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Full responsibility for IT, Finance, HR and Operations for OME / SME Educational training company providing Government apprenticeships and delivering Commercial Training. Full financial management / processing of Accounting and HR function including preparation Management Accounts, Payroll, Pension, Procurement, VAT & Taxation, Audit, Budgeting & Forecasting, Cashflow.GDPR, Company Secretarial / Compliance officer and MD designate.Liaison and reconciliation SFA / Governing bodies and assistance with funding / re-financing.

Full sole financial responsibility for SME Group of private companies comprising a Medical Practice, Compounding Pharmacy, Training Academy and Holdings / Property company. Standalone COO role with full management, processing and ownership of Accounting, Finance, IT and HR functions. Design and implementation of processes / policies including Hire to Retire, Procure to Pay & Order to Cash.Group Finance Manager with “hands on” responsibility for team of 2-6 managing all accounting functions including Purchase / Sales Ledgers, Deferred Income, Stock / retail systems, WIP, VAT, reconciliations and intrastat returns.Control of monthly close process and preparation quarterly / annual consolidated Group accounts for 4 companies within Group including Pharmacy, Football Academy and Charity.Lessee and property accounting.Preparation Football League submissions and SCMP returns.Ownership banking relationship, cash flow, working capital, forecasting and foreign currency transactions.Payroll, pension, CIS and employee expense processing including P60 and P11D returns.Control of monthly and annual budgeting and forecasting process including liaison with Budget Managers.Design and implementation reporting suite and monthly flash reporting to Directors.Monthly COGS analysis, maintenance of Fixed Assets and Rental portfolio.Analysis and reconciliation of movements / variances in stock provisions, price volumes and rebates.Draft SOP’s, DTP’s and training documentation, resolution compliance and audit issues.

Sole role responsible for statutory / regulatory Compliance across European, Asia Pacific, Middle East & African entities within Global Accounting Operations (83 entities) including annual close process / timetable. Determine process improvements, Corporate Policy, SOX guidelines and adherence to local legislature.Development / review US-Local GAAP reconciliations to eliminate risk / identify opportunities, ensure US GAAP position validated at corporate level with liaison with CFO’s to document and verify adjustments. Development reporting AR and DSO, SOX testing and resolution / remediation of any issues/risks identified.Management SEC, 10Q and 10K reporting processes including Representation letters / disclosures.Liaison with auditors, Legal, Company Secretary and Companies House tracking audits and statutory filings

Maternity contract for Faber Music, Faber and Faber, Geoffrey Faber Properties and Geoffrey Faber Holdings.Responsible for Finance, HR and payroll functions including pensions, payroll, taxation, P11d submissions, Trustee accounts, year-end schedules, CT61 returns and VAT returns.Property agent for Geoffrey Faber properties, preparing invoicing and resolution of queries from lessees.Monitoring of budget and service level agreements, third party accounting and royalty payments.Management of Accounts Payable and Receivable teams and support staff of 10.Responsible for inter-department and inter-company costs/charges and reconciliation of all control accounts. Stock reconciliation to include WIP and finished goods held off-site, liaison with external printers / publishers.

Management Finance, Facilities, Shared Services, Property, Legal and HR functions including management of Accounts Payable team /support staff and liaison with North America, India and Bermuda hubs.Responsible for funding of UK and expat payroll, payroll related queries.Preparation monthly UK accounting package / combined European Shared Service package.Property agent for company premises, preparing budgets, invoices and property related accounts for lessees.Weekly / monthly cash flow / forecasts for Group Treasury and management of banking relationship.Responsible inter-department / inter-company costs, reconciliations, Fixed Assets, VAT, UK / US GAAP compliance, Sarbanes Oxley testing, internal audits and preparation of company accounts.

Accounting Manager for Europe, Middle East, Emerging Markets, Africa and India for Consulting / IT company.Responsible financially for EMEAI markets with sole responsibility for German, French and UK offices / staff. Managed all finance functions through UK and involved in all aspects of accounting, revenue recognition, billings, forecasting and analysis. Improved software / systems as member of Change Control Board, concentrating on systems used in EMEAI, USA & Canada. Involved in design / testing of enhancements, improving processes and information flow. First line of support to Directors including planning seminars, workshops and travel arrangements

Financial / professional support for Regional Director; first-line contact for internal / external issues.Control / administration accounting function and supervision Department.Part-time secondment to project team responsible for implementation of worldwide accounting system (PeopleSoft) 1999 / 2000 with business partners Andersen Consulting (Accenture). Specialist IT training and NVQ’s Career Counselling and Training with HR options with responsibility for training staff locally / throughout Europe.Responsibility for all financial processes / control for Eastern Europe including payments, bank accounts, production sales / purchase invoices, debt revaluation, sales trend and market analysis reports.Financial back-up for overseas branches including the control of branch returns, assets, consignment stocks / invoicing, payment / reimbursement of expenses, budgeting, analysis and ad-hoc financial queries / data.Preparation of monthly returns forming part of Glaxo Wellcome plc financial accounts / taxation.