Senior Finance Contractor

Profile.

Education / Qualification

Association of Chartered Certified Accountants Professional qualification – Masters equivalency 

Association of Chartered Accountants Foundation Qualification – Degree equivalency   

Association of Accounts Technicians – ACCA bridging course           

September 2011 – June 2017 – Studied at College

Systems used

Sage 200, Xero, MYOB, Excel, Tagetik and Business Central.

About

I am a motivated and hard-working individual who enjoys meeting new people and working as part of a team. I am a fluent user of many computer software programs including Sage, Xero, MYOB, Excel, Tagetik and Business Central.

Career Summary.

• Preparation and finalisation of financial statements to meet parliamentary and statutory deadlines
• Leading audit response and navigating audit commentaries on audited financial statements within the group
• Assistance with month end process including assisting reconciliation of complex investment portfolio, assisting with journal posting etc
• Co-ordinating various stakeholders inside and outside of the company to ensure accounts are finalised in time to meet deadlines
• Technical paper writing and work to support the audit process
• Leading ad-hoc FP&A projects including re-analysis of forecast income and review of key forecast information for presentation to the board
• Assistance with refining various processes within the business to improve and streamline year-end and month end processes

• Preparation and finalisation of financial statements to meet banking and statutory deadlines
• Liaising with the auditors and navigating audit commentaries on audited financial statements within the group
• Assistance with year-end process including assisting operating companies with submission of year end data, supporting the audit process and production of reconciliation workpapers to ensure that data is complete and accurate
• Co-ordinating various stakeholders within the group to ensure accounts are finalised in time to meet deadlines

• Liaising with the auditors and navigating audit commentaries on audited financial statements within the group
• Assistance with year-end process including assisting operating companies with submission of year end data, supporting the audit process and production of reconciliation workpapers to ensure that data is complete and accurate
• Producing technical papers to challenge the audit team on technical accounting points.
• Co-ordinating various stakeholders within the group to ensure accounts are finalised in time to meet deadlines
• Migration of consolidation software for multiple years, including data processing, facilitation of training for operating companies and assistance for operating companies
• Monthly management accounting data entry and review of financial data from operating companies
• Performing mid-year balance sheet reviews for operating companies, focusing on highly subjective areas to head off potential audit issues

• Planning work for numerous financial service and banking clients
• Arranging and leading meetings with client contacts to ensure smooth running of audit preparation
• Producing key documents and presentation for delivery by the audit partner at Audit committee

• Field managing engagement, working with teams of 4-8 team members and ensuring that engagement is delivered on budget and within strict timeframe
• Acting as a bridge between management and junior members of staff on the jobs that I am involved in, ensuring instructions are communicated efficiently
• Work on impairment analysis, CGU identification and all matters relating to goodwill for a multibillion-pound company

• Completion of single entity and consolidated accounts for client
• Production of management letters, communicating to clients the issues found within their business during the course of the audit and offering suggestions on how to mitigate the risk they are exposed too
• Acting as a bridge between management and junior members of staff on the jobs that I am involved in, ensuring instructions are communicated efficiently
• Instruction and on job training of junior staff members
• On site client field work at both interim and year end, travelling all over the country and to other nation to service clients’ needs, ensuring effective work is being performed on budget, while also ensuring compliance and high quality
• Internal audit work for banks
• All aspects of client management, including invoicing, WIP management and write-offs

• Field managing engagement, working with teams of 4-8 team members and ensuring that engagement is delivered on budget and within strict timeframe
• Acting as a bridge between management and junior members of staff on the jobs that I am involved in, ensuring instructions are communicated efficiently
• Work on whole government accounting; ensure correct consolidation of NHS and council accounts into the national accounts for the government

• Completion of single entity and consolidated accounts for client
• Production of management letters, communicating to clients the issues found within their business during the course of the audit and offering suggestions on how to mitigate the risk they are exposed too
• Acting as a bridge between management and junior members of staff on the jobs that I am involved in, ensuring instructions are communicated efficiently
• Instruction and on job training of junior staff members
• On site client field work at both interim and year end, travelling all over the country and to other nation to service clients’ needs, ensuring effective work is being performed on budget, while also ensuring compliance and high quality
• Internal audit work for banks

• Daily contact with clients, working to ensure jobs move along and clients are happy with the work being performed and involved in the audit process
• Completion of single entity and consolidated accounts for client
• Production of management letters, communicating to clients the issues found within their business during the course of the audit and offering suggestions on how to mitigate the risk they are exposed too
• Acting as a bridge between management and junior members of staff on the jobs that I am involved in, ensuring instructions are communicated efficiently
• On site client field work at both interim and year end, travelling all over the country to service clients’ needs, ensuring effective work is being performed on budget, while also ensuring compliance and high quality