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Freelance Accountant, Consultant & Outsourcing Professional
Michael Doyle
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Duns, United Kingdom
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An experienced accountant with 20+ years spent in accountancy and financial services roles. Currently working as a freelance consultant supporting a portfolio of mainly owner managed businesses. 8+ years experience as an operational financial controller.
I enjoy supporting and working with start-up and early stage businesses in particular where I can offer a fully outsourced finance function and implement new procedures, systems and financial controls.
Once described as an accountant who has a personality, I quickly forge strong working relationships with business stakeholders at any level.
Finance systems are a keen interest of mine and I have worked on a number of IT projects involving finance and business systems.
I enjoy supporting and working with start-up and early stage businesses in particular where I can offer a fully outsourced finance function and implement new procedures, systems and financial controls.
Once described as an accountant who has a personality, I quickly forge strong working relationships with business stakeholders at any level.
Finance systems are a keen interest of mine and I have worked on a number of IT projects involving finance and business systems.
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United Kingdom
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English
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My experience
2014 - ?
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Accountant
Doyle Accountancy Ltd.
Providing accountancy services to small businesses, from early stage entities to established
SMES, all compliance and business planning needs are catered for by fully tailored solutions.
• Bookkeeping, VAT & Payroll Services
• Statutory Accounts & Tax Returns
• Management Accounting, Budgets & Forecasting
• Systems Implementation & Training
• Business Startup Support
• Outsourcing Solutions
• Interim/Contract Assignments
SMES, all compliance and business planning needs are catered for by fully tailored solutions.
• Bookkeeping, VAT & Payroll Services
• Statutory Accounts & Tax Returns
• Management Accounting, Budgets & Forecasting
• Systems Implementation & Training
• Business Startup Support
• Outsourcing Solutions
• Interim/Contract Assignments
Forecasting, Training, Management, Compliance, Implementation, Outsourcing, Support, Bookkeeping, Accountant, Planning, Interim
2014 - 2020
job
Financial Controller
Pearsons of Duns Ltd.
Reporting directly to the Managing Director of a £6m turnover, multi-divisional retail and wholesale business. The business divisions include: solid fuels merchant, biomass distributer,
builders' merchants, multi-fuel stove servicing & installers, garden centre, café, van & storage
container hire and forest & garden machinery sales/service.
• Overall responsibility for day to day financial operations
• Line management responsibility for one direct report (accounting technician) and two
indirect reports (credit controller & accounts supervisor)
• Financial accounting and management reporting
• Statutory accounting & taxation in conjunction with external accountants
• VAT returns
• Cash management & forecasting
• HMRC & regulatory compliance
• HR & Payroll for a headcount of 80 across three depots
• Supplier relationship management & contract negotiation
• Business planning & forecasting
• IT systems - project manage new implementations and general maintenance
• Projects - business continuous improvement
• Act as the company's data controller overseeing GDPR compliance
3
Career to Date (continued)
builders' merchants, multi-fuel stove servicing & installers, garden centre, café, van & storage
container hire and forest & garden machinery sales/service.
• Overall responsibility for day to day financial operations
• Line management responsibility for one direct report (accounting technician) and two
indirect reports (credit controller & accounts supervisor)
• Financial accounting and management reporting
• Statutory accounting & taxation in conjunction with external accountants
• VAT returns
• Cash management & forecasting
• HMRC & regulatory compliance
• HR & Payroll for a headcount of 80 across three depots
• Supplier relationship management & contract negotiation
• Business planning & forecasting
• IT systems - project manage new implementations and general maintenance
• Projects - business continuous improvement
• Act as the company's data controller overseeing GDPR compliance
3
Career to Date (continued)
Compliance, Café, Wholesale, Storage, SOLID, Regulatory, Management Reporting, It, Cash management, Retail, Service, Sales, Management, GDpr, GDPR Compliance, Continuous improvement, Forecasting, Operations
2013 - 2014
job
Financial Controller
Aqualution Systems Ltd.
2011 - 2013
job
Financial Controller
Aqualution Systems Ltd.
Reporting to the Managing Director of a £500k turnover manufacturing company, with a USA
subsidiary, the business was in a high growth phase following a management buyout.
• Responsible for all aspects of day-to-day accounting including: sales & purchase
ledgers, credit control, VAT returns, financial accounting & the record keeping & payroll
for the company's USA subsidiary
• Took over responsibility for finance function from one of the directors in 2011 and set
up a new accounting system and installed robust control processes
• Responsible for cash & banking activities and the forecasting/monitoring of cashflow.
• Undertook product costing reviews to identify the true cost of manufacturing and to assist with developing new sales pricing strategy
• Prepared weekly sales reports for the board and senior managers
• Responsible for preparing monthly management accounts which included the
consolidated group statement of financial position, income statement, statement of cashflows and the measurement of actual results against business KPI's with variance
analysis
• Responsible for all payroll activities for a team of up to 25 staff
• Managed year end process, assisting the company's appointed chartered accountants
with the preparation lead schedules, statutory accounts and corporation tax return
subsidiary, the business was in a high growth phase following a management buyout.
• Responsible for all aspects of day-to-day accounting including: sales & purchase
ledgers, credit control, VAT returns, financial accounting & the record keeping & payroll
for the company's USA subsidiary
• Took over responsibility for finance function from one of the directors in 2011 and set
up a new accounting system and installed robust control processes
• Responsible for cash & banking activities and the forecasting/monitoring of cashflow.
• Undertook product costing reviews to identify the true cost of manufacturing and to assist with developing new sales pricing strategy
• Prepared weekly sales reports for the board and senior managers
• Responsible for preparing monthly management accounts which included the
consolidated group statement of financial position, income statement, statement of cashflows and the measurement of actual results against business KPI's with variance
analysis
• Responsible for all payroll activities for a team of up to 25 staff
• Managed year end process, assisting the company's appointed chartered accountants
with the preparation lead schedules, statutory accounts and corporation tax return
Forecasting, Cash Flow, Management, Finance, Sales, Banking, Growth, Monitoring, Costing, KPI, USA, Processes, UP
2011 - 2013
job
Assistant Accountant
Fox Fleming Ltd Chartered Certified Accountants.
• Responsibility for servicing the bookkeeping, VAT and payroll requirements for clients
• Provision of virtual accounts department services involving full back office functions
• Visited clients to undertake installations, providing training & on-going help desk
support for Sage accounts software
• Preparation of management accounts & KPI analysis
• Accounts preparation for sole traders, partnerships & small limited companies.
4
Career to Date (continued)
• Provision of virtual accounts department services involving full back office functions
• Visited clients to undertake installations, providing training & on-going help desk
support for Sage accounts software
• Preparation of management accounts & KPI analysis
• Accounts preparation for sole traders, partnerships & small limited companies.
4
Career to Date (continued)
Training, Management, Support, Bookkeeping, Accountant, KPI, Office, Software
2011 - 2011
job
Finance Assistant
Universal Fibre Optics Ltd.
Reporting to the Financial Controller of a successful and growing manufacturing firm, this was
a short-term contract.
• Responsible for the sale ledger process; order processing, invoicing & credit control
• Preparation of monthly supplier payment runs and purchase ledger processing
• Introduced new management information reporting to monitor sales team
performance
• Payroll processing
a short-term contract.
• Responsible for the sale ledger process; order processing, invoicing & credit control
• Preparation of monthly supplier payment runs and purchase ledger processing
• Introduced new management information reporting to monitor sales team
performance
• Payroll processing
Management, Finance, Sales, Processing
2008 - 2011
job
Finance Manager
Internet Search Marketing Ltd.
Reporting to the Managing Director of a £200k turnover start-up company operating in the online marketing arena.
• Responsible for the day-to-day finance operations including sales ledger, purchase
ledger, credit control, VAT, payroll and banking
• Line management responsibility for one finance assistant
• Contributed to the preparation of business planning models in Excel, cash flow
projections and expansion planning
• Responsible for the preparation and reporting of monthly management information
• Implementation of financial systems & plan integration with operational colleagues
• Payroll processing
• Responsible for the day-to-day finance operations including sales ledger, purchase
ledger, credit control, VAT, payroll and banking
• Line management responsibility for one finance assistant
• Contributed to the preparation of business planning models in Excel, cash flow
projections and expansion planning
• Responsible for the preparation and reporting of monthly management information
• Implementation of financial systems & plan integration with operational colleagues
• Payroll processing
Marketing, Excel, Online Marketing, Operations, Management, Finance, Integration, Sales, Banking, Implementation, Online, Processing, Manager, UP
2006 - 2008
job
Accounting Technician
AEGON Scottish Equitable plc.
• Financial Controls Team - ownership/responsibility for the maintenance and reconciliation of control accounts, collation of management information
• Liaised with colleagues from the business units to improve the quality of financial data
pulling through from the servicing systems
• PAYE calculation and payment for income drawdown plans
• Liaising with key stakeholders such as divisional managing directors and the CFO
• Working effectively as part of wider corporate finance function
5
Career to Date (continued)
• Liaised with colleagues from the business units to improve the quality of financial data
pulling through from the servicing systems
• PAYE calculation and payment for income drawdown plans
• Liaising with key stakeholders such as divisional managing directors and the CFO
• Working effectively as part of wider corporate finance function
5
Career to Date (continued)
Management, Finance, CFO
1999 - 2002
job
Pensions Administrator
Scottish Provident.
• Administration of executive pension plans
• Maintenance of pension policies & schemes
• Calculation of retirement benefits
• Preparation & execution of pension scheme documentation
6
• Maintenance of pension policies & schemes
• Calculation of retirement benefits
• Preparation & execution of pension scheme documentation
6
Administration, Administrator, Pension
My education
2013
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The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants
Professional Qualification, N/a
Professional Qualification, N/a
2012
The Association of Accounting Technicians
AAT Level 4 Diploma in Accounting, Accounting
AAT Level 4 Diploma in Accounting, Accounting
2011
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2012
The Association of Accounting Technicians
AAT Level 3 Diploma in Accounting, Accounting
AAT Level 3 Diploma in Accounting, Accounting
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