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London, United Kingdom

• Architectural practice based in Marylebone with 120 staff and a turnover of £9 million Providing accounts support to 5 fee earning directors and attending monthly board meetings. Preparing monthly management accounts.
• Implemented new accounts package (Sage 200) and developed the production of both the monthly management accounts and the year-end financial accounts. This significantly improved the accuracy and timeliness of the.
• Introduced budgetary control and monthly variance analysis reports which improved cost control and resulted in significant savings to the company.
• Improved credit control and reduced outstanding debtors from £5 million to £1million.
• Introduced weekly cash monitoring which helped the directors with planning.
• Carried out a detailed analysis of the work in progress for the year end accounts.

London

Property company based near Bond Street with 25 staff and a turnover of £3 million Short term contract to provide all round accounts support to the Managing Director and partners. Responsible for the payroll as well as assisting with the implementation of Sage 50 and bringing the accounts up to date.

• Architectural practice based in Putney with 200 staff and a turnover of £18 million Providing accounts support to 9 fee earning directors and attending monthly board meetings. Preparing monthly management accounts and.
• Developed the production of both the monthly management accounts and the year-end financial accounts.
• Implemented a new accounts package (Sage 100).
• Improved the accuracy and timeliness of the management information for the directors.
• Responsible for producing the annual financial accounts and supporting schedules.
• Introduced budgetary control and monthly variance analysis reports.

London, United Kingdom

Architectural practice based in London with 250 staff and a turnover of £22 million Providing accounts support to 7 fee earning directors and preparing monthly management accounts and year-end financial accounts. Supervising the monthly payroll. Attending monthly directors’ meetings and presenting financial reports. Supervising the accounts team.

London, United Kingdom

Architectural practice based in Chelsea with 50 staff and a turnover of £5.2 million Providing accounts support to the Chief Executive. Preparation of monthly management accounts and year-end financial accounts and supervising the monthly payroll.Preparing annual budgets and cash flow forecasts. Attending board meetings and presenting financial report to.

A Levels: Economics, Biology, Geography

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