Rebecca Johnson Email & Phone Number

Bristol, United Kingdom

Spur Support Services utilises my extensive experience in Accounts, Tax and Risk Management to assist UK companies with accounting, tax and process improvements and specific tax risk issues. Please see the website www.spursupportservices.co.uk for further details.

Bristol

Overall responsibility for managing strategic, planning and compliance risk within DAS (part of the Munich Re Group) for direct and indirect taxes, including maintaining or developing appropriate processes in partnership with the wider business.Key accomplishments:1. Development of a Tax Strategy and Tax Risk Register for all taxes, to support and direct Tax Risk Management and Senior Accounting Officer reporting responsibilities.2. Effective communication and negotiation with HMRC on numerous areas of uncertainty over Indirect and HR taxes, based on working collaboratively with the appropriate operational teams around the business.3. Continuous improvement of tax compliance data flows, systems and processes which leaves the company fully prepared for Making Tax Digital

Bristol, United Kingdom

Responsible for Tax, Internal Audit, the co-ordination and development of the Risk Appetite Statement and the corporate risk framework.All the responsibilities of the previous two roles, together with the addition of risk management framework. Risk Management aspects:• Development of risk appetite statement• Development of the former Risk Register, improving Risk Ownership and Reporting from Risk Owners through to Board into a dynamic communication tool to support the Senior Management and Directors in understanding, monitoring and controlling the corporate risks of the Company.• Ofwat Regulatory price determination, assessment of risk and uncertainty during Business Plan submissions (including review of Ofwat risk and uncertainty methodologies and modelling).• Involvement in other corporate initiatives to ensure alignment of the Risk Based approach

Bristol, United Kingdom

Responsible for Tax and the development of risk based Internal Auditing audit planning, monitoring and control. PlusInternal Control Management and development of a integrated risk based Internal Audit Strategy.Developing and co-ordinating 3 year Internal Audit planning and assignments with internal Management and external Internal Audit specialistsHorizon scanning, Risk and Business Development monitoring for reviewing plan annuallyMonitoring recommendation implementation.Co-ordination of Management's completion of corporate maturity against COSO framework questionnaire and monitoring of associated action plan implementation.Undertaking adhoc assignments for Executives as requested.Attending and reporting to Audit Committee

Bristol, United Kingdom

Tax Management covering all taxes:- Corporate Tax (including forecasting over future years), - VAT, - Human Resources, Payroll and Salary Sacrifice, - Expatriate Tax, - Transfer Pricing, - Environmental Taxes- Share Scheme and Employment Related Securities TransactionsIncluding all HMRC submissions and technical negotiations as necessary.Active participation in Industry Tax groups to manage tax uncertainties and risks within our individual company.Responses to HM Treasury tax consultations.Tax Disclosures in accounts and associated notes.Tax Tables in Ofwat Regulatory returns and associated commentaries implementation.Working with Finance Team during two corporate takeovers to ensure that tax was effectively communicated during negotiations and to avoid tax ineffective decisions being undertaking around the subsequent structures and tools.

Bristol, United Kingdom

Finance System development for small companies, Management accounts, budgets, forecasts including full monthly P&L/BS and Cashflow, Consolidations including international subsidiaries and associates, Statutory accounts, both for group (consolidated plc) and individualTax Management, including applying Malaysian payroll tax,Tax Risk assessments for entering new territoriesLong term Project CostingsIFRS convergence assessment and financial modellingCorporate disposals and managing due diligence process

Weston Super Mare, Somerset, United Kingdom

Audit Senior duties with associated tax work.Highlighting accounting system issues and proposing solutions for improvement.(Temporary position through my own service company)

Castle Cary, Somerset, United Kingdom

Acting Financial Controller for Medium-sized Manufacturing Company within the automotive industry. Taken on temporarily to run Finance Department following identification of significant control issues.Specific duties included - managing tight cashflow and clearing historical problems arising due to previous control as well as producing ongoing monthly reports and periodic submissions.-Supervising and improving performance of Finance Department of three.-Instigating more efficient accounts procedures and improving use of accounting package already in place. -Improving Monthly Management Accounts and reports.- Re-establishing and improving relationships with major creditors and invoice discounting firm.-Setting up and documenting procedures to ensure that the errors that arose prior to assignment were unlikely to reoccur.- Assisting in setting up Forecasting system with successor- Training successor in procedures and Accounts package.(Temporary position through my own service company)

Street, Somerset, United Kingdom

Audit/accounts clients up to £7m turnoverCorporation tax and business taxPersonal tax and return completionSpecialist assignments - charities (both audit, independent examination and exempt status)

Salisbury, United Kingdom

Responsible for 1 JuniorAudit Experience: - Turnovers to approx. £2m - Planning/undertaking audits with assistance of one junior - Reporting to manager post senior review stage.Involved in maintaining work in progress schedules.Reviewing tax work of other junior staffPersonal tax returns, non-limited co. tax computations.Reviewing Payroll calculations undertaken for clients.General corporate & personal tax workMajor new areas of experience:- In-depth research undertaken for the partner into purchase of own shares treatment.

Leeds, United Kingdom

Audit Experience:- Individual companies & Groups- Turnover up to £13m- Performing audits to post senior review stage.- Planning audits up to £2m turnover.- Reporting to manager or partner depending on the job.- Preparing related tax computations.Accounts preparation experience:- Turnover up to £6m- Accounts to partner review stage- Reporting to partner- Preparing related tax computations- Preparing estimated client tax liability statements, allowing for other tax return items.Major areas of new experience:- Audit of foreign exchange rate balances/transactions- Audit of franchise companies- Audit of insurance companies- Trust Tax Returns

Harrogate

Audit experience:- turnover up to £3mAccounts preparation experience:- turnover up to £500,000- Preparing Cashflow Forecasts- Assisting in compilation of business plans.Compliance - introducing quality control processes for audit work