Kit Compton Email & Phone Number

I'm currently seeking new employment opportunities. After 21 years in the retail accounting enviroment I have a wealth of experience within a large FTSE 100 company. As well as my accounting roles for the business I also have experience of team building events and exercises and make an excellent team player.

• Home Retail Group plc is the parent company of the high street retailers Argos and Homebase
• Reported to the Senior Financial Accounting Manager
• Organised the monthly Group balance sheet reconciliation process; co-ordinated the reconciliation work of 60+ staff covering 850+ reconciliations
• Performed all payroll related balance sheet control reconciliations and the payment of PAYE and pension contributions
• Co-ordinated and compiled the Group gross pay cash flow budget and… Show more
• Co-ordinated and compiled the Group gross pay cash flow budget and forecast processes and produced the budgets and forecasts for all payroll deductions

• Reported to the Financial Accounting Manager
• Produced the monthly balance sheet control report for home catalogue retailer GUS Home Shopping trading as Equation; communicated to managers and directors current issues and developments and quantified potential.
• Liaised across the full range of staff on a regular basisKey Achievements
• Improved the understanding of senior managers of the key balance accounts by highlighting significant movements and… Show more
• Improved the understanding of senior managers of the key balance accounts by highlighting significant movements and identifying the reasons for variances to forecast
• Improved the working relationship between Manchester and Milton Keynes based teams by giving an energising presentation to 250 staff during a team building exercise

• Reported to the Divisional Financial Accountant
• Managed a general ledger team of 8 in a shared service centre
• Maintained the chart of accounts
• Managed the input of journals and interfaces and the reconciliation of balance sheet accounts; identified any risks or opportunitiesKey Achievements
• Built a new team from 3 different operating companies into one team with its own identity and loyalty
• Improved the reconciliation process by formalising formats and filing, both… Show more

• Morses Ltd, a mail order catalogue company, a subsidiary of GUS Home Shopping Ltd
• Reported to the Chief Accountant
• Produced monthly management accounts and cash flow information, reviewed with Chief Accountant and Finance Director, explained cost variances
• Liaised and questioned budget holders on variances
• Produced bi-annual accounts for group consolidation purposes
• Produced the annual statutory accounts, submitted to registrar of companies, and resolved auditors queries as… Show more

Acca Level Ii

Passed 7 out of 9 papers at level II

Btec National Diploma In Business Studies

passed with distinction. Automatic qualification for Association of Accounting Technicians

A Levels

O Levels