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Finance Advisor
Chantal Young
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Rugby, United Kingdom
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I am a CIMA and AAT qualified accountant with twenty years of experience in finance management, project control, IT training, and translation.
To reduce my carbon footprint I've been working from home since 2019 as a freelance finance advisor. I also spend a few hours a week user testing software and apps, usually those relating to finance and remote working.
I understand that people prefer to grow their businesses and projects rather than to deal with the more tedious aspects of reporting and compliance.
What is much liked about me is that I can be given any finance responsibility and I'll carry it out to high standards due to my wide experience. I'm often hired to unpick messy situations in a short timescale.
I really like what I do, and it shows as I always make sure that my clients get their money's worth for my services!
To reduce my carbon footprint I've been working from home since 2019 as a freelance finance advisor. I also spend a few hours a week user testing software and apps, usually those relating to finance and remote working.
I understand that people prefer to grow their businesses and projects rather than to deal with the more tedious aspects of reporting and compliance.
What is much liked about me is that I can be given any finance responsibility and I'll carry it out to high standards due to my wide experience. I'm often hired to unpick messy situations in a short timescale.
I really like what I do, and it shows as I always make sure that my clients get their money's worth for my services!
Markets
United Kingdom
Language
German
Good
English
Fluently
Spanish
Good
French
Fluently
Ready for
Ongoing relation / part-time
Available
My experience
2019 - ?
freelance
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Accounting, tutoring and user testing.
Financial management and control, User testing, Training
2017 - 2019
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Rieke manufacture plastic pumps for use by the pharmaceutical and beauty sectors.
* Prepare UK/German/French financial accounts and monthly reports, supervise/train 3 assistants in UK/Germany and 1 accountant in France, and close the accounting side of the French subsidiary
* Report on the impact of Brexit and control payroll, VAT, pension and healthcare, write procedures.
* Prepare UK/German/French financial accounts and monthly reports, supervise/train 3 assistants in UK/Germany and 1 accountant in France, and close the accounting side of the French subsidiary
* Report on the impact of Brexit and control payroll, VAT, pension and healthcare, write procedures.
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2017 - 2017
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TNT International Special Services.
Fedex/TNT deliver parcels - 14 million per day in 2018.
* Take over weekly and monthly reporting during high staff turnover, develop procedures, train staff
* After the July 2017 cyber-attack, co-ordinate a team that called 500+ couriers to arrange payment.
* Take over weekly and monthly reporting during high staff turnover, develop procedures, train staff
* After the July 2017 cyber-attack, co-ordinate a team that called 500+ couriers to arrange payment.
Management, Accountant
2016 - 2017
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GRS Roadstone source, process and transport construction aggregates.
* Take over monthly reporting during period of staff illness, and report results at director meetings
* Co-ordinate supplier/customer and payroll processing and supervise the management accountant.
* Take over monthly reporting during period of staff illness, and report results at director meetings
* Co-ordinate supplier/customer and payroll processing and supervise the management accountant.
Management, Accountant, Processing
2016 - 2016
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Los Pioneros.
AFID send volunteer accountants to charities worldwide. Los Pioneros support kids through football.
* Visit the charity in Peru to audit the 2015 accounts and the use of funds from international donors
* Arrange meetings with donors and agencies and accompany the charity directors to meetings.
* Visit the charity in Peru to audit the 2015 accounts and the use of funds from international donors
* Arrange meetings with donors and agencies and accompany the charity directors to meetings.
Audit, Support, International, Audit
2016 - 2016
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Financial Controller
Europasat.
Europasat provide satellite-based broadband worldwide.
* Prepare four months of outstanding monthly management accounts for the UK and Irish divisions
* Supervise 2 assistants, clear a backlog of unmatched entries, solve French/Polish customers queries.
* Prepare four months of outstanding monthly management accounts for the UK and Irish divisions
* Supervise 2 assistants, clear a backlog of unmatched entries, solve French/Polish customers queries.
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Fraikin Group design and manage the fleets of large retailers and councils.
* Prepare management accounts, procedures, daily/weekly reports, and train staff
* Receive departmental forecasts and merge into one budget for 2016 UK operations (using Access).
* Prepare management accounts, procedures, daily/weekly reports, and train staff
* Receive departmental forecasts and merge into one budget for 2016 UK operations (using Access).
Design, Operations, Budget, Management, Accountant
2015 - 2015
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Latin America and South Asia.
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* Train and support 3 overseas heads of finance, control under/overspends, report on top 30 projects
* Accountant for the largest programme (Zurich) with 10 projects in UK, Bangladesh, Nepal and Peru.
* Train and support 3 overseas heads of finance, control under/overspends, report on top 30 projects
* Accountant for the largest programme (Zurich) with 10 projects in UK, Bangladesh, Nepal and Peru.
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* Train and support 9 academy business managers in preparing accounts for month and year-end
* Book-keeping and VAT returns, develop KPIs and processes, and monitor compliance.
PERMANENT ROLES - 2008-2014
* Train and support 9 academy business managers in preparing accounts for month and year-end
* Book-keeping and VAT returns, develop KPIs and processes, and monitor compliance.
PERMANENT ROLES - 2008-2014
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AMP is a group that manufacture steel structures for the European market.
* Co-ordinate the update of 160 finance procedures, train finance staff and monitor compliance
* Prepare UK/German accounts (7 assistants), payroll, VAT, HMRC, flash, budgets, inter-company
* Control stock takes, billing/WIP, shipping, old stock, production errors, scrap and overheads.
* Co-ordinate the update of 160 finance procedures, train finance staff and monitor compliance
* Prepare UK/German accounts (7 assistants), payroll, VAT, HMRC, flash, budgets, inter-company
* Control stock takes, billing/WIP, shipping, old stock, production errors, scrap and overheads.
Finance, Compliance, Shipping, Flash, Accountant, Production
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Accountant
PM Group.
Irish engineering group specialised in biopharma, food and energy, moved to Birmingham in 2011.
* Prepare monthly accounts, client bills, and credit control (1 assistant)
* Prepare costing, WIP, forecasts, charge-out rates, stage of completion, prepayments and accruals
* Issue VAT and ECSL returns.
* Prepare monthly accounts, client bills, and credit control (1 assistant)
* Prepare costing, WIP, forecasts, charge-out rates, stage of completion, prepayments and accruals
* Issue VAT and ECSL returns.
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2008 - 2010
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* Report on multi-country operations in US Gaap, IFRS and French Gaap
* Review P&L, balance sheet, accruals, prepayments, transfer pricing, risks/gains, KPIs, French VAT returns, 3PL operations, client bills and receipts, payroll, royalties, and cash transfers
* Re-constitute prior years' accounts, pay French taxes timely, and save £50k in audit and fines
* Supervise 2 Analysts (France, billing) and 3 Accountants (Poland: payable/cashbook, France: VAT).
* Report on multi-country operations in US Gaap, IFRS and French Gaap
* Review P&L, balance sheet, accruals, prepayments, transfer pricing, risks/gains, KPIs, French VAT returns, 3PL operations, client bills and receipts, payroll, royalties, and cash transfers
* Re-constitute prior years' accounts, pay French taxes timely, and save £50k in audit and fines
* Supervise 2 Analysts (France, billing) and 3 Accountants (Poland: payable/cashbook, France: VAT).
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