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I lead the Special Projects team at Grant Thornton in the North and Midlands region - anywhere between Birmingham and Aberdeen! Myself and the team provide a wide range of advisory and accounting services on an ad hoc basis, taking a hands on role with management teams to help them grow their business and deliver agreed objectives. All members of the team are experienced qualified accountants, and all have some 'industry' experience.Working with all sizes of business from small owner… Show more I lead the Special Projects team at Grant Thornton in the North and Midlands region - anywhere between Birmingham and Aberdeen! Myself and the team provide a wide range of advisory and accounting services on an ad hoc basis, taking a hands on role with management teams to help them grow their business and deliver agreed objectives. All members of the team are experienced qualified accountants, and all have some 'industry' experience.Working with all sizes of business from small owner managed to large listed and international groups, myself and other team members take a hands on role to undertake a variety of accounting projects. These projects include:- interim finance roles- making improvements to internal management accounts and reporting- implement new accounting systems and the reporting process- bespoke accounting projects around incomplete/missing accounting records- project management and liason- year end accounting support- company 'in house' preparation for year end external audit and compilation of audit packs- providing a finance team in a business with an 'extra pair of hands' at busy times- other ad hoc accounting projects Show less

I developed the Special Projects team from scratch at Grant Thornton in 2008, working with a wide range of businesses in Yorkshire and the East Midlands to provide ad hoc accounting projects on demand.During this period I grew the Special Projects team, and services provided include interim finance roles on a secondment basis, design and preparation of management information and KPI's, financial forecasting, year end accounting support and other ad hoc projects.

Cover role until permanent FD appointed.Key duties included restructure of finance team and duties, preparation of monthly consolidated accounts and presentation to the Board, bank covenants work

Site role at a recently acquired subsidiary of Wraith Plc involved in equipment hire.Key achievements included integration of finance systems and management reporting into main group, working capital management and cash flow forecasting, design of new general ledger and chart of accounts, liason with funders to obtain asset finance, implementation of asset tracking and management system and successfully relocating finance function to group head office.

UK subsidiary of Flowserve Corporation involved in pipeline fitting, drilling and boring worldwide.Key achievements included resolving compliance and statutory reporting issues, completing balance sheet reconciliations from incomplete records, pension scheme liason, dealing with PAYE and HMRC investigations, improving systems and controls, recovery of over £2m in aged debts, successful transfer of accounting function to group head office.

Energy division of GE in a variety of roles:- Nine months as Financial Controller of GE Energy UK Limited, a provider of large contracts to the energy services market. Duties included management accounts preparation, reporting to the US parent, preparing accounts for Indian branch, detailed incomplete records reconciliations, working with international business partners to resolve complex accounting issues, statutory accounts preparation- Eighteen months as the GE Energy… Show more Energy division of GE in a variety of roles:- Nine months as Financial Controller of GE Energy UK Limited, a provider of large contracts to the energy services market. Duties included management accounts preparation, reporting to the US parent, preparing accounts for Indian branch, detailed incomplete records reconciliations, working with international business partners to resolve complex accounting issues, statutory accounts preparation- Eighteen months as the GE Energy group controller for year end audit co-ordination and liason. Managed the group audit process for £400m turnover group with around 50 legal entities. Worked with group companies to complete year end trial balances and statutory accounts, managed relationship with external auditor and ensured timely submission of statutory accounts and tax returns.- Various ad hoc projects, including two months in India training accounting staff employed at GE service centres in Mumbai and Hyderabad. Show less

Owner managed motor parts business where key achievements included monthly management accounts preparation, restructure of finance team and improving credit control and cash collection process.

Large listed group, working directly with the group financial controller. Duties included management of external year end audit process for the group and liason with auditors, accounts preparation from incomplete records, process improvement and finance team restructure, preparation of pension scheme accounts

One year working at the Grant Thornton International firm in Australia.

In charge of audits for owner managed limited companies, and some groups. Duties also included managing a team of auditors and preparation of statutory accounts and pension scheme accounts.

Preparation of accounts and tax returns for sole traders, partnerships and limited companies