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Chartered Accountant with 10 years experience in accounting and tax matters for start ups and small owner managed businesses
OJK Accounting Solutions Ltd
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Altrincham, United Kingdom
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Science graduate with over 10 years experience as a chartered accountant. Specialising in owner managed businesses, from statutory requirements such as financial statements, corporation and personal tax returns, to ad hoc projects such KPI dashboards and Benchmarking.
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United Kingdom
Language
English
Fluently
French
Good
Ready for
Larger project
Ongoing relation / part-time
Full time contractor
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Audit/Compliance/Client Accounts & Tax Manager
Corporate Accountancy Solutions.
September - Present
• Performing & Reviewing Statutory Accounts, Corp Tax and Personal Tax Returns for a variety of firms on a contracted basis.
Corporate Accountancy Solutions
Audit/Compliance/Client Accounts & Tax Manager
• Performing & Reviewing Statutory Accounts, Corp Tax and Personal Tax Returns for a variety of firms on a contracted basis.
Corporate Accountancy Solutions
Audit/Compliance/Client Accounts & Tax Manager
Audit, Compliance, Performing, Audit, Manager
2017 - 2020
job
Owner
General Practice and Audit Inspections.
Managed businesses across a number sectors with emphasis on personal and corporate tax issues
• Liaised with client owners from engagement through to completion of audits/accounts/tax (both corporate and personal) as well as ad hoc projects such as valuations, cashflow projections and personal tax matters
• Owner-managed businesses with a turnover range from £3m to £40m
• Leading client facing progress meetings, communicating KPIs, Benchmarking, Rolling-Tax Timetables and any other business on the agenda.
• Main point of contact for General Practice and Audit Inspections from the ICAEW as well as playing a key role in the compliant implementation of GDPR
• Liaised with client owners from engagement through to completion of audits/accounts/tax (both corporate and personal) as well as ad hoc projects such as valuations, cashflow projections and personal tax matters
• Owner-managed businesses with a turnover range from £3m to £40m
• Leading client facing progress meetings, communicating KPIs, Benchmarking, Rolling-Tax Timetables and any other business on the agenda.
• Main point of contact for General Practice and Audit Inspections from the ICAEW as well as playing a key role in the compliant implementation of GDPR
Cash Flow, GDpr, Implementation, Audit
2014 - 2016
job
Audit Senior/Supervisor
MHA MacIntyre Hudson.
• Role is split between 80% audit and 20% accounts.
• Sectors - Financial Services, Manufacturing, Academies and Charities
• Lead audit teams of up to 5. Supervised and reviewed work of trainees.
• Performed audit assignments from planning stage through to completion on wide range clients in terms of size and industry.
• Size of companies ranged from small owner-managed single entities to medium size entities with turnover of £26m
• Planned, performed, completed and reviewed College and Academy audit assignments. Turnover ranged from £10m-£30m.
• Sectors - Financial Services, Manufacturing, Academies and Charities
• Lead audit teams of up to 5. Supervised and reviewed work of trainees.
• Performed audit assignments from planning stage through to completion on wide range clients in terms of size and industry.
• Size of companies ranged from small owner-managed single entities to medium size entities with turnover of £26m
• Planned, performed, completed and reviewed College and Academy audit assignments. Turnover ranged from £10m-£30m.
Audit, Audit, UP
2011 - 2014
job
Audit Senior
Berg Kaprow Lewis.
• Role is split between 60% audit and 40% accounts.
• Lead audit teams of up to 3.
• Performed audit assignments from planning stage through to completion for client ranging in size from £10m to £100m turnover.
• Prepared statutory accounts from TB, posting adjustments and all relevant disclosures required by accounting standards.
• Lead junior members of staff on assignments, ensuring that they knew what was expected of them, and the timeframe in which work was expected to be done. Ensured I was approachable and helpful at all times.
• Communicated well with clients when requesting information or when further clarification of issues was required.
• Liaised well with managers/partners on the progress of jobs and notified them of any issues at the earliest opportunity.
• Pell Frischmann and Sandor Groups have a combined turnover of circa £70m. I managed three or four junior members of staff on this assignment, as a senior, from planning through to completion, i.e. consolidation review and filing of accounts.
• The riskiest areas were property valuation estimates (FRS 15), and revenue recognition calculations (FRS 5), as both groups has investment properties and rental incomes on them.
• Client also engages in management consultancy activities in the engineering and construction sectors, and has a number of PFI contracts. Stage of completion testing was the main risk for the companies within the group conducting activities under such contracts.
National Audit Office (Contract role)
January 2011 - December 2011
• Mostly worked on controls based audit testing of various aspects of HMRC.
• Work involved summarising, risk assessing, and process mapping some the most complex and varied functions within HMRC.
• Systems were summarised and a comprehensive understanding of how they worked gained via walkthrough testing. Integrity of data was testing via substantive testing.
• Lead audit teams of up to 3.
• Performed audit assignments from planning stage through to completion for client ranging in size from £10m to £100m turnover.
• Prepared statutory accounts from TB, posting adjustments and all relevant disclosures required by accounting standards.
• Lead junior members of staff on assignments, ensuring that they knew what was expected of them, and the timeframe in which work was expected to be done. Ensured I was approachable and helpful at all times.
• Communicated well with clients when requesting information or when further clarification of issues was required.
• Liaised well with managers/partners on the progress of jobs and notified them of any issues at the earliest opportunity.
• Pell Frischmann and Sandor Groups have a combined turnover of circa £70m. I managed three or four junior members of staff on this assignment, as a senior, from planning through to completion, i.e. consolidation review and filing of accounts.
• The riskiest areas were property valuation estimates (FRS 15), and revenue recognition calculations (FRS 5), as both groups has investment properties and rental incomes on them.
• Client also engages in management consultancy activities in the engineering and construction sectors, and has a number of PFI contracts. Stage of completion testing was the main risk for the companies within the group conducting activities under such contracts.
National Audit Office (Contract role)
January 2011 - December 2011
• Mostly worked on controls based audit testing of various aspects of HMRC.
• Work involved summarising, risk assessing, and process mapping some the most complex and varied functions within HMRC.
• Systems were summarised and a comprehensive understanding of how they worked gained via walkthrough testing. Integrity of data was testing via substantive testing.
Contracts, Audit, SoMe, Management, Engineering, Process Mapping, Testing, Office, Calculations, Audit, Contracts, UP
2008 - 2011
internship
Trainee
Mazars LLP.
• Working as an auditor for an international accountancy practice employing 10,500 professionals from over 50 countries.
• Sectors - Owner managed small/medium business and charities
• Experience gained performing audits for many different sized entities, mainly within Industrial and Commercial Services, ranging from UK divisions of international groups with revenue of £10bn.
• Accounts preparation experience gained from working on small and medium sized entities. Revenue of these companies ranged from c. £500k to £20m which gave me exposure to both ends of the Small and Medium Entities spectrum within the industry and commerce sectors.
• Gained experience from working with more experienced members of staff and fulfilled tasks delegated to me on a timely basis as a junior and semi senior.
• Worked as lead senior on some of our small and medium sized clients, revenue c. £500k (Atlantis Healthcare Uk) to c. £11m (Quintec Limited), part of the Thales Uk group.
• Jointly led an audit on a property client, Langbourn Properties Group Limited, revenue c. £30m. Work included ensuring correct accounting treatment of investment properties in accordance with UK GAAP, as outlined within SSAP 19.
• Experience as lead senior on some very small clients c. £100k which involved preparation of a Trial Balance from Bank statements, as we were not provided with a worked Trial Balance from a recognised accounting software package. This gave me an opportunity to employ the double entry theory in practice, as did all of the accounts preparation work performed on some of our small and medium sized clients.
• Worked very well with clients, ensuring we obtained information from them, contained within the prepared by client list, on a timely basis, which enabled us to complete per-arranged deadlines.
• Involved in numerous controls based internal audit reviews for a wide range of entities with varying internal process complexities.
• Work carried out on larger clients involved review of accounts prepared under IFRS, which gave me some experience in the disclosure requirements for accounts prepared to International Standards.
• Completion of disclosure checklists for entities varying in size, reporting under UK GAAP or IFRS.
• Teamwork and leadership skills gained through supervision and review of more junior members of the audit team combined with full responsibility for the audit fieldwork, audit report, and management letter, of smaller and medium sized entities.
• Exposure to other sectors included public sector experience with the Audit Commission.
• Performance of audits for public sector bodies included both Hampshire County Council and Ashford Primary Care Trust in Kent.
• Systems
• Caseware
• Pro audit/Audit automation
• Excel
• Word
• Iris Accounts Production
• Xero
• Sectors - Owner managed small/medium business and charities
• Experience gained performing audits for many different sized entities, mainly within Industrial and Commercial Services, ranging from UK divisions of international groups with revenue of £10bn.
• Accounts preparation experience gained from working on small and medium sized entities. Revenue of these companies ranged from c. £500k to £20m which gave me exposure to both ends of the Small and Medium Entities spectrum within the industry and commerce sectors.
• Gained experience from working with more experienced members of staff and fulfilled tasks delegated to me on a timely basis as a junior and semi senior.
• Worked as lead senior on some of our small and medium sized clients, revenue c. £500k (Atlantis Healthcare Uk) to c. £11m (Quintec Limited), part of the Thales Uk group.
• Jointly led an audit on a property client, Langbourn Properties Group Limited, revenue c. £30m. Work included ensuring correct accounting treatment of investment properties in accordance with UK GAAP, as outlined within SSAP 19.
• Experience as lead senior on some very small clients c. £100k which involved preparation of a Trial Balance from Bank statements, as we were not provided with a worked Trial Balance from a recognised accounting software package. This gave me an opportunity to employ the double entry theory in practice, as did all of the accounts preparation work performed on some of our small and medium sized clients.
• Worked very well with clients, ensuring we obtained information from them, contained within the prepared by client list, on a timely basis, which enabled us to complete per-arranged deadlines.
• Involved in numerous controls based internal audit reviews for a wide range of entities with varying internal process complexities.
• Work carried out on larger clients involved review of accounts prepared under IFRS, which gave me some experience in the disclosure requirements for accounts prepared to International Standards.
• Completion of disclosure checklists for entities varying in size, reporting under UK GAAP or IFRS.
• Teamwork and leadership skills gained through supervision and review of more junior members of the audit team combined with full responsibility for the audit fieldwork, audit report, and management letter, of smaller and medium sized entities.
• Exposure to other sectors included public sector experience with the Audit Commission.
• Performance of audits for public sector bodies included both Hampshire County Council and Ashford Primary Care Trust in Kent.
• Systems
• Caseware
• Pro audit/Audit automation
• Excel
• Word
• Iris Accounts Production
• Xero
Supervision, ME, LED, Audit, Performing, Production, Software, International, Public sector, Excel, Xero, Management, SoMe, Leadership, C, Word, Automation, Audit
My education
2003
-
2006
n/a
Masters, Chemistry
Masters, Chemistry
1999
-
2003
Trinity College Dublin
BSc, Chemistry 2
BSc, Chemistry 2
1993
-
1999
St Declans College
Certification, History
Certification, History
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