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| Hourly Rate: | £60.00 | |
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| Overview: | Commercially minded, Chartered Accountant - From sorting out a mess, installing a computer package/ training to management information, consultancy or project management. No job too small C London | |
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| Last assignment - Group financial controller within a foreign multinational aset manager running the department responsible for all accounting, statutory reporting and tax compliance. Previously Chief Financial Officer in SME (ship owner with various private equity side investments/ startups). Proven leadership skills and successful track record of implementing system enhancements to improve business performance. Extensive experience of managing large and small groups in changing environments. |
Employment History
(Dec 2005 to Sep 2008)
Senior Financial and Commercial Manager
London (City)Recruited to stablise accounting function in a new business unit. Reported to MD of operator of (ultimately) 26 ocean going, commercial vessels. Installed accounting systems. Managed employees responsible for all transaction processing, management and statutory reporting (incl IFRS), risk management, tax compliance and chasing down vessel operating variances. Liaised with technical departments/ agents, auditors, banks, legal/ tax advisors.
Assisted MD to manage exit from the sector.
(Dec 1997 to Nov 2005)
Chief Financial Officer
London SW1Led a team responsible to the Board for: finance, accounting, support services, company secretarial, and pension scheme. Provided all financial management inputs required by the private equity and venture capital portfolios. (Sectors include shipping, property management, wine broker, data hosting/ business centre).
Involved in 3 start ups from investment appraisal, determining strategy, pitching for finance, capex appraisal to installing financial systems, training, initial reporting, and monitoring progress.
Specified and implemented ICT upgrades to enable flexible working and preserve competitive advantage.
Wrote Business Continuity/ Disaster Recovery plans for each business unit.
(Sep 1989 to Nov 1997)
Senior Consultant
Moore Stephens (Chartered Accountants), LondonProject manager – 1m Ecu to establish an Insurance Training Centre in Ukraine. Specified and co-ordinated the inputs of European Union specialists as part of the European Commission’s effort to re-orientate the command economies of Former Soviet Union countries towards a market economy. Outputs over 4 years - delivery of short training courses, a Russian language text book for the University and a bridgehead for delivery of audit and accountancy services.
Delivered training in auditing, accounting standards and insurance in other FSU countries.
Interim Financial Controller – Partnership controlling large mutual liability insurer/ Value added reseller.
One off assignments – computer auditing, business continuity/ disaster recovery plans/ security reviews, merger between 2 mutual insurers, strategic planning, claims forecasting
Professional Qualifications
| Fellow Institute of Chartered Accountants (England & Wales) |
Education
(Oct 1974 to Sep 1975)
Graduate Business Centre
Masters degree - Majors in Investment Analysis, Financial Management, Insurance
Categories & Skills
Administration Support
Categories
Skills
Finance & Accounting
Categories
Skills
- 20 to 50 (Staff (numbers))
- 5 to 10 (Staff (numbers))
- Access (Accounting)
- Accounting (Software Experience)
- Accruals (Accountancy)
- Administration (Payroll)
- Analysis (Finance (Qualified))
- Analysis/Management (Software Experience)
- Area of Expertise (Financial Services)
- Asset Accounting (Accountancy)
- Assets/Funds (Software Experience)
- Audit (Finance (Qualified))
- Audit & Business Advisory (Job Level)
- BACS (Accountancy)
- Bank Reconciliations (Accountancy)
- Bookkeeping (Accountancy)
- Budgeting (Accountancy)
- Budgeting (Finance (Qualified))
- Business Advisory (Finance (Qualified))
- Business Disposal (Project Management)
- Business Plan Creation (Financial Consulting)
- Business Planning (Finance (Qualified))
- Business Services (Sector Experience)
- Business Systems Implementation (Project Management)
- Capital Expenditure Analysis (Accountancy)
- Cash Handling (Accountancy)
- Cashflow Forecasting (Accountancy)
- Cashflow Management (Accountancy)
- Change Management (Project Management)
- CHAPS (Accountancy)
- Cheque Runs (Accountancy)
- Client Accounting (Accountancy)
- Communication All Levels (Project Management)
- Compliance (Job Level)
- Consultancy Practise (Organisation Experience)
- Control Account Reconciliations (Accountancy)
- Cost Control (Accountancy)
- Cost Control (Finance (Qualified))
- Cost Reduction (Accountancy)
- Cost Reduction (Finance (Qualified))
- CRB (Security Clearance.)
- Credit Analysis (Financial Consulting)
- Credit Management (Financial Consulting)
- Credit Notes/Refunds (Accountancy)
- Credit Vetting (Accountancy)
- Deductions (Payroll)
- Dimensions (Access)
- Directors (Payroll)
- Disaster Recovery Plan (Project Management)
- Divestment (Financial Consulting)
- Equity Analysis (Financial Consulting)
- Excel (Microsoft)
- Exchange (Microsoft)
- Exit Planning (Finance (Qualified))
- Expenses (Accountancy)
- Expenses (Payroll)
- Financial (Reporting)
- Financial Advice (Financial Services)
- Financial Consulting
- Financial Controller (Sage)
- Financial Management (Financial Services)
- Financial Services (Sector Experience)
- Financial Services (Sector Experience)
- Financial Systems (Project Management)
- Fixed Asset Register (Accountancy)
- Fund Accounting (Accountancy)
- General / Nominal Ledger (Accountancy)
- General Insurance (Insurance)
- Insurance (Sector Experience)
- Insurance (Sector Experience)
- Intercompany Accounts (Accountancy)
- Interim Financial Director (Financial Consulting)
- International (Area of Expertise)
- International Experience (Organisation Experience)
- Investment Analysis (Financial Consulting)
- Invoicing/Billing (Accountancy)
- Job Level (Accountancy)
- Job Level (Project Management)
- Job Level (Financial Services)
- Joint Venture Accounting (Accountancy)
- Journals (Accountancy)
- Key Performance Indicators (Accountancy)
- Large Team (10+) (Management Skills)
- Leadership (Project Management)
- Line 100 (Sage)
- Line 50 (Sage)
- Listed Company - Other (Organisation Experience)
- Listed Company - Other (Area of Expertise)
- Listed Company - US (Organisation Experience)
- Man Management (Project Management)
- Management (Payroll)
- Management (Reporting)
- Management Skills (Accountancy)
- Managing Suppliers (Project Management)
- Medium Sized Team (5-9) (Management Skills)
- Mentoring (Project Management)
- Microsoft (Project Management)
- Monthly Payroll (Payroll)
- Multinational Company (Organisation Experience)
- Multinational Company (Area of Expertise)
- Organisation Experience (Project Management)
- Outsourced (Payroll)
- Pastel Accounting (Accounting)
- Payables Analysis (Accountancy)
- Payments (Payroll)
- Payroll (Accountancy)
- Payroll (Sage)
- Pensions (Payroll)
- Practise (Organisation Experience)
- Prepayments (Accountancy)
- Pricing and Profitability (Accountancy)
- Private Client (Area of Expertise)
- Private Sector (Organisation Experience)
- Private Sector (Area of Expertise)
- Product Accounting (Accountancy)
- Project Accounting (Accountancy)
- Project Manager (Job Level)
- Purchase Ledger (Accountancy)
- QuickBooks (Analysis/Management)
- Quicken (Analysis/Management)
- Receivables Analysis (Accountancy)
- Regulatory (Reporting)
- Reporting (Accountancy)
- Sage (Accounting)
- Sales Ledger (Accountancy)
- Sector Experience (Accountancy)
- Sector Experience (Financial Services)
- Service Centre (Project Management)
- Small Team (0-5) (Management Skills)
- SME (Organisation Experience)
- SME (Area of Expertise)
- SMP (Payroll)
- Software Experience
- SSP (Payroll)
- Staff (numbers) (Project Management)
- Starters/Leavers (Payroll)
- Statutory Returns (Payroll)
- Statutury (Reporting)
- Taxation (Financial Consulting)
- Telecoms (Sector Experience)
- Telecoms (Sector Experience)
- Training (Project Management)
- Trustee (Job Level)
- up to 5 (Staff (numbers))
- Weekly Payroll (Payroll)
- Word (Microsoft)
IT & Internet
Categories
Skills
- Disaster Planning (IT Support)
- Disaster Recovery (IT Support)
- First Line Support (IT Support)
- LAN (IT Support)
- PC Hardware
- Server Specification (Hardware)
Management Consultancy
Categories
Skills
- Business Development (Business Consulting)
- Business Plan Creation (Business Consulting)
- Business Planning (Business Consulting)
- Capital Project Appraisal
- Company Sale
- Company Secretary (Business Consulting)
- Company Start-up
- Company Turn-round (Business Consulting)
- Competitive Analysis
- Cost Reduction
- Disaster Recovery
- Excel (Microsoft)
- General Management (Business Consulting)
- Microsoft
- Multi-National Organisations
- Risk Analysis
- Risk Management
- Shipping/Forwarding (Business Consulting)
- Small Business Development (Business Consulting)
- SME Sector
- Word (Microsoft)
