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Caterham

Family run accountancy practice. Dealing in all tax and accountancy matters for small to medium businesses from personal tax returns, company tax returns, VAT and PAYE. Also specialists in personal tax advice for Capital Gains, IHT and foreign nationals with income in the UK and also for property and media professionals. Also offer part-time Finance Director services to companies unable to employ full time in this position with specialisms in integrating stock and accounting systems, ERP… Show more Family run accountancy practice. Dealing in all tax and accountancy matters for small to medium businesses from personal tax returns, company tax returns, VAT and PAYE. Also specialists in personal tax advice for Capital Gains, IHT and foreign nationals with income in the UK and also for property and media professionals. Also offer part-time Finance Director services to companies unable to employ full time in this position with specialisms in integrating stock and accounting systems, ERP, import and export and budgeting and forecasting. Show less

Finance Heads is a collaboration of qualified finance professionals, who provide FD level support into the reach of SMEs by delivering their expertise on a part-time basis.

Caterham, Surrey, United Kingdom

Local business networking group meeting Tuesday mornings, 6.30 till 8.30am for breakfast. BNI is a worldwide organisation of business people helping each other to do more business. Being a member of one of their groups can seriously improve your business.Contact me if you would like me to arrange a visit for you.

Small community magazine publisher with 4 titles, 3 in East Surrey and one near Maidstone, Kent. Ensuring monthly deadlines are met to print and deliver over 22,000 magazines door to door.

Senior member of management team, responsible for all aspects of Finance function through to monthly management accounts and annual statutory accounts. Team of 8 staff reporting to me. Key member of the company management team and worked with all department managers to support projects and budgeting. Worked closely with the IT team to instigate accounting improvements with the company ERP system for improved efficiency in reporting. Also was keenly involved with the company MBO in 2005 and was… Show more Senior member of management team, responsible for all aspects of Finance function through to monthly management accounts and annual statutory accounts. Team of 8 staff reporting to me. Key member of the company management team and worked with all department managers to support projects and budgeting. Worked closely with the IT team to instigate accounting improvements with the company ERP system for improved efficiency in reporting. Also was keenly involved with the company MBO in 2005 and was the main contact for the due diligence team. Show less

Maidstone, Kent

Responsible for all aspects of the Finance function. Arrived six months after the previous FC had left to find lack of bookkeeping controls and a breakdown in most finance systems. Worked on a rolling programme of bringing ledger and reconciliations up to date along with implementing systems for the accounts office to handle letters of credit to assist the purchasing teams. Defined clear roles and needs for the finance team and recruited the positions required. Against a background of… Show more Responsible for all aspects of the Finance function. Arrived six months after the previous FC had left to find lack of bookkeeping controls and a breakdown in most finance systems. Worked on a rolling programme of bringing ledger and reconciliations up to date along with implementing systems for the accounts office to handle letters of credit to assist the purchasing teams. Defined clear roles and needs for the finance team and recruited the positions required. Against a background of constantly managing cash flow with suppliers, improved beyond recognition cash flow forecasting and introduced site contribution analyses. Worked closely with the Finance Director during due diligence when the owners part sold the business, and also worked on a property redevelopment subsidiary which resulted in a flagship city of London store. Also managed the introduction of overseas branches and franchises, thus running small overseas subsidiaries in several countries across the world. This was followed by a period where I reported directly to the MD after the FD left. Show less

Gatwick, West Sussex

I joined in 1996 just as an implementation of Oracle ERP software to join together 4 separate parts of the company into one had failed. We had to revert back to the old systems, which were different for each company. Managed bank and other balance sheet reconciliations whilst fighting with chasing creditors and quickly had to learn how letters of credit worked as the experience had been lost within the department. I acted as point of contact for small accounts teams based also in Newcastle and… Show more I joined in 1996 just as an implementation of Oracle ERP software to join together 4 separate parts of the company into one had failed. We had to revert back to the old systems, which were different for each company. Managed bank and other balance sheet reconciliations whilst fighting with chasing creditors and quickly had to learn how letters of credit worked as the experience had been lost within the department. I acted as point of contact for small accounts teams based also in Newcastle and Manchester divisions and had to combine the reporting of each division and implement a group cash flow forecast and annual budgeting system to manage the cash crises. Became department accountant after a series of departures at senior level and was heavily involved in due diligence process when Victor Kiam led a rights issue to stabalise the company finances. After the rights issue, working closely with the new FD we were able to take back control of the debtors ledger from factors, and implement a new ERP system to manage the company going forward. Thanks to the successful implementation we were able to reduce the accounts department from 12 people to 6. I managed all aspects of accounts, payroll, credit control, bought ledger and all forecasting. Show less

Accountancy

A Levels, Maths, Economics And Computer Science

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