Jon Bates Email & Phone Number

United Kingdom

Reading, Berkshire, GB

Reading, Berkshire, GB

Member of the Capita Networking Solutions delivery and operations finance team. Supporting the COO organisation and delivery arm of CNS to drive cost transformation, procurement initiatives and drive project and programme management accounting across the organisation. Responsibilities include:Tracking and measuring of project performance, employee.

Weybridge, Surrey, GB

• Financial lead on a £12m portfolio of contracts. Driving financial and commercial performance via engaging with key stakeholders to enable the delivery of financial targets and key performance indicators. Partnering.
• Analysing performance drivers across the business, highlighting performance concerns and challenging risks and opportunities to budget/forecast
• Partnering with operational staff to shape the regional strategy and budget achievement plan ensuring the strategy is properly articulated and communicated across the business
• Managing the forecasting and budgeting processes across multiple contracts.
• Overseeing the monthly MI and P&L reporting process, including consolidation processes for a specific range of contracts
• Managing the preparation of business review meetings and presentations

Weybridge, Surrey, GB

• Business partner for various operational and commercial business units’ worth circa £10m per annum. Providing support and advice to operational management, ensuring a robust understanding of the business and its risks.
• Reviewing income, expenditure, capital projects and contracts
• Identifying and championing new initiatives and ideas to drive improved business performance.
• Regular reporting and analysis on financial performance and business KPIs to budget holders and senior leadership team.
• Ensuring that effective financial controls operate across the business and that financial risk is understood and minimised.
• Working in conjunction with group finance functions to provide the delivery of an effective finance service to the company.

Weybridge, Surrey, GB

• Management of a team of six purchase ledger clerks.
• Ensuring over 25,000 transactions are processed accurately and timely each period.
• Overseeing the employee expenses and supplier statement reconciliation & payment processes, including liaising with suppliers & all areas of the business
• Target setting & motivating team to work towards individual and group objectives.
• Recruitment and training of all staff, including various staff outside of the finance department.
• Managing the month end close for both purchase and sales ledger.

Schindellegi, Schwyz, CH

• Daily upkeep of 200+ purchase ledger accounts and MS Excel statement reconciliations.
• Batching, coding & validation of invoices against purchase orders.
• Preparation of weekly BACS, CHAPS & cheque payments & foreign currency payments.
• Provision of credit control and sales ledger support as and when required.
• Monthly reconciliation of inter-company accounts, including coding and allocation of invoices.

Feltham, England, GB

• Administering of employee expense claims and all manual cheque payments.
• Reconciliation of daily sales figures from all sites & input of figures into the General Ledger.
• Input of supplier invoices and matching to purchase orders.
• General ad-hoc admin duties.

Master Of Science - Ms, Professional Accountancy

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Applied Accounting