Katherine Blakey Email & Phone Number

Luton, GB

London Area, United Kingdom

London, United Kingdom

• As part of the newly created leadership team, in this role, I was responsible for the management of the Finance function - which consisted of two direct reports in London, and a remote pay and bill team of three.
• Creation of fixed asset register, along with asset tagging
• Implementation and control of Gross Profit by consultant reporting, consultant targets and tracking
• Company-wide bonus and commission schemes
• Creation of internal reporting packs, along with sales activity metrics and reporting
• Implementation of month end close cycle, along with balance sheet reconciliations and reviews

London, United Kingdom

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London, Greater London, United Kingdom

Luton, United Kingdom

This purpose of this role was to manage the production and distribution of the financial reporting and assist in budgeting, for a third of the Randstad UK operating companies - along with a team of 2 direct reports - which included the control of the UK Holding company.In this role I was able to build continuous improvement plans for the whole finance.

Luton, United Kingdom

The main task of this role was to produce management information and GP reconciliation for stakeholders, using information from an outsourced payroll company and system.Due to the creation of a UK Shared Service Centre, in this role I was able to streamline and improve on reporting processes. This resulted in the reduction of headcount within the team, and.

Tasks undertaken in this role included:-- Reconciliation of Sales daybook along with monthly analysis of GP- Accruals and prepayments- Purchase Ledger invoice analysis and coding checks- Preparation of monthly Management Accounts in accordance with IAS and IFRS- P&L analysis, including variance analysis to both budget and forecast- Generation of P&L.

Tasks undertaken in this role included:-- Allocation of daily cash receipts- Bank reconciliation- Dealing with foreign currencies- Making international and UK based bank payments- Payment runs- Cashbook management

Tasks undertaken in this role included:-- Allocation of daily cash receipts- Bank reconciliation- Dealing with foreign currencies- Making international and UK based bank payments- Purchase Ledger administration- Coding of invoices- Posting invoices to computerised accounting system- Reconciliation of supplier statements- Payment runs- Cashbook management.

Level 3 Award, Leadership And Management

Association Of Chartered Certified Accountants, Accounting

Bsc (Hons) Degree In Applied Accounting, Accounting

Levels 2-4 Diploma, Maat, Accounting And Finance

Activities and Societies: Student of the Year - 2011