Identified inaccuracy in previous year profit and loss and balance sheet, saving company £80,000 before the new account submitted for the next year. Also dealt with Four VAT investigations in two months in professional manner and managed both HMRC and client’s expectations. • Preparation, finalisation and submissions of company accounts for small, medium and owner managed businesses.• Prepare and submit Confirmation Statement for limited companies.• Preparation and Submission of VAT Returns under different schemes.• Liaise with HMRC for tax enquiry on client behalf.• Assisting and reviewing the work of juniors.• Monthly bank reconciliations for the business. • Administer Sales and purchase ledger functions.• Oversee credit control functions to reduce outstanding fees.• Responsible for general ledger maintenance.• Prepare month end closures and reporting. • Communication of any outstanding accounting issues to relevant manager.• Maintain full audit trail of transactions and assist with audit file and queries.• Managing junior staff by allocating workload as well as providing basic training in accounts preparation, book keeping and general administration.

Managed branch costs through effective managing of staff hours, shrink and waste and saved annually £76,000 and growth in like for like profit of 8.5%. Also trained regional team of 40 people on cash process, inventory process and colleague hours matching which helped to save £1m for the region. • Excellent planning, prioritising, organising and execution skills.• Manage costs and colleagues to deliver sales and growth and deliver green KPI’s.• Regular review of cash, payroll, inventory and price control handling procedure, identify gaps or losses and implement control measure to prevent it happen in future.• Great communication skills both in written and verbal to all level of business.• Escalated and resolved customers issues as well as colleague issues and complaints on operational matters in a professional manner.• Take ownership of Recruiting, training and coaching colleagues, sharing my own knowledge, skills and experience for enhancing their efficiency.

Supported the region and worked more than 50 stores to identify safe and legal issues, stock inaccuracies, cash compliance and payroll issues. Won deputy manager of the year in 2010. • Responsible for maintaining safe and legal aspect of the branch.• In-charge of cash handling, banking and reconciliation of branch.• Ensure optimum stock management is in place and accuracy of stock.• Responsible for Payroll, Cash office, stationary ordering, training and other admin tasks.