Working within the Accounting and Outsourcing department, my responsibilities included:Outsourcing –• Management of a large portfolio of clients, one of which is the department’s second biggest client• Management of junior staff, setting out their responsibilities across various contracts, reviewing their work and providing guidance and feedback• Regular review of client recovery rates, actual work-in-progress versus budget and implementation of … Show more Working within the Accounting and Outsourcing department, my responsibilities included:Outsourcing –• Management of a large portfolio of clients, one of which is the department’s second biggest client• Management of junior staff, setting out their responsibilities across various contracts, reviewing their work and providing guidance and feedback• Regular review of client recovery rates, actual work-in-progress versus budget and implementation of efficiencies for those where improvement is needed• Completion of daily bookkeeping services and monthly management accounts using applications such as Xero, NetSuite and Sage for the: - Processing of supplier and employee expenses - Processing of purchase and sales invoices - Raising purchase, sales and intercompany invoices - Bank and credit card reconciliations - Preparation of monthly management accounts and supporting schedules, to include revenue reconciliations, accruals, prepayments, fixed assets and payroll - Review and analysis of monthly management accounts• Managing tight deadlines and setting expectations with clients• Communicating with clients, including hosting regular face-to-face meetings• Registering new clients for VAT• Preparation of project claims for Government grants, analysing actuals versus forecasts, adjusting for any variances and submitting final claims on the Government portalCompliance –• Preparation of year-end statutory accounts using Caseware, for both audited and non-audited clients• Liaising with the audit team to make adjustments to year-end accounts ahead of finalisation• Use of Companies House and Market IQ to update company information within clients’ statutory accounts• Completing due diligence files on new clients and existing clients periodically Show less

Working within the Outsourcing department, as part of a team responsible for accurate completion and delivery of several accounting functions to key clients, including a £100+ million turnover business operating within the food franchising sector. Responsibilities include:Banking – • Execute weekly payment runs for a large quantity of supplier invoices and employee expenses• Reconcile Bank statements and manage funds received from third party delivery providers• Provide… Show more Working within the Outsourcing department, as part of a team responsible for accurate completion and delivery of several accounting functions to key clients, including a £100+ million turnover business operating within the food franchising sector. Responsibilities include:Banking – • Execute weekly payment runs for a large quantity of supplier invoices and employee expenses• Reconcile Bank statements and manage funds received from third party delivery providers• Provide remittances to all beneficiaries and post all payments on to MS Dynamics Navision• Generate cash flow analysis to ensure availability of funds to cover short term cash outflowsPurchase Ledger – • Reconcile large and complex ledgers for 500+ suppliers to statements received• Liaise directly with suppliers via telephone and email to resolve queries regarding invoices and payments • Negotiate payment terms with difficult and demanding suppliers• Shared management of a high volume central inbox• Check and post invoices & employee expenses to purchase ledgers• Create and import bulk supplier invoices for cost of sales charges by converting excel statements into up-loadable formats• Regularly review supplier ledgers to ensure each account is clean, and DD's are allocated to their relevant invoicesManagement Accounts – • Preparation and posting of payroll journals• Completion of multiple, large bank reconciliations ensuring limited to no reconciling items are carried forward each month• Calculation of month end prepayments and accruals • Posting of monthly sales, closing stock and royalty journals • Personal review of the profit and loss accounts to ensure consistency to prior months and budgets• Posting of corrections and adjustments to the monthly P&L following internal and client reviews• Review of Balance sheet reconciliations and analysis of anomalies with recommendations to management• Quarterly presentation of balance sheets to senior members of the client’s Finance team Show less

Intercompany - Working closely with my counterparts in other offices around the globe to handle all aspects of Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable between the UK and 15+ entities across Europe, Middle East, Singapore and Australia to include:• Processing Invoices for stock, expense recharges and quarterly management fees and making payments• Chasing aged debt and receiving payments on Intercompany AR accounts• Month end responsibilities for AP and AR to include… Show more Intercompany - Working closely with my counterparts in other offices around the globe to handle all aspects of Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable between the UK and 15+ entities across Europe, Middle East, Singapore and Australia to include:• Processing Invoices for stock, expense recharges and quarterly management fees and making payments• Chasing aged debt and receiving payments on Intercompany AR accounts• Month end responsibilities for AP and AR to include reconciliation, prepayments, accruals, confirmation of balances and reporting final balances to head officeTreasury - Treasurer for the UK office, responsible for:• Cash flow and loan account management including forecasting and pooling of funds• Bank and Loan account reconciliations completed on a daily basis and reporting of closing position every month• Preparation, processing and execution of payments to suppliers, reimbursement of staff expenses and customer refunds using BACS/CHAPS transfers Show less

Responsible for ensuring that vendor specific cost adjustments arising from special promotions, volume purchases, sector specific pricing and negotiated specials were being applied accurately and in accordance with individual vendor terms and conditions. This included:• control and creation of both manual and automated cost adjustments for numerous vendors • working closely with the Sales team to check and amend sales orders• managing expectations on processing times and… Show more Responsible for ensuring that vendor specific cost adjustments arising from special promotions, volume purchases, sector specific pricing and negotiated specials were being applied accurately and in accordance with individual vendor terms and conditions. This included:• control and creation of both manual and automated cost adjustments for numerous vendors • working closely with the Sales team to check and amend sales orders• managing expectations on processing times and assisting with queries Show less