Worked as Financial Controller for this specialist agricultural engineering company which has a manufacturing factory on site. One direct report in small finance function. Responsible for the day to day running of the finance function including monthly management accounts, cash flow forecasts and other forecasting, VAT and corporate tax, maintaining the nominal ledger and balance sheet reconciliations, liaising with bankers, auditors and other third parties and dealing with a wide range of ad… Show more Worked as Financial Controller for this specialist agricultural engineering company which has a manufacturing factory on site. One direct report in small finance function. Responsible for the day to day running of the finance function including monthly management accounts, cash flow forecasts and other forecasting, VAT and corporate tax, maintaining the nominal ledger and balance sheet reconciliations, liaising with bankers, auditors and other third parties and dealing with a wide range of ad hoc tasks as required Show less

Worked as Interim Financial Accountant as maternity cover. Dealt with a range of interesting aspects of this large long established international charity reporting to the Head of Finance

Worked as an Accountant in this small practice dealing with accounts preparation and taxation for small family owned business mainly using IRIS software

Joined as Interim Financial Accountant working for the South West Division. Responsible for all aspects of the financial accounting side of the monthly management accounts and reporting pack submitted to Group Finance. Also involved in preparation of the year end figures and reports which were also required during my time in this role.

Joined on a short-term contact responsible for all the management and financial accounting on a portfolio of property investment funds. Involved preparing monthly and quarterly accounts for each stand alone fund and completing the extensive regulatory and internal reporting to FCA standards. Also responsible for answering queries relating to the fund from all levels including the Fund and Investment managers.

Kier MG Ltd role as Management/Commercial Accountant with responsibility for the accounts of two Environmental Services contracts with Somerset Waste Partnership (£22 million turnover) and North Somerset Council (£7 million turnover).• Joined on a contracting basis due to Kier PLC acquisition of May Gurney Limited. Responsible for preparing monthly contract accounts, budgeting and forecasting on both contracts. Was the main finance contact and worked closely with the Contract Managers and… Show more Kier MG Ltd role as Management/Commercial Accountant with responsibility for the accounts of two Environmental Services contracts with Somerset Waste Partnership (£22 million turnover) and North Somerset Council (£7 million turnover).• Joined on a contracting basis due to Kier PLC acquisition of May Gurney Limited. Responsible for preparing monthly contract accounts, budgeting and forecasting on both contracts. Was the main finance contact and worked closely with the Contract Managers and their administration and operational teams and worked as part of a regional finance team reporting to the Regional Finance Director.• Responsible for preparing monthly accounts and monthly and quarterly accounts and forecasting packs and for presenting information at contract review meetings, etc.• Ad-hoc tasks as required by the Finance Director, Contract Managers and Commercial Manager. Show less

Continued in role of Financial Accountant under Network Rail ownership and then under TXM Plant Limited following sale on November 2012

The Hydrex Group was a leading provider of specialised plant hire equipment and provider of plant hire solutions in the rail and materials handling sectors. Group expanded from £30m to a maximum of over £100m turnover since 2002 with a mixture of private equity and bank funding. The group entered administration on 17 November 2011 and the rail business was purchased by Network Rail.• Appointed as a company accountant due to the rapid expansion of the group and responsible for a variety of… Show more The Hydrex Group was a leading provider of specialised plant hire equipment and provider of plant hire solutions in the rail and materials handling sectors. Group expanded from £30m to a maximum of over £100m turnover since 2002 with a mixture of private equity and bank funding. The group entered administration on 17 November 2011 and the rail business was purchased by Network Rail.• Appointed as a company accountant due to the rapid expansion of the group and responsible for a variety of management and financial accounting roles within the finance function – monthly management accounts, cash flow projections and purchase ledger and cash book payments and statutory compliance (eg VAT).• Responsible for accounting of certain depots and liaising with depot managers• Appointed Financial Accountant in 2005 where role became more concentrated on non-management accounting areas.• Responsible for daily, weekly and quarterly cash flow forecasting, balance sheet areas of management accounts, statutory accounts, statutory compliance (eg VAT, company secretarial), high profile payments.• Responsible for ad-hoc tasks as required by the board of directors and other senior management and regular liaising with the company’s senior management, bankers and private equity investors. Show less

Strachan & Henshaw Limited - large engineering company (then part of the Weir group now part of the Babcock group) with a turnover of over £100m specialising in providing engineering solutions mainly in the defence and nuclear industries.• Assistant Financial Accountant then promoted to Financial Accountant of Strachan & Henshaw Limited involving maintenance of general ledger and preparation of statutory accounts with special responsibility for balance sheet. • Involved in all aspects… Show more Strachan & Henshaw Limited - large engineering company (then part of the Weir group now part of the Babcock group) with a turnover of over £100m specialising in providing engineering solutions mainly in the defence and nuclear industries.• Assistant Financial Accountant then promoted to Financial Accountant of Strachan & Henshaw Limited involving maintenance of general ledger and preparation of statutory accounts with special responsibility for balance sheet. • Involved in all aspects of taxation and other financial matters.• Prepared monthly management accounts for Finance Director and board and divisional reports for other management.• Prepared weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual packs for group head office including detailed budgeting and forecasting models. Detailed liaising with all levels of management and adherence to strict timetables.• Ad hoc tasks as required by Finance Director and other senior management.• Responsible for team of two including directly reporting assistant. Show less

Joint Venture Start-Up company (JV between Strachan & Henshaw Limited and South West Water PLC marketing and installing a revolutionary new sewage system) as accountant and sole finance person and was involved in the initial set-up of the company’s accounting systems on SAGE. Day to day book-keeping and all accounting including working closely with managing director and liaising with joint venture partners. Attended meetings at all levels including board meetings.

• Assisted partners in small chartered accountants practice on a wide range of small and medium-sized company audits, accounts preparation and taxation assignments.

• Completed training in local practice of national medium-sized firm of chartered accountants. Senior in audit and accounts department. Involved in wide-range of assignments including leading teams. • Main achievement was leading several years audit of large agricultural group of £30m turnover and assisting in long-running tax investigation.

• Commenced training in small practice of chartered accountants and progressed to Senior in audit and accounts department. • Involvement in a wide-range of accounts preparation, audit and taxation assignments – sole traders, partnerships and family-owned limited companies.• Secondment to personal taxation department.