Areas of Expertise
• Business Analysis
• Cost Control • Stock Control
• Pricing Analyst • Business Development
• Sourcing
• Variance Analysis
• Month-end Accounting
• Expenditure Commentary
Education
CIMA (PQ) Post Grad Accounting Qualification.
BA (Hons) Accounting & Finance (2:1)
Manchester Metropolitan University
Key Achievements
1. Increased student base by 120 in 6 months of becoming a Business Manager at GKR and therefore opened 5 brand new classes, resulting in an increased Turnover of £80,000.
2. Implemented a new reporting procedure at Adidas resulting in faster analysis of raw data, which effectively led to a more efficient decision making process.
Professional Experience
Oct 2013- Present SF Group (Financial Recruitment Specialists)
Financial Recruitment Consultant
Business Development
Retaining and Developing relationships with clients & candidates.
Building relationships between Finance professionals.
Head Hunting
Sourcing Candidates
KPI analysis
Jan 2011- Oct 2013 GKR International (Market leader in the Martial Arts Industry)
Regional Manager
Management:
of 25 regional branches across the West Yorkshire region.
Direct line management:
of 10 sales reps & 25 branch Instructors.
Budgeting and Forecasting
for an annual turnover of £150k.
Online Advertising:
Created and managed online advertising for student enrolment.
Sales Targets:
Ensured sales targets are met and continually created new revenue
streams.
Event Management:
Organising and conducting School demonstrations, special seminars &
Events.
Business Development:
Continually building new relationships and connections in the fitness
industry
Brand Awareness:
Via Direct, social media, and telesales channels.
Negotiating:
and constantly evaluating venue hiring costs.
KPI analysis:
Identifying and analysing on a weekly basis.
June 2010- Nov 2010 Phones 4U (Market leading mobile phone retailer)
Management Accountant
Month end Management accounting:
Overhead analysis, G/L Postings, Accruals & Prepayments etc)
Cost centre analysis:
Including commentary on 20 Marketing Cost Centres.
Bank Reconciliations:
Conducted on a weekly basis for 3 separate Bank Accounts.
Variance Analysis:
Meeting cost centre managers (Non-financial) to gain insight into the
spending & providing commentary on any big variances to the
Management Accountant.
Budgeting & Forecasting:
For 20 Marketing Cost Centres.
Preparing Management Reports:
Such as KPI & aging stock Reports.
Feb 2008- Jan 2010 Adidas (Market leading Sports Retailer)
Assistant Accountant (Financial Planning & Analysis)
Preparing month end management accountant:
P&L and Balance sheet preparation and reviews
Cost Centre Budgeting & Forecasting:
From downloading the reports via SAP to conducting detailed analysis of the months actual costs compared to Budget-Using pivot tables and Vlookups in Excel
Reviewing & Challenging cost centres:
Identifying Key areas within Operating expenses and highlighting these areas and sitting down with the Area Managers to bring costs down e.g. Travel and Entertainment
Arranging meetings with area managers (Senior Management):
To Analyse variances in Actual cost compared to the budget set for the specific cost centres
Analysing variances between actual and Budget:
In areas such as Travel & Entertainment, Mobile Phones Costs, Company car costs etc, and suggesting ways to eliminate variances.
Preparing Income Statement:
For Adidas, Reebok and Rockport based in UK, Ireland and Benelux.
Reconciliation Reporting:
For various cost centres and departments.
Cost management:
Ensuring Sales and Cost of Sales are reported as accurately as possible and on a timely manner.
Annual Budgeting Process:
Heavily involved in 2 annual Budget setting processes for 40 sales cost centres, broken down by individual Operating Expenses e.g. Wages and Salaries, T&E, Mobile Phone expenses etc.
July 07- Oct 07 Hewden Hire (Plant Hire Specialists)
Sales Ledger
Creating new Clients
Generating invoices.
Query resolution
Cash allocation & Bank Reconciliation.
Sep 04-July 05 Marks & Spencer (Market leading retailer)
Purchase Ledger Clerk (University work placement)
Scanning Invoices and coding to the correct Customer
Identifying the authoriser and coding accordingly.
Query Resolution.
Liaising with customers internal and external to ensure efficient and timely payment
