Responsible for the finance department at an experiential marketing company and reporting to the owners this role includes:• Management of full-cycle accounting operations including payroll• Preparation of monthly financial reporting including forecasts and variance reports, • Management of all treasury functions including bank accounts, cash flow forecasting and banking relationships• Leading, coaching and mentoring the finance team• Working with Senior Leadership team to drive strategic and operational initiatives• Partnering with department leads to manage overhead costs set financial targets and measure performanceNotable Achievements:• Found efficiencies in the payroll process to reduce the junior accountant's time by a whole day per pay cycle• Implemented better accounts receivable practices to greatly improve cashflow management • Updated the project costing template to increase profit margins

This challenging role provides many opportunities to make a real difference to this multi-branch travel company. I have made many improvements to processes and procedures in order to increase efficiencies and to provide much better financial information and data to allow for better business decisions. This includes: • In depth monthly reporting and analysis• Revenue and cash flow forecasts• Accruals for revenue and liabilities on a monthly basis• More efficient commission reconciliation processes• Moving towards a more digital, paperless environment Along with all the day to day, month-end and year-end tasks that encompass a finance role I am also involved with:• Weekly strategic leadership team meetings• Decision making on business expansion plans• Project ownership of rolling out the new company wide commission reporting software. This included liaising with software developers, extensive testing and creating and presenting user manuals for agents• Staff management and mentoring

Working for a real estate firm, this temporary position is to support the accounts receivable team while they seek to restructure following a long term employee’s retirement. My role entails:• Reconciling GL accounts.• Producing month end, quarter end and year end AR reports.• Reconciling tenant accounts.• Monitoring bank accounts and posting EFT receipts.• Processing billing adjustments and journal entries due to tenant lease amendments.• Straight line accruals• Percent rent billing and reporting

Opinium Research specializes in market research and is part owned by Lansons, a public relations and strategic communications agency. My role was split between the two companies, reporting directly to the Finance Director of the Lansons Group. My career developed immensely with Opinium/ Lansons and after two integral members of staff left in 2012, my FD relied on my extensive knowledge of both companies to step up to a much more senior position, becoming his sounding board and also providing invaluable support and advice to other senior members of the company with regards to financial matters.At Opinium, I was solely responsible for all aspects of the finance function including:• Producing the monthly management accounts including P&L, journal entries, GL reconciliations, accruals and fixed asset register.• Presenting financial figures at monthly board meetings.• Processing changes in partners' share holdings and updating relevant capital and tax accounts.• Collating monthly payroll information and liaising with our payroll administrators.• Coordinating and liaising with the auditors during our annual audit.• Monthly tax returns.• Bank reconciliation.• Sales reporting.• Client invoicing.• Purchase ledger.• Credit control.• Maintaining the panel payment database that tracks payments made to our 40,000+ panel members. • Weekly processing of panellist payments and dealing with their queries.

• Drafting contracts for new clients and negotiating terms.• Advising senior staff (up to Board Director level) on fee levels for new clients and projects.• Producing time reports to analyze the recovery rates of client work.• Client fee invoicing.• Conducting finance inductions for new employees covering processes such as timesheets, expenses and purchase orders and the software used to record them.

Working for an asset management company with both domestic and international clients, I reported directly to the Head of Finance and Operations. My main finance roles were: • Bank account reconciliation including petty cash and foreign currency• Purchase Ledger• Processing of personal and corporate card expenses.• Assistance with end of month processes including reports, prepayments, accruals, fixed asset register and currency revaluations.Issues arising within operations ranged from minor problems that could be dealt with personally to those which required liaising with contractors and suppliers. This included:• IT support, communications and building maintenance• Daily monitoring and issuing of security passes • Administration of the offsite storage records.

Responsible for the administration of a photocopier sales company, I was relied upon to undertake a diverse role. I ensured the smooth daily running of the office and provided invaluable support to the UK and Export Sales Team. Having taken the initiative to alter existing filing systems and implement new practices, I improved the efficiency and organisation of the office. My main tasks included: • The upkeep of the purchase and sales ledger on Sage Line 50• Maintaining the cashbook and credit control for overdue accounts • Reception• Post and courier duties.• Maintaining and ordering office supplies.