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• Conduct detailed financial analysis to support commercial strategies and initiatives.• Providing weekly business performance updates to management• Support the development of budgets and forecasts.• Utilise advanced Excel functions to create financial models, forecasts, and reports.• Collaborate with commercial teams to analyse pricing, sales, and market trends.• Develop and maintain dashboards using Power BI for real-time business intelligence.• Act as a main point of contact for the Accountancy team to support integration and development of Workday Adaptive Planning• Analysing financial and business data and reports to provide accurate financial and operational recommendations to senior management for decision making purposes.• Developing mid-range financial models and analysis to support strategic initiatives including funding and M&A• Provide recommendations based on financial insights to optimise commercial performance.• Assess and communicate the financial impact of proposed commercial initiatives.• Ensure accuracy and integrity of financial data for reporting purposes.

Bournemouth, England, United Kingdom

• Supervised daily operations in the Accounts Department and ensured compliance with financial policies and procedures.• Managed cash flow, accounts, and financial transactions, including VAT management and FCA reporting.• Prepared management accounts and conducted monthly insurance Bordeaux reconciliations. Presenting at monthly board meetings.• Developed and implemented financial procedures, managed payroll, and liaised with external stakeholders.• Business Partnering support to all departments.

Wallington, England, United Kingdom

• Redesigned weekly sales reporting and managed new sales CRM and financial system implementations.• Conducted financial forecasting, performance evaluation, and acquisition project reports.• Built Power BI reports and dashboards, supporting senior stakeholders with data analysis.• Having started this role during the COVID-19 pandemic, and a week before the lockdown, I was required to complete my induction, learn my job role, build relationships and share vital data virtually. This was challenging but evidences my motivation and self-direction, and demonstrates my versatility and resourcefulness.• Business Partnering support to all departments.• Helping the business to develop new management reporting frameworks, generating dashboards monitoring the senior stakeholders KPI's• Analysing data and creating financial models for decision support• Implementing a new CRM system and financial system• Power BI and Jet report building and dashboards

70 New Oxford Street, London

• Developed IBM Cognos TM1 reports, live sales analysis, and rolling 12-month forecasting tools using PAX and MDX.• Created Advanced Excel models for cash flow templates and reconciled Multi-Currency global barter positions.• Managed gross profit reconciliation, VAT submissions (including EC Sales list and triangulation), and multi-currency bank payments.• Challenged the way we worked to test efficiencies, managing to save people time by using excel features to cleanse data. Saved the Accounts Payable team two days’ work per run by building a Pay Run template.• Banking Compliance, Loans and Letter of Credit.• Advanced Excel modelling for Cash Flow, Forecasting and P&L/Balance Sheet. Presenting at global quarterly business reviews.• Management of Cost of Sale, Cross Purchase and Multi-Currency Bank Reconciliation.• Business Partnering support to all departments.• Systems expert across Oracle, nVison, Tableau and IBM TM1 Cognos

• Managed the Accounts Receivable team and credit insurance.• Oversaw P&L accounts and advanced Excel tasks.• Payroll Journals and payments to HMRC.• Everyday use of Microsoft Office Suite and extensive use of VBA

• Business Services Gross Profit reconciliation• Cost of Sale review• Business analytics for MD and CEO• Reconciliation of Agency Fee and Rebates• Quarterly VAT reconciliation and submission• Quarterly EU Sales List submission• Analyse of LOC with ITV• Other duties as assigned from time to time• Everyday use of Microsoft Office Suite

• Responsible for contacting customers and collecting overdue accounts as quickly and efficiently as possible, personally responsible for over 1000 live accounts• Taking inbound calls and making outbound calls for collection of monies, 60+ per day• Maintaining & building relationships with customers whilst ensuring collection targets met• Building a positive link between credit and customer services to ensure disputes are settled promptly• Assisted with ledger reconciliations within Sage• Managing held orders and processing invoices and credit notes promptly for customers• Microsoft Office, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Access and Google Docs

Accounting And Finance

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