Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
I am a highly motivated, organised and enthusiastic finance professional focused on achieving results, deadlines and targets in a thriving financial environment. I balance strong teamwork with ability to work well under pressure with a practical and logical approach to problem solving. I am always willing to help and contribute new ideas whilst at the same time striving to learn and develop knowledge and skills to further my career. SKILLS AND COMPETENCES - Advanced technical skills: Microsoft Office (Excel, Word and Power Point), SAP and SUN - Advanced knowledge of bespoke Finance/Hospitality operating systems such as: Oracle – Opera and Micros Simphony, Fourth, Embed and Premier Core. - Basic levels of knowledge on Cognos - budgeting/forecasting program, Sage and Spotfire – business intelligence and analytics tool - Experienced manager - motivating, training and developing employees
Supporting delivery of Employability and Social Care contracts
Key Responsibilities: - Preparation of monthly management accounts along with supplementary information such as variance analysis, presentations and supporting information - Reporting and analysis – monthly and weekly reporting to the internal stakeholders - Direct point of contact for operations; regularly attending meetings and providing support - Budgeting and forecasting Key Achievements: - Providing assistance and coaching to operational teams across the Resort - Integration of new operating systems into the existing financial one - Oversee accounts receivables process - Effective use of operating and financial systems for internal auditing and reporting purposes - Involvement in various projects and cross functional business enhancement groups to drive process efficiency
Key Responsibilities - Determine best practice and ensure continuous improvement environment to deliver financial reporting processes across the Finance & Operational teams - Production and review of VAT returns for 4 entities (3 UK and 1 Irish) - Ensuring UID (unidentified deposits) are kept at minimum. - Production of monthly and weekly reports for internal stakeholders. - Managing and developing a team of 3 direct reports, including training, one-to-ones and team meetings. Key Achievements - Produced a detailed process manual to incorporate 12 newly acquired hotels (transactional, AP & AR processes) - Reduced process fragmentation by taking on additional work from Operational and Group Finance: RTD submissions, utilities accruals, centralisation of statistical information submission - Part of team to integrate new hotels into existing process framework; prepayments review, payroll cost accounting; commission review and re-design (work ongoing with a potential saving of £500k) - Delivering a smooth month end process and reporting routine in a timely, effective and efficient manner - Effective use of systems to organise, report, investigate and resolve all activity based reporting - Mentoring of Finance Graduates, monitoring progression and supporting their personal development
Key Responsibilities - Designed targets and measures to actively monitor/manage staff performance (keeping the level of mistakes under 1 per cent with reservation quality control checks reaching 45k a month). - Prioritised and delegated work whilst providing training and support to others. - Effectively communicated with key stakeholders, including: presenting to the teams at individual hotels, conference calls and query resolution. - Produced weekly reporting to senior management. Key Achievements - Experience in project/ change management to deliver consistent approach at most cost effective point - Identified, interviewed, recruited and successfully managed a team of 13 people to deliver best practise including training, development and motivation - Key input in transforming the business' approach to reservation checking, putting in place better processes, performance measures and communicating these to the business in a positive way
Key Responsibilities - Drove and successfully managed centralised ‘guest pre-arrival checks’ trial for three hotels, proving concept before implementation and rollout across group. - Developed skills in purchasing and actively participated in decreasing the AP queries to protect buying power. - Helped cluster finance teams at supervisory level, including month-end processes (P&L, Balance Sheet reconciliations). - Trained, managed and motivated new staff members. - Designed and co-edited a monthly newsletter for Finance departments across the company. Key Achievements - Nominated for Graduate of the Year in 2014 - Young Hall of Fame Inductee – HOSPA Hotel Services Category in 2012 and 2013 - Financial Management examination prize winner for Stage 1, 2 and 3 (2012 – 2013) - Student of the Year (HOSPA) in 2012 - Placement rotation across the group (operational, finance and shared service) to gain a rounded experience