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I was responsible for the sales and purchase ledgers for this circa £80M turnover business. Together with the Group Finance Director, I was responsible for the management accounts, including balance sheet reconciliations. I had 9 staff reporting to me. Other duties included responsibility for VAT returns, EC sales and Intrastat returns. I successfully worked with the External Auditors, on the year-end audits of some recently purchased subsidiary companies, resulting in significant improvements to their reported accounts. I also worked closely with the Company Secretary on the administration of the company bank accounts, including checking and authorising payments in HSBC bank.

I was responsible for all Financial and Company Secretarial aspects of this Company, including direct oversight of 3 overseas subsidiaries. I managed a team of 4 staff in the UK, and one accounts clerk in the German subsidiary. Turnover for the Group in financial year 2016/17 was in excess of £21M, with a healthy net profit, and the Company showed strong growth, both in the UK, Poland and Germany. Reporting requirements included Monthly Management Accounts, summarised Consolidated Accounts, Budgets, VAT, EC Sales and Intrastat, and detailed sales and margin analysis. I oversaw the Company Pension scheme, and reviewed the monthly payroll. I was also responsible for Legal, Insurance, Tax compliance, and Vehicle fleet management.

My responsibilities included producing monthly management accounts for the senior management team, and for Head Office in Sweden, Responsible for sales ledger and purchase ledger. Managed the Payroll for 68 staff, including pension administration.

As part of the Trustee Board, I am responsible for the CSC Computer Sciences Limited Defined Benefit Pension Scheme (assets of £1.05Bn) and the Defined Contribution Pension Scheme (assets of £400M). As part of this work, the Trustee Board has been working to establish a plan with the Company for eliminating the Defined Benefit Deficit. On the Defined Contribution side, as Trustees we have recently introduced new investment funds for the Scheme members to invest in.

Responsible for the Accounting for major IT outsourcing contracts in the Public Sector of CSC, namely GCHQ, UK Visas, Dept of Health and Transport for London. In Financial Year 2013 Revenues were circa £130M, with a significantly positive Operating Margin.I am responsible for producing the monthly management accounts for these contracts, in conjunction with the finance business partners, and collating commentary on variances of actuals vs forecast and budget. Monthly Balance Sheet reconciliations – all GL Accounts are properly reconciled. I am responsible for dealing with External Auditors as part of the interim and final Audits, as well as liaising Internal Audit, when required.Achievements have included the proper reconciliation of intercompany accounts which has resulted in significant movements to the P&L. I have also established new procedures over the formulation of accruals, which has resulted in more accurate accounts.

2010-2102 I was the Financial Controller responsible for GDS (Global Direct Services) in CSC UK. This division was the “bridge” between CSC India and the main CSC EMEA Sectors, (such as Manufacturing, Consumer Services, Financial Services etc) for India Outsourcing contracts.2007-2010 – Financial Controller EMEA Business Development.- this was the “Bidding Engine” for major outsourcing contacts in EMEA. My role was to report on costs within Business Development and also for individual bids.

As a Senior Manager and Team Leader my responsibilities included:-Accounting - Produced monthly management accounts, quarterly financial accounts, and annual statutory accounts. Initially when taking over the role there were major problems with reporting of Work In Progress which required significant prior year adjustments to previous year’s accounts. This also resulted in a change in External Auditors. All ledger accounts were subsequently properly reconciled.Payroll - Processing of outsourced payroll for 67 staff which entailed new starters, leavers and salary changes, as well as calculating, costing and administering sales bonus schemes in conjunction with the General Manager and the Chief Accountant.Personnel - Drafting contracts of employments and sales bonus schemes, maintaining personnel files, monitoring of holiday and sickness and disciplinary matters. In addition I was responsible for liaising with solicitors and EEF legal team. I was also a Pension Trustee for the Defined Benefit and Defined Contribution Schemes.Other Duties – Commercial Legal disputes, Company Secretarial, Insurance, IT and Company Vehicle Fleet Management.