Jason Topp Email & Phone Number

Auckland, New Zealand

SMYD Chartered Accountants (Show Me Your Debits) is a family business run by Jason and Leah Topp. If you are a savvy business owner, keen to explode your growth with straight-talking, kick-ass financial advice - then SMYD can help! We know that working with an accountant can often be impersonal, scary, confusing, boring and sometimes expensive - but not anymore with SMYD.

Auckland, New Zealand

A personable and experienced Finance Professional, I work closely with a wide range of people across the Business Insurance sector, from GM's to Cost Centre managers. I use my analytical and communication skills to help them understand not just the numbers in their reports and what the key drivers are behind them - but what impact current performance will have on forecasted future performance.

Auckland, New Zealand

Auckland, New Zealand

London, United Kingdom

Brunswick is a leading business communications firm: a global partnership with 22 offices in 13 countries. Brunswick is supported by five specialist Group companies which together form a leading corporate communications partnership providing integrated global delivery. These Group companies offer clients expert services across a wide range of specialisms and expertise. My role is to oversee the UK finance team for the Brunswick entities and more specifically to hands on manage Merchant Cantos (A UK creative agency which is a subsidiary of Brunswick) as it goes through a period of rapid expansion and business evolution.Lead the UK finance team producing the monthly management accounts for directors.Lead the finance team for Merchant Cantos - a subsidiary of Brunswick UK.Oversee the implementation, training and development of new internal control processes for the entire Merchant Cantos organisationManage the interface between Paprika software and Agresso business softwareManage the monthly expense recharges, quarterly transfer pricing and year end management overhead charges between the Merchant Cantos UK, Hong Kong and New York offices.Review the forecasting, budgeting and other financial analysis for Brunswick senior management.Review the management packs and commentary for offices in South Africa, Brazil and Dubai.Review and analyse the global fees, allocations and final account consolidation.Manage the transfer pricing between Brunswick China and various other overseas entities

London, United Kingdom

UKTI grant over £20million a year to Trade Associations to work with UK businesses and increase exporting capacity. Senior management currently have no means of tracking value for money or benchmarking Trade Association performance in meeting service delivery targets. I was asked to lead on the procurement of a supplier to develop a new accreditation and performance measurement tool to measure and rank Trade Association performance.• Project managed the design and creation of a new funding stream for UK Trade Associations• Worked closely with PA Consulting contractors to determine the needs of Trade Associations, and liaised with legal teams, stakeholders, trade development teams and directors to ensure the funding stream is robust, efficient and scalable• Developed the Invitation to Tender and managed the open procurement process to procure a supplier• Worked with delivery teams to understand the nature of their programme, needs and reporting requirements to develop the accreditation questions and evaluation criteria• Developed the KPI’s and performance management processes to calculate cost per service delivery and asses value for money• Assessed proposals from Trade Associations to set up and manage exporting education programmes, provided recommendations to senior management and set KPI’s and processes to measure and report on programme performance

London, United Kingdom

UKTI has one central finance team and four programme finance teams that report in to it. There was no monthly reporting and management accounting process to evaluate debtors, creditors, accruals and other financial information. I was asked to lead on developing a monthly reporting pack which was distributed to all teams, analysed, and reported to senior management every month.• Reviewed and created a new streamlined and efficient month end reporting process• Liaised with group finance teams, third party providers and the central finance team to design and build a monthly information pack to be used across the entire organisation• Managed the testing and rollout to finance teams• Reviewed month end credit control and expenses - designed and implement new controls and reporting functions• Developed monthly dashboards to measure organisational travel, overtime and expense claims• Developed the new travel and expense policy for UKTIYear End Annual Report and Audit• Project managed the timely completion of the year end Annual Report and Accounts• Managed the redevelopment of the annual report and designed the new reporting process. Liaised with the marketing team and copywriters, and oversaw the flow of information to ensure an efficient process with minimal central resource time• Managed all internal and external stakeholders to ensure information was submitted on time and to the required standard, and included supporting documentation• Managed the year end audit, ensured all queries were resolved and the audit was completed on time• Managed the relationship with UKTI audit committee, and ensured all committee papers and reviews were completed in a timely and efficient manner

London, United Kingdom

UKTI commissioned PwC to develop the new central finance contract management function. The purpose of the team was to ensure contracts were meeting KPI’s, monitoring spend against budget, and perform forecasting and performance variance analysis. I worked as part of the project team and was involved in the inital scoping to determine the nature of the challenges facing UKTI with contract managment.• Reviewed the current contract management process and provided key reports for senior management to understand the nature of the issue• Worked with PwC consulting team to review, develop and implement a new contract management and performance function within Central Finance overseeing £300m of contracts• Reviewed all contracts and developed a database containing all contract information and KPI’s• Assisted creation of a new performance management process and implemented internal controls to ensure contract spend and variations were monitored and controlled• Assisted in the development of a contract management guidance document, outlined roles and responsibilities and helped develop the organisational organogram of contract management• Helped to develop the contract management reporting dashboard• Worked closely with contract delivery teams across the UK and handled all communications and information flow between UKTI and PwC• Developed relationships with senior management and answered any issues or queries

London, United Kingdom

• Review monthly Trial Balance and Profit and Loss • Communicate and work with contract managers to complete monthly accounts in a timely manner• Prepare monthly management accounts for 3 contract regions across the UK• Analyse month on month variances and highlight any significant movements• Determine reasoning behind journals with a high level of scepticism and professional judgement• Review all accruals, prepayments and journals before entering into system and questioning contract managers when necessary• Prepare and review monthly fleet posting, uniforms and other journals• Prepare monthly reconciliations for contracts and various balance sheet figures• Prepare monthly financial summary, reviewing contractor commentary and compiling a report for the monthly Board meeting• Oversee and prepare the company fixed asset reconciliation with the sub-ledger• Reconcile all depreciation, acquisitions and disposals across all regional contracts• Work with auditors to answer any Fixed Asset queries when necessary• Prepare and input 2012 statutory company accounts• Ensure all accounts comply with UK GAAP and update when advised by auditors• Extremely high level of use and competency on Microsoft Excel

London, United Kingdom

•Working with the clinic’s finance team and CFO to prepare the 2013 budget•Analysing year on year movements for each individual department within the hospital•Providing in-depth and detailed analysis of each department, focusing on trends and looking for variances•Undertaking variance analysis on individual cost codes to ensure information is correct •Provide feedback and commentary to CFO when large variances occur, this involves a keen eye for detail and ascertaining exactly what has happened•Preparing all costs and budget reports for CFO and remuneration committee•Ensuring all information is correct and Liaising with departmental managers when required•Reconciling over 50 departmental budgets, ensuring all new headcounts, staff transfers and headcount requests are accounted for•Reconciling inter-entity budget accounts•Entering all data into computer system, and implementing rigours checks to ensure no errors are made•Reconciling all reports back to internal system and ensure all amendments are noted and accounted for•Extremely high level of use and competency on Microsoft Excel

Wellington, New Zealand

•Team leader and manager of 5 staff members•Trained graduates and team members to ensure quality output•Reviewed team members work for errors to ensure work is prepared to a high standard•Managed my teams flow of work and ensured we meet set targets•Created and managed initiatives to ensure efficiencies are maximised•Acted as point of contact for clients and ensured a high degree of performance delivery•Pro-actively dealt with clients to build and form strong working relationships•Prepared written and verbal communication for clients and stakeholders on all work undertaken•Undertook client meetings at our office or on site to provide advice, receive information and discuss monthly/annual results •Identified areas of client concern and communicated to all affected parties, and prepared required options to progress•Pro-actively managed and trained clients to ensure all current and future earnings were accounted for•Provided training and advice on internal accounting systems and management reporting functions•Recognised statutory changes that affected clients and recommended appropriate actions•Reviewed clients trial balance, general ledger report and posted journals•Maintained fixed asset register, posted depreciation and reviewed capital expenditure where appropriate•Reviewed bank reconciliation, aged payables and receivables•Reconciled term loans and hire purchase agreements•Prepared group consolidations, including elimination entries•Prepared income tax returns and other tax types including GST, PAYE, RWT and FBT•Applied various tax legislation including income tax, RWT and GST and communicated to clients •Prepared balance day adjustments including accruals, prepayments, yearend alignment journals and composed notes to accompany the accounts

Bachelor Of Commerce (Bcom), Accounting

Chartered Accountant