Contracted to develop and implement a solution to strengthen the control environment as it relates to month end processes ensuring the integrity of the balance sheet is maintained.

Barclays is a global financial institution providing consumer, business, commercial and corporate banking services.Responsibilities Ensure engagement in place with affected areas, and involvement throughout Detail the Business Requirements Produce the Target Operating Model incorporating jurisdictional variations Focus on process improvement and centralisation throughout Ensure change requests raised and dealt with as required Assist with the Functional Specification document Monitor the build of the tool and ensure alignment with requirements Assist in UAT Oversee implementation of the pilot scheme Produce appropriate training material and disseminate Oversee the go live implementation

RBS is a global financial institution providing consumer, business, commercial and corporate banking services. Fixed term contract in the Financial Control workstream of Project Rainbow; Project Rainbow relates to the divestment of 317 RBS and Natwest branches to Santander.Responsibilities - Credit card reportingo Understand and document the month end Financial Control function as it relates to credit cards within the retained bank, including journal posting, substantiation, and process improvement. o Replicate this within project Financial Control for divesting customers.o Understand monthly MI, and possible changes to this reporting process as a result of separation, ensuring this is communicated to Business Analysis teamso Engage with data providers, ensuring that the requirement to provide separate journal data for divesting customers is delivered, and that project change requests are submitted in a timely manner.o Engage with system specialists to ensure that divesting customer balances are separated from the retain bank at source, and ensuring all feeds correctly map to the Commercial Cards project hierarchy in the ledger.o Present progress at the weekly Project Working Group, including risks and issues and items for escalationo Liaise with other project work streams to ensure alignment of goals and solutions throughout.o Ensure all relevant stakeholders are identified and consulted throughout.o Focus on process improvement throughout, not just within the project, but in Financial Control as a whole.

Specifically tasked with overseeing the Migration Control aspect of the divestment, and designing and implementing a reporting solution for Commercial Credit Cards. Responsibilities - Migration ControlProduce an accounting model to allow controlled migration of customer data to Santander, in accordance with Santander's requirements.Understanding all upstream customer holding systems and downstream general ledger systems.Ensure identification and involvement of all key stakeholders.Produce account/transaction mapping for each customer account holding systemLiase with other work streams to ensure full end to end compatibility between models.Liase with Technology Services to ensure report outputs meet requirements and allow for low level reconciliations between account holding systems.Scrutinise test results and ensure exceptions are investigated and appropriate corrective action taken.Provide updates on progress at team and cross divisional meetings.Assist other work streams as required.

CIMG) is a division of the leading US media conglomerate Comcast Corporation. CIMG manages the sales and distribution of Comcast Corporation's programming assets outside the United States via traditional and new media platforms, with particular focus being on the sale and marketing of the TV channels; E! Entertainment and The Style Network.ResponsibilitiesPreparing financial models and business plans for new channel launches and advertising in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA).Preparation of annual revenue budgets, and maintenance of rolling revenue forecasts.Comparison of actual and forecast revenues and costs against budget.Subscriber and fee variance analysisProvision of MI to Managing DirectorTracking expenses and performing cost savings analysesConducting reviews of affiliate and ad-sales contracts ensuring compliance.Working closely with the central finance function in Los Angeles to ensure that UK ledgers are correctly maintained in order to facilitate reporting for VAT, PAYE and other tax issues as well as UK GAAP.Assisting our accountants in the preparation of VAT returns, EC VAT sales lists and P11D returns, and withholding tax claims.Assisting in year end audit process including preparation of audit schedules and handling queries.Managing the EMEA debtors including credit control and reporting.Oversee the sales invoice process (Los Angeles) Researching TV Market in various countries for potential channel launches

Grant Thornton UK are a medium sized firm of accountants providing a wide range of financial advisory services.  In-charge of the audits of medium to large multi-national entities including group consolidations Industry experience includes motor retail, consulting, property, media, OEICs, among others Involvement in the audit planning process including tailoring audit procedures to client operations and assessing key audit risks Experience in using auditCARE (Control Analysis & Risk Evaluation) to assess internal controls systems and discussion of findings with client senior management Supervision and coaching of the on-site audit team Review of the audit file prior to manager and partner review Reporting key findings to client management with a view to improving their accounting processes and internal control environment  Experience in reporting under UK GAAP and IFRS Experienced in producing small company financial statements Studying for the ACA qualification

This was a laboratory specialising in GM food crops research and the production of bio-chemicals.ResponsibilitiesPoly-acrylamide gel electrophoresisAlpha-amylase testingSDS testingPreparing samples for analysis Writing and improving our methods.Producing spreadsheets, reports and photographs of our results.