Lee Shaw Email & Phone Number

London, United Kingdom

Since January 2013, working with a high profile client in the Student Housing Accommodation sector covering the UK and Western Europe. • Developing the Chart of Accounts to meet the requirements (multiple SPV's, property companies, operating companies and management companies) for the increased business growth and complexity.• Acting as a Finance Systems Manager to ensure all issues pertaining to the Dream accounting system and associated systems are managed effectively.• Provide tailored applications training for end users.• Improves systems by studying current practices and designing modifications.• Project managing current finance related projects.• Project managing the deployment of new features for the business (detailed below): o Business wide invoice and credit note authorisations via the web. o Opex reporting via the web. o Purchase ordering and commitment accounting controls for all operational sites via the web. o Work with Development and Finance to deploy a new, unified coding structure for reporting Development costs. o Deploy mobile enabled expenses solution with workflow. o Increase Chart Of Accounts to handle upto 1000 companies as opposed to 100.

Uk

Working with an access hire and facilities management company based in Leeds.• Deployed Xero cloud based accounting software and training of staff.• Production of detailed sales and costings analyses to determine new pricing model for 2013 financial year.

Harrogate, United Kingdom

As per Dream Support Consultant role detailed elsewhere.

Harrogate, United Kingdom

• Providing first and second line support to customers, partners and consultants on the DREAM application product set. This involves providing help within the application or where necessary SQL scripts, approved by Development, to correct data anomalies• Logging enquiries, enhancement requests and bugs. • Writing and presenting customer training courses, quality assurance and documentation of new versions and features. I also contributed to the User Conferences by writing and presenting sessions to customers.• Site visits for handovers to Support from Consultancy and the temporary cover for consultants.• Providing hourly consultancy to customers remotely from Head Office.• Training of new support staff• Overseeing the support function and ensuring call quality and customer SLA’s are maintained• Processed over 20,000 support calls covering all aspects of the product from v2.6 to v3.4, i.e. core Dream, DreamView (Excel reporting), DreamReporter for Web (Web based reporting), Web Services, API.• Familiar with using SQL Server from 7.0 to 2008, i.e. Administration, SQL queries, indexing, tuning, etc.

Selby, North Yorkshire

• Worked on the project team in the migration from proprietary systems to client / server (Windows NT \ MSSQL) systems for procurement and financial systems in addition utilising a cost log interface link to post transactions from the procurement to the financial system. Report writing utilising ODBC queries and Excel for the new accounting application.

Leeds, United Kingdom

• Weekly ordering of finished goods stocks• Price lists maintenance.• Produce costing and margin reports for use with specific customers, i.e. M&S, Argos, Sainsbury’s.• Attend M&S meetings in London to assist in finalising product selections for stores.• Coordinate various resources to ensure that stock and packaging is available for launch (M&S only).• Obsolete and slow moving stocks analysis• Implementation of a Y2K compliant. computer network (Novell) with remote management facilities.

Wetherby, United Kingdom

• Assist FD in preparation of monthly management accounts.• Monthly sales reports.• Monthly raw materials stocks valuation.• Monitor, analyse and report to the Board raw materials price movements.• Preparation of daily costing information. Reports for distribution to the Board and all managers.• Supervise staff of 5; duties include purchase and sales ledgers, cash book, payroll, credit control and costing.• Capital expenditure appraisal for all IT projects.• No 2 to the IT Manager and manage in his absence.• Ad hoc reporting and analysis, i.e. price justification reports for key customers, variable costs reviews, operations and procedures reviews.• Project management (PRINCE2), this accounted for about 60% of my time, e.g. Time Management System, Shop Floor Data Capture (capturing all job information from printing and die cutting machines). Job Estimating application, Y2K compliance.

Leeds, United Kingdom

• Weekly production of management. information reports which were circulated to the Board and the Group Financial Director at HO.• Preparation of quarterly management accounts for internal use and submission to the Group Financial Director.• Preparation of rolling annual budgets (done each quarter) through liaison with the Board.• Implementation of ERP system (bill of materials, procurement, stock and WIP, financials, reporting) and training of all internal operational staff in its use. • Weekly job costing analysis and reporting to the Board in respect of utilisation and efficiencies.• Organise and oversee stocktaking.• Supervise staff of 2, duties include payroll processing, sales and purchase invoice processing (other accounts functions conducted at HO).• Cost base appraisals, liaising with purchasing manager.

Leeds, United Kingdom

• Assisting FD in preparing monthly management accounts.• Monthly sales reports.• Monitor working capital cycle, i.e. cash, debtors, factor, creditors and stocks.• Maintain nominal ledger, cash book and prepare management salaries.• VAT returns.• Monthly intrastat declarations.• Supervise staff of 4; duties include credit control, weekly payroll, sales and purchase ledger, stock control and petty cash.• Organise and oversee stocktaking.• Internal systems audit, reviewing potential replacement EPOS systems (assisted by management consultant).

Leeds, United Kingdom

• Preparation of sole trader, partnerships, non-profit and limited company accounts.• Limited company audit.• Incomplete records.• VAT returns.• Income tax returns.• Income and corporation tax computations.• Set up bookkeeping systems.• Train graduates in accounting skills.