Ross Whitehead Email & Phone Number

In this position, I worked in the UK’s shared service centre for Amcor as an accountant supporting our Finnish site. My role was responsible for the production & management of the general ledger which involved:• Results Reporting• P&L & Balance Sheet Reporting• Cashflow Reporting• Hedging• Fixed Assets• Payroll• Tax Accounting• Audit• Sox Compliance• Intercompany ReconciliationsSystems Used• SAP• Oracle – Apex reporting• MILLS• Blackline• Microsoft Word, Excel, Teams, and Outlook

For this role I was responsible for:• Management Accounts preparation• Maintenance of P&L budgets and budget preparation assistance • Credit control• Weekly cash flow reporting• Expense approvals• Payment processing• Revenue Reporting to the business• Calculating sales & delivery commissions• Co-ordinating payroll • Pensions administration • Training new employees on various systems• Overseeing the day to day of the finance team and developing our finance administratorSystems used• Xero• Oracle NetSuite• ExpenseIn• IRIS HR• Invenias (Internal CRM system)• Slack • Monday.com• Microsoft Word, Excel, Teams and OutlookI was also a part of our B Corp team involved in the B Corp certification process. It was great to be a part of this process and to see Granger Reis striving to become B Corp Certified. I'm looking forward to seeing this announced later this year in 2023. https://grangerreis.ai/

For this role I was responsible for:• Completion of annual statutory accounts• Completion of corporation tax returns• Completion and preparation of Self-Assessment tax returns for sole traders• Completion of bookkeeping and management accounts on Sage 50, Xero, Quickbooks and Excel• Cover for the processing of payroll and VAT returns.• Help the bookkeeping team with any queries.• Performing ad hoc duties on requestSystems used• Sage Line 50 accounts• Xero• Quickbooks• Free Agent• Tax Calc• Digita• Microsoft Outlook, Excel and Word

Bristol, United Kingdom

For this role I was responsible for:• Completion of annual statutory accounts• Completion of corporation tax returns on sets of accounts prepared• Preparation and submission of VAT and MOSS returns• Completion of bookkeeping and management accounts on Sage 50 and excel• Data entry of client bank statements onto excel and reconciliation• Cover for processing of payroll on a monthly basis as required• Entry of bank payments onto online banking portal and organising associated paperwork for client payments.• Assisting with general administrative duties required by the department• Performing ad hoc duties on requestSystems used• Sage Line 50 accounts• Xero• Iris• AS400• MTD online platform re VAT & Moss returns• Microsoft Outlook, Excel and Word

Bristol, United Kingdom

For this role I was responsible for:• Inputting supplier invoices onto Yardi Voyager • Preparing BACS payment runs on a weekly basis• Petty Cash• Input of staff expenses• Liaise with clients/suppliers resolving account queries• Supplier statement reconciliation • Prepare weekly capital and non-recoverable expenditure funding requests for the client accountant.• Ad hoc duties, as and when required.• Posting any necessary adjustments• Requesting/processing refunds when needed • Ensuring all invoices are in the correct client name and have the correct level of authorisation.Systems used• Yardi Voyager• Microsoft Outlook, Excel and Word

Sunderland, United Kingdom

For this role I was responsible for: • Accounts payable / receiving duties including credit control• Preparing international payments for authorisation• Processing credit checks for new and existing customers• Allocation of customer receipts using remittances• Banking incoming cheques and cash• Weekly and monthly bank reconciliations• Liaise with major customers and suppliers and resolving account queries• Sales invoice processing using AS400 and Sage• Customer Statement by electronic distribution• Check incoming supplier invoices against purchase orders / accurate use of numerous cost centres• Code and check all invoices with correct nominal code• Input purchase invoices onto Sage• Customer statement reconciliations• Preparing BACS payment runs twice monthly• Petty Cash, foreign currency & Floats• Input of staff expenses• Run bank statements from BACS system when necessary for Credit Controller/Sales Ledger• Ad hoc duties, as and when required• Raise manual Sales invoices and credits.• Accruals, prepayments, journals and Asset registers/spreadsheets.Systems Used• Sage Line 50 accounts• Operational Database• Microsoft Email, Excel and Word