Started my career life by training in and qualifying as a chartered accountant, then moved on to a management consultant role. Finally fulfilled my ambition to start own dive travel company, an industry of personal interest, allowing me the flexibility to travel and live where I desired.Personable, positive, adaptable and highly motivated, my core skills and experiences include -• Wealth of commercial experience in rapidly changing environments, implementing systems, business improvement plans, KPIs, quality processes, controls and bench-marking.• Writing reports such as business plans, operational strategies, management presentation reports, investigation reports, management letters, bankers' reports, and technical bulletins. • Communication with boards on a day-to-day basis, presenting recommendations, budgets, and dealings with management through consolidation role.• Working under pressure and meeting tight deadlines for statutory and management accounts, projects, consolidations and budgets.• Excellent computer skills in html, MyPHPAdmin, MS Office, MS Project, Wordpress, CRM, CMS, Quickbooks, Great Plains Dynamics, SAP/R3, (CA) ACCPAC and Masterpiece, SMAC, Multisoft Accounts and various other accounting packages and asset registers.• Hands-on approach with ability to work well in a team or alone with minimum supervision.• Industrial sectors include travel and tourism, online sales, foods, merchandising, distribution, textiles, software production, electronics, Information Technology (IT), investment banking and construction.