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Kevin Drew ILFM (Dip)
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Derby, United Kingdom
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Kevin is an experienced Finance Manager, providing virtual Finance Director and virtual Finance Manager services to companies across the UK.
Kevin specialises in working with start ups, providing holistic support and advice during the business planning and set up phase in addition to ongoing consultancy and advice. Kevin specialises in working with legal practices, ensuring compliance with Solicitors Regulation Authority rules.
Kevin is a skilled communicator, able to communicate with stakeholders at a variety of levels in a language that they can understand.
Kevin specialises in working with start ups, providing holistic support and advice during the business planning and set up phase in addition to ongoing consultancy and advice. Kevin specialises in working with legal practices, ensuring compliance with Solicitors Regulation Authority rules.
Kevin is a skilled communicator, able to communicate with stakeholders at a variety of levels in a language that they can understand.
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United Kingdom
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German
Good
English
Fluently
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Ongoing relation / part-time
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2016 - ?
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Director
Ascentant Limited.
Responsibilities
• Managing a team of Outsourced Legal Cashiers, Bookkeepers & Accountants.
• Client management, task management & liaison between staff & clients.
• Client onboarding, risk assessment, due diligence & AML identification.
• Overseeing compliance of AML, SRA & HMRC regulations for clients & Ascentant.
• Management of client VAT returns- Set up VAT schemes, deregistration, reviews & submission of VAT returns.
• Management of client account audits, practicing certificate renewals & PII renewals.
• Dealing with client payrolls, PAYE, auto enrolment duties & P11D's. New starters, leavers & HMRC agent administration.
• Management accounts, budgeting & cashflow reporting and analysis for clients.
• Legal Cashiering, billing, accounts payable and credit control for clients.
• Ascentant insurance renewals, office management, billing & cashflow.
• Undertaking HR function for Ascentant - Drafting employment contracts for new starters, inductions, benefits, appraisals, training and development.
• Overseeing IT for Ascentant - First line support, network security monitoring, remote desktop & VPN setup & support for clients, liaison with outsourced IT support.
• Marketing for Ascentant - Implementation & review of marketing plan, website updates, management of Web designer, SEO review, content & blog updates, social media management.
• Managing a team of Outsourced Legal Cashiers, Bookkeepers & Accountants.
• Client management, task management & liaison between staff & clients.
• Client onboarding, risk assessment, due diligence & AML identification.
• Overseeing compliance of AML, SRA & HMRC regulations for clients & Ascentant.
• Management of client VAT returns- Set up VAT schemes, deregistration, reviews & submission of VAT returns.
• Management of client account audits, practicing certificate renewals & PII renewals.
• Dealing with client payrolls, PAYE, auto enrolment duties & P11D's. New starters, leavers & HMRC agent administration.
• Management accounts, budgeting & cashflow reporting and analysis for clients.
• Legal Cashiering, billing, accounts payable and credit control for clients.
• Ascentant insurance renewals, office management, billing & cashflow.
• Undertaking HR function for Ascentant - Drafting employment contracts for new starters, inductions, benefits, appraisals, training and development.
• Overseeing IT for Ascentant - First line support, network security monitoring, remote desktop & VPN setup & support for clients, liaison with outsourced IT support.
• Marketing for Ascentant - Implementation & review of marketing plan, website updates, management of Web designer, SEO review, content & blog updates, social media management.
Insurance, Security, It, Implementation, Support, Remote Desktop, Monitoring, Development, Office, Compliance, Web, Assessment, Task management, Agent, UP, Social, Social Media, Blog, Network, Website, Cash Flow, Content, Onboarding, Due Diligence, Management, Contracts, Training, Social media management, It support, Administration, Seo, Marketing
2014 - 2016
job
Associate
Kindleworth LLP.
Responsibilities:
• Development of client accounting policies, client interest policies, travel and expense polices in accordance with SRA and HMRC requirements.
• Development of bespoke training materials and accounting manuals.
• Implementation of a practice management system to support accounting, billing, time recording and reporting requirements.
• Development and implementation of procedures, workflows, accounting forms and templates.
• New entrant advice on regulatory registrations, engagements and considerations.
• Assistance with SRA breach policies and profiling.
• Reviewing finance and banking arrangements, funding and capital requirements.
• Transactional support to include accounts payables, client billing and client cashiering in accordance with SRA and HMRC requirements
• Review of existing policies, procedures and workflows in compliance with SRA and HMRC compliance.
• Payroll support and processing.
• UK VAT returns, EU Sales Lists, US W9 support.
• Review and reconciliation of control accounts, inter company accounts, P&L and balance sheet accounts.
• Revision, journals and amendments to GL accounts; Management accounts including accruals and prepayments.
• Audit support for client accounting and statutory audit.
• Cashflow forecasting, expense profiling and cash management
• Development of client accounting policies, client interest policies, travel and expense polices in accordance with SRA and HMRC requirements.
• Development of bespoke training materials and accounting manuals.
• Implementation of a practice management system to support accounting, billing, time recording and reporting requirements.
• Development and implementation of procedures, workflows, accounting forms and templates.
• New entrant advice on regulatory registrations, engagements and considerations.
• Assistance with SRA breach policies and profiling.
• Reviewing finance and banking arrangements, funding and capital requirements.
• Transactional support to include accounts payables, client billing and client cashiering in accordance with SRA and HMRC requirements
• Review of existing policies, procedures and workflows in compliance with SRA and HMRC compliance.
• Payroll support and processing.
• UK VAT returns, EU Sales Lists, US W9 support.
• Review and reconciliation of control accounts, inter company accounts, P&L and balance sheet accounts.
• Revision, journals and amendments to GL accounts; Management accounts including accruals and prepayments.
• Audit support for client accounting and statutory audit.
• Cashflow forecasting, expense profiling and cash management
Banking, Processing, Audit, Regulatory, Development, Revision, Cash management, Support, Implementation, Training, Compliance, Cash Flow, Sales, Finance, Management, Audit, Forecasting
2013 - 2014
job
Legal Cashier
Edwards Wildman (UK) LLP.
office multicurrency bank reconciliations, outstanding postings and training. Assisting with postings. Assisting with billing, withholding tax and VAT reconciliations
• Reconciliation of supplier deposit accounts with OHIM, WIPO and EPO
• Posting of client chargeable disbursements, expert fees and counsel fees.
• Management and monitoring of residual client account balances.
• Review of client account policies for SAR compliance.
• Production of draft bills, amendments and final bills.
• Applying special rates, discounts and charge out rate maintenance
• Production, processing and logging of E-bills
• Preparing management reports on departmental aged WIP, debtor days and client specific reporting
• Chasing late time recording, assisting with time narratives and amendments
• Reconciliation of supplier deposit accounts with OHIM, WIPO and EPO
• Posting of client chargeable disbursements, expert fees and counsel fees.
• Management and monitoring of residual client account balances.
• Review of client account policies for SAR compliance.
• Production of draft bills, amendments and final bills.
• Applying special rates, discounts and charge out rate maintenance
• Production, processing and logging of E-bills
• Preparing management reports on departmental aged WIP, debtor days and client specific reporting
• Chasing late time recording, assisting with time narratives and amendments
Training, Management, Compliance, Monitoring, Supervision, Office, Production, Processing
2013 - 2013
job
Accounts Coordinator
Goodwin Procter (UK) LLP.
Responsibilities:
• Setting up a London based accounting function for a US law firm to include accounts payable, client cashiering and treasury, billing and revenue control.
• Audit of current workflows, policies and procedures to be compliant with SAR rules and HMRC regulations including VAT and tax/NI dues on staff expenses in accordance with dispensation and PSA contracts.
• Accounts payable - Dealing with accounts payable invoices, credit card statements and petty cash reconciliations. Reviewing workflows and forms.
• Billing - Reviewing and modifying the billing process including centralising the billing function. Changing the bill template to be HMRC and SAR compliant. Producing prebills. Transferring WIP and disbursements.
• Client cashiering - Changing the firms banking arrangements, introducing a new client account policy, client account interest policy and new client receipt, transfer and payment forms. Dealing with client account receipts, client account payments and transfers.
• Cashflow - Producing cashflow forecasts. Bank reconciliations.
• Compliance - Working with IT to set up exception reports for SAR breaches. Setting up the breach reporting process and breach log.
• Setting up a London based accounting function for a US law firm to include accounts payable, client cashiering and treasury, billing and revenue control.
• Audit of current workflows, policies and procedures to be compliant with SAR rules and HMRC regulations including VAT and tax/NI dues on staff expenses in accordance with dispensation and PSA contracts.
• Accounts payable - Dealing with accounts payable invoices, credit card statements and petty cash reconciliations. Reviewing workflows and forms.
• Billing - Reviewing and modifying the billing process including centralising the billing function. Changing the bill template to be HMRC and SAR compliant. Producing prebills. Transferring WIP and disbursements.
• Client cashiering - Changing the firms banking arrangements, introducing a new client account policy, client account interest policy and new client receipt, transfer and payment forms. Dealing with client account receipts, client account payments and transfers.
• Cashflow - Producing cashflow forecasts. Bank reconciliations.
• Compliance - Working with IT to set up exception reports for SAR breaches. Setting up the breach reporting process and breach log.
Contracts, Audit, Cash Flow, Compliance, Banking, It, Coordinator, Audit, Treasury, Contracts, UP
2010 - 2013
job
Cashier supervisor
Watson Farley & Williams.
Responsibilities:
• Responsible for five members of staff in London, undertaking the cashiering/treasury and accounts payable functions of the firm and supporting international members of the finance team.
• Training, appraising and assisting the team in London and overseas.
• Reviewing worldwide cashflow reports and identifying funding issues in overseas offices or trading surplus currencies to London.
• Reviewing firms revolving loan facility on a weekly basis in accordance with cashflow reporting.
• Review of all client account transactions on a monthly basis with a member of the board.
• Signing off monthly bank and petty cash reconciliations
• Reviewing and releasing all departmental payments via the firms bankline system including monthly payment runs and ad hoc payments.
• Setting up client deposits and money market transactions.
• Reviewing prepayments, preparing schedules and posting appropriate journals to release monthly prepayments.
• Payroll journals for offices in Greece, New York and Paris.
• Greek VAT return reconciliation to sales and purchase ledgers and control account journals
• Reviewing firm policies for travel and expenses for board review.
• Reviewing departmental induction processes and implementing an induction pack and new guidance on the firms intranet.
• Reviewing departmental internal training needs and producing a training manual and individual training plans
• Ensuring transactions are compliant with firm policies, the solicitors accounts rules and VAT regulations.
• Two week visit to Hamburg office during March 2012 to assist with backlog of work, identify training needs, review policies and procedures and assist with implementation.
• Responsible for five members of staff in London, undertaking the cashiering/treasury and accounts payable functions of the firm and supporting international members of the finance team.
• Training, appraising and assisting the team in London and overseas.
• Reviewing worldwide cashflow reports and identifying funding issues in overseas offices or trading surplus currencies to London.
• Reviewing firms revolving loan facility on a weekly basis in accordance with cashflow reporting.
• Review of all client account transactions on a monthly basis with a member of the board.
• Signing off monthly bank and petty cash reconciliations
• Reviewing and releasing all departmental payments via the firms bankline system including monthly payment runs and ad hoc payments.
• Setting up client deposits and money market transactions.
• Reviewing prepayments, preparing schedules and posting appropriate journals to release monthly prepayments.
• Payroll journals for offices in Greece, New York and Paris.
• Greek VAT return reconciliation to sales and purchase ledgers and control account journals
• Reviewing firm policies for travel and expenses for board review.
• Reviewing departmental induction processes and implementing an induction pack and new guidance on the firms intranet.
• Reviewing departmental internal training needs and producing a training manual and individual training plans
• Ensuring transactions are compliant with firm policies, the solicitors accounts rules and VAT regulations.
• Two week visit to Hamburg office during March 2012 to assist with backlog of work, identify training needs, review policies and procedures and assist with implementation.
Training, Finance, Sales, Cash Flow, Implementation, Office, International, Treasury, Processes, UP
2008 - 2010
job
Accounts Payable Supervisor
Holman Fenwick Willan.
Responsibilities:
• Responsible for three members of staff, training, appraising and assisting.
• Receiving, logging, sending for authorisation and posting of purchase ledger invoices and credit notes.
• Reviewing and changing fee earner expense system - Previous ad hoc payments processed through purchase ledger accounts.
• Reviewing and implementing new policies, procedures and forms for staff expenses for PSA reporting purposes, applying for a dispensation and VAT reclaim.
• Reviewing paper based invoice authorisation system for transition to electronic authorisation.
• Month end accruals
• Checking, processing and filing of counsel and expert fees
• Payment of counsel and expert fees
• Posting rechargable disbursements - Taxis, couriers, search and library fees
• Coding, authorisation and processing of non chargeable invoices
• Journals and disbursement editing
• Processing cheque and CHAPS payments from the client account
• Processing BACS and CHAPS receipts to the client account
• Sterling petty cash and foreign petty cash
• Currency advances, returns and reconciliations
• Dealing with fee earner travel and entertainment expenses
Temporary Assignments
• Responsible for three members of staff, training, appraising and assisting.
• Receiving, logging, sending for authorisation and posting of purchase ledger invoices and credit notes.
• Reviewing and changing fee earner expense system - Previous ad hoc payments processed through purchase ledger accounts.
• Reviewing and implementing new policies, procedures and forms for staff expenses for PSA reporting purposes, applying for a dispensation and VAT reclaim.
• Reviewing paper based invoice authorisation system for transition to electronic authorisation.
• Month end accruals
• Checking, processing and filing of counsel and expert fees
• Payment of counsel and expert fees
• Posting rechargable disbursements - Taxis, couriers, search and library fees
• Coding, authorisation and processing of non chargeable invoices
• Journals and disbursement editing
• Processing cheque and CHAPS payments from the client account
• Processing BACS and CHAPS receipts to the client account
• Sterling petty cash and foreign petty cash
• Currency advances, returns and reconciliations
• Dealing with fee earner travel and entertainment expenses
Temporary Assignments
Training, Search, Processing
2007 - 2008
job
Denton Wilde Sapte and Judge Sykes Frixou
CMS Cameron McKenna, Bates Wells.
2005 - 2007
job
Assistant Legal Cashier
DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary LLP.
Responsibilities:
• Multi currency bank reconciliations
• Cash allocation- Funds received by CHAPS/BACS- High volume
• Office and Client account bank reconciliations
• Payments- Sending funds by CHAPS/BACS, ensuring monies cleared and payment details (sort code, SWIFT, IBAN) are present.
• Transfers and journals including client to office transfers
• Issuing currency advances, managing advances and returns plus reconciling the currency suspense account.
• Banking- Ensuring cheques correctly allocated and posted
• Inputting and verifying staff expenses
• Petty cash management and reconciliation
• Inputting and verifying cheque requests plus printing & arranging signing of cheques
• Posting direct debits to general ledgers and journaling to chargeable files as required
• Reconciling suspense account
• Producing WIP reports
• Producing bills and entering bills onto the accounts system
• Opening and closing clients/matters
• Multi currency bank reconciliations
• Cash allocation- Funds received by CHAPS/BACS- High volume
• Office and Client account bank reconciliations
• Payments- Sending funds by CHAPS/BACS, ensuring monies cleared and payment details (sort code, SWIFT, IBAN) are present.
• Transfers and journals including client to office transfers
• Issuing currency advances, managing advances and returns plus reconciling the currency suspense account.
• Banking- Ensuring cheques correctly allocated and posted
• Inputting and verifying staff expenses
• Petty cash management and reconciliation
• Inputting and verifying cheque requests plus printing & arranging signing of cheques
• Posting direct debits to general ledgers and journaling to chargeable files as required
• Reconciling suspense account
• Producing WIP reports
• Producing bills and entering bills onto the accounts system
• Opening and closing clients/matters
Swift, Management, Banking, Cash management, Office
2004 - 2005
job
Junior Accounts Assistant
Davies Arnold Cooper Solicitors.
Responsibilities:
• Office banking, posting expert and counsel fee notes and other disbursements.
• Posting journals, petty cash and direct debits.
• Posting office account cheques and staff expenses.
• Office banking, posting expert and counsel fee notes and other disbursements.
• Posting journals, petty cash and direct debits.
• Posting office account cheques and staff expenses.
Banking, Office
2004 - 2004
temp
Administration Assistant - TEMP CONTRACT
Halliwell Landau Solicitors.
Responsibilities:
• Copying, logging and distributing cheques received, banking duties and audit assistance.
• Post room management, reprographic work and delivering court documents.
• Copying, logging and distributing cheques received, banking duties and audit assistance.
• Post room management, reprographic work and delivering court documents.
Administration, Audit, Management, Banking, Audit
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