-Ensuring a smooth transition and meeting the launch deadline for new accounting software Sage X3-Building new reports to assist various departments compare actuals, budgets and forecast by customer and SKU-Producing inventory reports, forecasting recall fees and supporting the Business during a product recall-Main contact for the external business partners and parent company with testing and overseeing Sage X3 modifications-Working closely with the Sales team to deliver monthly full year forecast by customer to contribution level and review effectiveness of promotions-Completing and submitting the quarterly VAT return-Managing 2 direct reports – Finance assistant and Office assistant-Improving month end tasks to reduce number of days to close and produce final P&L and Balance sheets recs with support from Finance assistant-Overseeing IT and office contracts with support from Office assistant. Including Fixed asset register and improving business practices for company assets-Manage the year end audit ensuring all files are prepared and liaising with auditors to support with any queries

-Reviewing the stock provision policies across company and presenting to the CFO the potential to improve and harmonise the policies for Dixons and CPW-Managing 3 analysts, 2 of which are based overseas. Ensuring a fair distribution of tasks and support through meetings and video conferencing-Business partner to Supply Chain to ensure we stay in line with market demand and adjust stock intake accordingly-Responsible for weekly stock cashflow forecasting and monthly stock commentary for the working capital reports-Budget/Forecasting for stock balance sheet and P&L provisions-Liaised with auditors for year end, for stock and provision balance sheets

-Creating a new model to calculate the profitability of new/relocated stores-The finance business partner on the national living wage project-Managing the Reward Analyst and working together to improve financial controls and reward payment accuracy-Modelling any new reward scheme proposals-Business partner to HR and Operations in relation to reward and retail staff deployment-Completing month-end and annual processes for payroll including month-end journals, balance sheet recs, commentary and budget/forecast

Travelled to Hong Kong, China, Japan, Australia and New Zealand over 3 months.

- Continuing with the responsibilities and workload from my previous position- Overseeing the Trainee Accountant and teaching them procedures and computer skills- A lead tester on development of new accounting software to be rolled out across the company- Attending regular meetings with the IT development team to discuss issues found during testing- Overseeing the department when the Financial Controller was on annual leave- Liaising with Directors to produce new reports for Shareholder meetings- Assisting management with queries relating to the monthly accounts- Calculating and submitting the quarterly VAT return

- Completing Bank and Client recs each month, including investigating any discrepancies- Preparation of accounts for the monthly Shareholder and Directors meeting- Calculate and post, month-end journals; including write-offs, accruals and prepayments- Creating a new accounting report to reflect the origin of all income and profit by branch for the Directors monthly Ops meeting- Analysis of the P&L accounts, including commentary of key variances for the Directors meeting- Training the new Trainee Accountant on Excel and Access Dimensions- Accurate Balance Sheet reconciliations; monthly and annually- Preparation of accounting schedules for monthly cost analysis- Monthly income report for Directors, showing the actual/budget/forecast by branch- Preparation of annual budgets - Assisting with payroll queries while the Payroll Manager was an annual leave- Report key figures to National Statistics, such as monthly income and fixed asset additions- Prepare reports for the annual audit and assist auditors with any queries - Working closely with Sales and Purchase Ledger assistants to help reduce nominal code errors - Daily cash flow and card payment reporting - Maintain the Fixed Asset Register, including depreciation, additions and disposals- Improving Accounting and Payroll procedures to improve speed and efficiency, through the use of Excel formulas and macros

- Maintaining high availability of stock and a tidy environment- Helping customers with any requests or complaints

- Contributing towards regular KPI reporting for distribution across EU insurance teams- Liaised with Insurance Managers to address any adhoc tasks and investigate reporting issues- Learnt new software which I used to create new reports and deliver reporting solutions- Produced weekly reports for managers to reflect complaints and claims statistics