Mark Sayers Email & Phone Number

London, England, Gb

• Full ownership of the Finance Function (including producing monthly P&L, Balance Sheet and Reports for the Startup)• Overseeing all day-to-day and monthly/yearly Finance Department operations• Stock Accounting• Getting other departmental functions involved with the Finance Function and invested in cost/revenue/balance sheet codes related to their area• Managing a team of people• Taking initiative to improve the data quality and synergies between the OMS system and Xero• Building relationships with customers (doing everything possible to ensure they have a good relationship with us and are paying outstanding debts on time)• Managing and controlling all other aspects of cash flow.• Evaluating the credibility/viability of new sales leads/prospects• Booking all monthly and yearly accounting entries.• Managing the audit process and delivering audit completed on time.• Improved inter-departmental relationships through regular meetings and having other departments involved in Xero and helping maintain certain general ledger codes• Ad hoc tasks given by the CEO and the two VP's• Quarterly Investor Reporting• Fixing historical issues in the ledgers

London, Gb

• Producing monthly P&L, Balance Sheet and Reports for 4 Entities, including the central Quintessentially Company, Quintessentially Estates & Quintessentially Education.• Managing a team of 4 people (3 management accountants and 1 purchase ledger clerk)• Taking initiative to find areas where the business is underperforming and presenting findings to the CEO and Finance Director• Managing and controlling the cash flow forecast. • Booking monthly accruals and prepayments for 4 Entities.• Managing the audit process for the main Quintessentially UK Company and Quintessentially Estates Company• Managing 33 partner offices & providing business recommendations to help them increase revenue and improve reporting practices.• Implementing and sharing knowledge on NRL taxes to help the Q Estates Business, WHT taxes to help the partner offices business and managing VAT rules for the main Quintessentially business.• Improved inter-departmental relationships through monthly meetings and faster/increased communication (marketing, legal, IT, sales, partner offices are all happy to provide references and recommendations)• Improved synergies and relationships between related companies (Q Travel, Q Education, Q Partner Offices)• Improved budget/forecast process by providing more detail and overhauling existing documents• Improved bad debt & accruals process to show a more accurate picture of Quintessentially.• Preparing Daily Cash Sheet• Control fixed assets reporting• Regularly working 60 hour weeks in order to fix Quintessentially Accounting Issues and improve processes• Ad hoc tasks given by the finance director and global international development director.• Fixing and managing the Balance Sheet for Quintessentially UK area of the business• Taking part in out-of-hours activities to help the Q Foundation (Charity) to raise money for Children's Charities

Peachtree Corners, Georgia, Us

• Producing monthly P&L, Balance Sheet and Reports for Mclarens Agriculture Business and variance analysis on a monthly basis• Managing and supervising a team of 3 Purchase Ledger Clerks – played a leading role in dramatically reducing staff turnover levels and developing/motivating staff so that they could progress within the company and enhance reputation of finance department.• Managing and controlling the cash flow forecast. Liasing with other departments to forecast revenue & costs 6 months into the future.• Booking monthly accruals and prepayments for Mclarens Agriculture Business• Producing KPI Reports on a monthly basis – highlighting variances in hourly revenue collected• Preparing Daily Cash Sheet – detailing all revenues and payments recently received and accurately detailing how much excess cash the business would have within the next 30 days.• Manage intragroup transactions across 13 countries and entities• Control fixed assets reporting• Monitoring Expenses• Checking Weekly Expenses Payment Run and Bi-Monthly Invoice Payment Runs• Ad hoc tasks given by the financial controller, closing down offices, preparing analysis of total recruitment charges across Mclarens 20 UK based offices.• Preparing invoices for customers and preparing intercompany invoices• Preparing audit file after year end for Mclarens Holding and Mclarens Agriculture company• Tracking costs against the budget and providing a variance analysis of differences on a monthly basis• Introduced processes into the accounts payable function to ensure invoices paid in a timely manner to help cashflow and ensure supplier relationships are maintained.• Introduced processes into business to maximise billed out revenue to the clients, that encompassed better communication with directors and non-finance staff.• Doing balance sheet intercompany reconciliation

Peachtree Corners, Georgia, Us

Stockholm, Se

• Producing monthly P&L, Balance Sheet and Quarterly Reports for MTG UK Free TV Business• Overseeing departmental budgets and quarterly forecasts for the Legal, Finance, Security, Research and HR departments. This involves regular meetings with head of departments to check variances against budgets and identify any possible avenues for cost savings.• Supporting Payroll function: Responsible for checking payroll each month, preparing payroll journals and checking payroll for inaccuracies• Booking monthly accruals and prepayments• Reporting month end results into Cognos system and reconciling intercompany differences whilst ensuring compliance with group accounting policies• Preparing invoices for customers• Balance Sheet Reconciliations• Maintenance of the fixed assets register• Rent and Rates Schedule• Forecasting Working Capital and Working Capital Variance Analysis• VAT Reconciliation and submitting VAT Returns to HMRC• National Statistics Reporting• Preparing London cost recharges to internal companies• Payments, petty cash, bank transfers, cheque writing, bank journals• Ad hoc tasks given by the financial controller• Monitoring expenses

Stockholm, Se

Working in MTG Africa, a Startup media business with MTG Group, in a team of 3 people my main responsibilities were to improve finance processes and financial controls, prepare management accounts for one legal entity within the group and review/help local Africa teams with finance and reporting related aspects.• Responsible for the monthly preparation of management accounts for the holding company, MTG Africa AB• Responsible for the annual budget and quarterly forecast for MTG Africa AB• Approving Africa Area and Content invoices in the MTG invoicing system (E-Doc)• Reviewing accuracy of management account of MTG Africa entities and checking compliance with group reporting standards• Consolidating Africa entities and production of financial reports for the MTG Africa Group to be submitted on a monthly basis to the MTG executive board.• Forecasting cash needs and setting credit limits for Africa entities quarterly• Checking and approving short-term cash flow reports• Assisting the Business Area controller in developments for Africa businesses

Sydney, Nsw, Au

Working at a FTSE 100 Outsourcing/Investment Management company in a team of 8. During this time I gained an understanding of accounting basics in bookkeeping and preparation of management accounts whilst undertaking a professional qualification.RESPONSIBLITIES• Assisting with monthly management accounts and revenue projections for major investment funds • Preparing balance sheet reconciliations• Preparing VAT Returns• Preparing Net Asset Value reports• Coding and Inputing of invoices and trades into Simcorp Dimensions system

Exeter, England, Gb

• Analysis of sales representatives expenditure for accruals purposes• Analysis of carriage out expenditure for accruals purposes• Reconciliation of credit card expenditure• Weekly cashbook and purchase ledger payments report• Analysis of credit card and other expenses Transaction Processing:- Record cheques received from customers to Excel , posting to customers sales ledgers - Reconciliation of bank statements to Sage cash book- Reconciliation of supplier statements- Checking and posting purchase invoices/credit notes to Sage Line 500 - Post all entries from Stovax bank accounts including interest, transfers and charges- Processing of stock invoices for inter-company and other stock suppliers- Handle telephone enquiries from suppliers regarding payments and invoices

• Undertook 60 hours of volunteer work and taught GCSE Maths to disadvantaged teenagers, from a diverse range of backgrounds and abilities, at Manchester Enterprise Academy. Required to plan lessons in advance and fulfil university commitments alongside teaching. Gained excellent organisational, communication, interpersonal and leadership skills

New York, Ny, Us

Successfully worked in small team acquiring bond prospectuses, contacted clients directly as well as online. Developed complex spreadsheet with information obtained. Recorded and filtered global data.Identified recurring error on terminal, and created a solution. Gave a presentation to 30 management personnel. Persuaded them of the benefits of making changes to the terminal and that these could be followed through in a methodical manner. Bloomberg implemented my changes onto their terminal. I enjoyed working in a fast paced commercial environment.Participated in many team building events outside work hours including helping with an Olympics 2012 World Wildlife project building bird boxes

Louisville, Ky, Us

Fully Qualified

Ba (Economics) (Hons), Accounting And Finance

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