Not Guilty Food Co. T/A The Skinny Food Co, Arnold, NottinghamDistribution of low-calorie food products & snacks – (T/O £22M)Financial Controller December 2021 to Present• Setting up a much-improved internal financial reporting system (External Accountants) – incorporating P&L forecasts, comparative P&L’s, balance sheet & cash flow forecasts• Identified £600’k in current year & brought forward balance sheet errors, following reconciliations• Recovered £80’k in desputed debts• Building specification & sourcing partners for an implementation of Dynamics 365• Actively sourcing new Accountants for the business• Implementation of internal controls to control expenditure & verify stock purchases• Inventory reporting at own Warehouse, 3PL providers & manufacturers• Discussions & implementation of Barclays.Net• Sourcing New Premises including discussions with Agents, Chartered Surveyors & Commercial Mortgage Brokers/Barclays• Improved the external payroll process• Implemented SKU codes & Products Groups to identify products & costs etc• Providing financial information including a 5-year forecast, for potential take-over bids

• Preparation of monthly management accounts• Responsible for cash management & credit control activities• Inventory control and quarterly stock take• Responsible for the outsourcing of the payroll function• Supervision/performance review of the purchase and sales ledger functions• Foreign exchange contracts & managing currency exposure• Capital expenditure reporting & fixed asset control • Inter-company account reconciliations• Supervision of 3 accounts staff• Extensive use of Xero accounting system & Shuttleworth ERP

• Responsible for all financial aspects of the company including nominal ledger, sales ledger, purchase ledger, payroll & company records.• IT development and the introduction of new software and processes including a new pricing/contract generation package & it’s integration with the CRM system.• Supplier relationships & on-boarding new suppliers.• Calculation/allocation/collection of all commissions due from suppliers • Implemented management reporting systems including daily/weekly performance analysis, forecasting, budgeting & job costing.• Extensive use of Sage 50 Accounts & Payroll.• Introduction of commission schemes for the sales force & subsequent calculation & reporting of payments due.• Reconciled & cleansed the financial records on Sage in preparation for the new Financial Year.• Bank & balance sheet reconciliations• Process improvement/mapping and responsible for the ISO process.• Recruitment & responsible for the induction of new employees.• Supervision/development of the accounts assistant.• Ad-hoc changes of tenancy & energy surveys at sites throughout the UK.

• Preparation of the monthly management accounts for the Residential, SME and Corporate businesses• Responsible for monthly volume, profit & cash forecasts.• Data/trend analysis and investigation of variances to plan/forecast.• Validation, reconciliation and payment of transportation and related charges.• Balance sheet review and reconciliation.

• Account manager responsible for a portfolio of major new housing Developers.• Liaison with Developers/field account managers, organising/co-ordinating the installation of new electric & gas meters on a timely basis, via E.ON resources/external meter operators/distributors.• Ensuring meters are correctly registered on the national databases & investigating/correcting errors.• Collection of outstanding debts and reconciliation of Developer’s accounts for energy used on site, either from temporary building supplies, landlord supplies or domestic meters.

• Analysing imbalances between electricity used by business customers and the value charged to British Gas by industry, the subsequent contact with customers & the industry to recoup any adverse variances, including cash collection and the setting up of payment plans where necessary.• Reconciliation of customer/settlement accounts, ensuring payments/credits have been received.

• Advising business customers & processing/validating information relating to moving premises, resolving queries, promoting energy & other services provided by British Gas.• Creating/closing new/old accounts, and collecting monies relating to outstanding final balances.

• Preparation of monthly management accounts, monthly reporting of cash and profit forecasts, costing, performance analysis and completion of the Group Management information pack• Preparation of the 3-year strategic plan, the annual budget & the year end pack including liaising with internal and external auditors• Inventory control and annual stock take• Payroll and pensions processing• Supervision/performance review of the purchase and sales ledger functions• IT development and was Project Manager for the introduction of a new mainframe software package (Navision Attain)• Implemented controls and procedures to ensure that the business operated efficiently and effectively and that the company’s assets were secured• Foreign exchange contracts & managing currency exposure• Responsible for completion of the Business Recovery Plan• Capital expenditure reporting, fixed asset control and any capital investment appraisals• From July 2005 responsible for purchasing/expediting and inventory control of activities of the bu• Project Manager for the introduction of new mainframe software packages covering manufacturing and finance (Kestrel & Enterprise)• Standard costing, current costing, variance analysis & quarterly/annual stock valuations• Cost roll ups through bills of materials, work centres, routings and applying labour and overhead rates based on standard/actual assembly times• Identification of variances/inaccurate data using reports such as manufactured items without B.O.M’s, work centres without labour/overhead rates, routings without assembly times, & purchased parts without prices• Chaired the weekly production meetings where the order book was analysed, backlogs identified and ensured corrective action was taken to maximise customer satisfaction• Key to the successful run down & closure of the Daventry site, and organised/managed the transfer of production to the Tamworth site and external suppliers.

• Preparation of month end and year end accounts, using Sage Software• Capital investment proposals/appraisals• Member of the management team who were responsible for a rise in turnover from £5 M to £27 M • From April 1997 I was given responsibility for the purchasing and stores functions• Contract costing on all the current projects reporting on material/labour/overhead costs allocated to each & performing regular cost to complete exercises via liaison with project managers.

• Monthly reporting, cash forecasting, standard costing, inventory control & annual planning• Costing, stock control and responsible for sales & purchase ledger functions• Liaison with bankers regarding the on-going business operations• Recommendation/implementation of manual and computerised systems

• Introduced Monthly Divisional Reporting & calculation/review of monthly performance• Appointed as Project Manager for the implementation of the MFG/PRO CRM system• Costing/stock valuations & MFG/PRO base data validation

• Performance reporting, variance analysis, direct labour reporting, cash forecasts • Part of an implementation team for a new project and maintenance software system (PRISM).

• Monthly & annual accounts, budgeting, inter- company balances• Installation of a new hardware & software time share package