Farrell Monk Email & Phone Number

London, England, United Kingdom

· Produce high-quality monthly management accounts for the Senior Management Team, Trustees and key stakeholders, setting out the results of the charity for the month and year-to-date with accompanying commentary, an analysis of the charity’s financial position, and cashflow forecasting.· Take ownership of the month-end timetable, working with Finance Officers to ensure that all balance sheet reconciliations are completed, and preparing a full month-end file for the Director of Finance on a timely basis.· Line manage the Finance Officers to ensure the timely processing and accurate recording of the charity’s supplier payments, petty cash transactions, and bank reconciliations.· Act as primary contact for the charity’s external payroll provider, conducting monthly payroll reviews with the Director of Finance and the CEO, submitting monthly payroll information to the payroll provider, and analysing payroll reports.· Lead on the preparation of the annual statutory accounts with the support of the Director of Finance.· Lead the charity’s annual budget process with the support of the Director of Finance.· Manage the charity’s accounting software Aqilla and its financial functions.· To learn about fundraising across the charity and be able to support the fundraising team in the identification of funding gaps, the production of fundraising budgets, and production of reports for funders.· To support the production of memoranda for the charity’s Investment Committee, where members monitor the Charity’s investments and make recommendations to the Board of Trustees on investment policy and strategy.· To act as a key liaison for the annual audit, preparing a comprehensive audit file of the year’s financial information for the auditor and assisting with auditor queries as required.· To update the charity’s finance procedures manuals on an annual basis.· To ensure all necessary annual returns are made to Companies House and the Charity Commission.

London, United Kingdom

• As a member of the Senior Management team liaise directly with CEO to monitor business performance.• Prepare and report on financial information and make recommendations to the Board of Trustees.• Be the finance lead for the organisation, driving financial planning of the organisation, analysing performance, and risks. • Development of long-term financial plans alongside the CEO.• Production of Causeway’s monthly management accounts. • Prepare the statutory annual report in accordance with Charity SORP and oversee the annual audit.• Management of the organisation’s IT and HR functions.• Act as Causeway’s company secretary ensuring that all statutory requirements are met.• Management of the charity’s risk register.• Manage all finance functions including purchase and sales ledger, cashflow report, management accounting, payroll, and reconciliations. • Continually monitor and manage the Charity’s funds position.• Management of the relationship with Causeway’s bank.• Prepare the annual budget with the Senior Management team and budget holders. • Manage the restricted funds of the organisation. Ensuring that all funds are spent correctly and within the terms of their agreements. Reporting to major funders on how their funds have been spent.• Maintain grant register and provide support with bids and funder reporting.• Administration of the pension scheme.• Management of the organisation’s policies. Ensuring there are suitable policies in place for the entire organisation and monitoring for any changes that may be required.• Ensure adequate financial controls are in place and kept up to date.• Consistently review the pricing strategy of the organisation to ensure that the charity remains competitive whilst ensuring that there is adequate surplus.• Run the monthly payroll and ensure all related payments are made in a timely manner.• Management of the finance assistant.

London, United Kingdom

• Be the finance lead for the organisation, driving financial planning of the organisation, analysing performance and risks. • Prepare the statutory annual report in accordance with Charity SORP and oversee the annual audit.• Manage all finance functions including purchase and sales ledger, cashflow report, management accounting, payroll and reconciliations. • Management of the relationship with Causeway’s bank.• Preparation and presentation of financial reports to the Board of Trustees.• Prepare the annual budget with the Senior Management team and budget holders. • Preparation of the half year reforecast alongside the CEO.• Maintain grant register and provide financial support for bids.• Administration of the pension scheme.• Ensure adequate financial controls and policies are in place and kept up to date.• Consistently review the pricing strategy of the organisation to ensure that the charity remains competitive whilst ensuring that there is adequate surplus.• Management of one finance team member.

London, United Kingdom

• Assist the Financial Reporting Manager in the preparation of monthly, quarterly and annual financial reports and ensure these reconcile to the data contained within the chart of accounts.• Be a business partner to the budget holders for the Society’s commercial and support sections ensuring that each section has accurate management information, is within budget and forecasted accurately.• Work with the Financial Reporting Manager, to provide accurate and timely annual budgets and quarterly forecasts for the commercial and support sections of The Society.• Prepare reconciliations of key accounts on a monthly / quarterly basis as appropriate and investigate and resolve issues as necessary.• Take responsibility for the inclusion and transaction of regular month end accruals, prepayments, adjustments and charges to ensure a timely and accurate close of accounts.• Produce timely and accurate management reports as directed by the Financial Reporting Manager, produce analysis of this data and assist in its development and in the management of the Society against Key Performance Indicators.• Ensure appropriate dissemination of management information takes place in a timely manner and manage access, reconciliation and review of both web-based and published reports.• Produce and provide appropriately detailed analysis on reports both written & numerical and be a key resource and source of advice to the Society, taking responsibility for data management within the section.• Review the management information currently provided for on-going relevance to the Society’s activities.• Maintain the Society’s nominal ledger and take responsibility for ensuring nominal codes are allocated and used correctly.• Produce procedure notes for new processes developed within the finance section. • Provide necessary support to the Financial Reporting Manager in the delivery of section objectives including providing cover within the Finance team.

London, United Kingdom

> To prepare the set of management accounts, to a tight deadline, with the necessary journals and accruals on a monthly basis for 4Children’s subsidiary companies that cover dozens of nurseries, children centres and out of school clubs nationwide. > Ensuring that all cash has been posted to enable the management accounts to be produced in a timely manner.> Provide balance sheet reconciliations on a monthly basis, relating to accruals, prepayments, deferred income and expenditure etc.. > Produce weekly information where necessary on occupancy, debtors, income and expenditure.> Assisting with annual budgets and quarterly forecasts where appropriate.> Preparation of quarterly VAT Return.> Responsibility for the Payroll Journal posting and the related salary reporting for over 1500 staff costs to senior management. > Aid with the quarterly monitoring reports for the contracts that require the information. > Assisting with the provision of account information to the business units on profit performance and with the liaison between finance and departmental heads and finance administrators.> Aid the year end statutory audit and any other audit that the charity and it’s trading subsidiaries have to comply with.> To maintain adherence to the accounting policies, systems and procedures and set department goals.> To assist other members of the finance team in order to meet department goals and give cover.> Ensure, to best ability, compliance with all tax legislation.> To prepare any other information with respect to the areas of responsibility that may from time to time be required.> Periodically review and continually to seek improvements in speed, delivery and accuracy of information.

London, United Kingdom

Borehamwood, Hertfordshire

BA (Hons) Accounting and Business

Aiding in the completion of financial operations such as the estimates, actuals and the budget.Assist in the production of the annual report, account and the FSA return for Pinnacle Insurance plc.Ensuring that the accounts comply with the latest Statutory and regulatory rules, regulation and standards.Reconciling the accounting and administration systems.After finding problems via my reconciliations, I would need to inform the relevant people to adjust their processes.Chasing managers for them to complete their reconciliations for audit purposes.Inter-company analysis of transactions. Completion of government statistical returns.Balance sheet transaction analysis.Preparation of procedure manuals.Presentation to department about my team and duties.Given the opportunity to settle in new employees and instruct them on processes.Testing consultant in finance for major software implementation.

Professional Accounting Qualification

Finalist level

Ba (Hons), Accounting And Business

Activities and Societies: Program Student Representative for Final year Accounting Students. Peer Assisted Learning Leader. Elected.

A-Levels, Maths, Physics, Business Studies And I.C.T.

Activities and Societies: Chairman of Business Society Captain on House League Football Captain of School Chess Team