount of time it takes and to improve control of the accounts.

The contract role became permanent due to the continuing growth of the company. The company was acquired which led to more reporting as both internal reporting and group reporting had to be maintained.This role was to help with the monthly management reporting and cashflow as well as take on various ad hoc processes to try and automate some of the more onerous balance sheet reconciliations.

Joined the company on a 3 month contract which was then extended to a year. The role was a new role due to the expansion of the company and it was to assist the Financial Director with all areas of the finance function as well as the monthly management reporting. One of the major areas was to set up and complete all balance sheet reconciliations.

Moved to commercial department which had responsibility for accounts payable, accounts receivable, rents, rates and payroll. This involved leadership of a team of 20 employees.Main focus of the role was to improve the efficiency of the various elements of the department by reviewing and streamlining the processes as well as reducing the backlog of various elements of each team.Several projects were undertaken whilst in this role including digitalising the rents documentation, restructuring the department and outsourcing the payroll function.I was also involved in a European company wide project to implement a standard financial and operations system across the various different companies.

Promoted to Chief accountant as a permanent role. This involved working closely with the Financial Controller and Head of Business analysis. Responsibility for a team of 10 qualified and part-qualified accountants.This role was responsible for all management accounting functions such as monthly management accounts, balance sheet reconciliations, forecasting, all reporting to UK parent company including board reports. Responsible for ensuring that a clean year-end report was achieved seamlessly.Processes and procedures all had to be documented in line with SOX.This also included a large amount of investigative and analytical ad hoc work.

Joined the company as a contractor to cover maternity leave. This role was to review and document processes for the different business units, prepare stat accounts, assist the chief accountant with ad hoc projects and provide cover for management accountants as and when required.

Temporary contract to help cover the daily requirements of the monthly and quarterly reporting of the finance department. This was whilst the finance function was being outsourced overseas.One of my key achievements in this role was to fully reconcile the intercompany accounts which had not balanced for a period of time.

Temporary contract to help cover maternity leave and also bring all the reconciliations up to date as well as troubleshooting any other areas as and when required.I successfully brought all contracts up to date and implemented new procedures for reconciling and cash monitoring. I also collected £600k of outstanding cash.This was a very different area to that which I had worked in previously which helped expand my knowledge of other sectors.Company relocated to Aberdeen.

Due to the business being acquired by Thomsons the finance department had to restructure again and the offices were also moved. I was heavily involved in this.These were interesting times as we had to work with new teams within the company and involved being open to change and development.I was promoted to Group Financial controller reporting to the Financial Director. My responsibilities included preparing all aspects of internal and external financial reporting along with the monthly management account for submission to group.I managed the treasury, overheads and UK purchase ledger department.During this period my team of staff increased to 12 which involved a different approach to training and development. and taking more leadership.

Promoted to Senior Financial Accountant following my success in the previous role. Took on more responsibility and took on the task of developing and improving the reporting process.During this period the reporting deadlines shortened and I ensured that we still managed to achieve the deadlines without compromising the accuracy of the reporting.Responsibility for the year end accounting and producing Statutory accounts.

Managed a team of 2. Responsibility for monthly accounting and treasury function and training and developing team members. One of my strengths during this time was to look at processes and suggest and implement improvements to make the month end more streamlined and accurate.I was involved in a management buyout which involved amalgamating 2 departments and having to evaluate members and report back to senior management with suggestions on team restructuring. During this period the team moved office which I successfully manged whilst maintain the smooth running of our team. This was a challenging time trying to keep staff motivated during threats of redundancy.Heavily involved in the Agresso upgrade implementation which included reviewing the accounting process as well as the structure of the chart of accounts. I really enjoyed having a hands-on role in this project and was very pleased with the results that were achieved.

Promotion to manager role with 4 team members. My appointment was to turn the department around to improve the output of the department and the motivation of the staff.I turned around the Key performance indicators of the company by increasing controls and process efficiencies along with the training and development of staff. (Increased from 30% to 97%)Presented a basic accounting course for other non-accounting departments.

Working in Management accounts department reporting to the Management Accountant. During this role I was keen to improve processes and I wrote a fully automated spreadsheet to calculate shop profitability.

Trainee role which involved spending time within every area of the business and then writing a report covering how the department fitted into the company, reviewing the processes and suggesting improvements. This was alongside studying for and passing my exams.

Trainee Internal Auditor.Audits of Health Authority sites to make sure that processes and procedures were being properly applied and that any financial transactions were carried out and properly recorded.