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Solihull, Gb

Solihull, Gb

Warwick, Gb

Warwick, Gb

London, London, Gb

London, Gb

Experience gained: • Responsible for production of the group consolidated and company statutory financial statements for group and single entity financial statements for over 40 UK and overseas subsidiaries.• Managed the Financial Accounting team of 4 direct reports and acted as the key technical accounting expert within the group by providing technical advice, writing technical accounting papers and maintaining group accounting policies.• Oversaw the preparation of the consolidated group P/l, balance sheet and cash flow budgeting and re-forecasting processes using modelling techniques. Produced monthly consolidated management accounts and facilitated the production of the monthly board pack.• Cultivated relationships with key stakeholders including: Banks, private equity investors, board of directors and external audit. • Developed and implemented new business processes and controls within the finance department.• Responsible for liaising with overseas accountants and production of financial statements for the US, France, Germany, Hong Kong and Singapore. • Accounted for a major transaction in which the group was acquired by a new majority shareholder. This consisted of the production of a new group consolidation and accounting for the funds flow throughout the exiting group. • Ownership of all acquisition accounting for numerous annual acquisitions, including goodwill and intangibles valuation, deferred tax and non-controlling interest. • Maintained continued compliance with banking agreements including producing covenant compliances calculations and forecasted covenant compliance based on group forecasts and predicted acquisitions. • Responsible for all group taxes both in the UK and overseas including VAT, corporation tax, payroll taxes and withholding tax. • Undertook a US and UK company restructuring project. • Assisted with the selection and implementation of a new ERP system.• Oversaw the working capital position of the group.

London, Gb

London, Gb

Experience gained: • Performing audits of public listed companies, limited companies and charities. • Developed detailed knowledge of IFRS, FRS 101, FRS 102 and the international auditing standards.• Producing high quality audit work across multiple clients with tight and conflicting deadlines• Managing and training a team of junior staff whilst also being the lead contact for the client and closely liaising with managers and partners within KPMG• Using professional scepticism and judgement whilst producing reports and ensuring that all conclusions were supported with evidence.• Producing innovative testing procedures where general practise was not applicable and ensuring that all procedures were tested for completeness and accuracy before implementation• Building strong relationships with key stakeholders of clients as well as KPMG internal staff• Applying technical knowledge across different sections of audits, for example, goodwill, tax, rebates and long termlong-term contract accounting.• Planning audit approaches for future audits and managing staffing, budgets and time constraints• Answering technical and organisational questions and providing updates to managers, partners and clients• Undertaking additional work from other team members in order to meet business demands• Reviewing the work of junior staff to ensure that quality is consistent across all sections of the audit• Ensuring that all external and internal issues and queries are resolved quickly.

Education record

Economics

Education record

Education record