A hands-on Accountant (ACMA), strong experience across FC, Finance Manager and Management Accounting roles, having supported 5 separate PE backed businesses. 

Sector experience: R&D & rapid manufacture (PE), BPO (PE), Defence (PE), SaaS (PE), Recruitment Group (PE), Fintech

• Notable experience:
• Alignment of accounting policies controls, and processes for new acquisition.
• Preparation of audit schedules and liaison with external auditors.
• Creation of opening and closing financial statements for new acquisition.
• Preparation of full year nominal account reconciliations and analysis.
• Report on reconciliation issues and recommend solutions.
• Creation of comprehensive client database.
• Preparation of annual revenue forecast by client.
• Preparation of statutory reporting schedules for major clients – allowing clients to monitor progress against agreed deadlines.
• Introduction of lead time schedules for all international regions.
• Transition of Sage 200 ledgers to Great Plains accounting software – involving clarification of requirements of new system, and conversion of existing data in to new system format.
• Reduction of month end process lead time from seven to four days – achieved through increased automation of processes, and utilisation of existing accounting package.
• Evolved management accounts reporting from quarterly to monthly timetable.
• Full automation of management accounts produced using MS Excel formulae showing current figures versus budget and forecast, and prior year results. 
• Introduction of KPI’s.
• Created month end pack.

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