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Qualified accountant specialising in management accounts, budgets and forecasts
Lynsey Brooker
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Huddersfield, United Kingdom
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A qualified ACCA accountant with over 12 years' experience. Successfully progressed from graduate to management accountant through a series of internal promotions, whilst studying part time and achieving first time passes in ACCA, before moving onto Financial Controller and then Finance Director within SME businesses.
A proven record of being able to prioritise and meet deadlines, consistently being held as 'best in class' amongst fellow affiliates in terms of timeliness and quality of submissions to Head Office.
An excellent communicator, regularly interacting across multiple functions and cultures, both internally and with European HQ.
Improved processes within remit; reducing time spent reviewing month end actuals by a day and standardising the impairment testing process to reduce queries from HQ.
A proven record of being able to prioritise and meet deadlines, consistently being held as 'best in class' amongst fellow affiliates in terms of timeliness and quality of submissions to Head Office.
An excellent communicator, regularly interacting across multiple functions and cultures, both internally and with European HQ.
Improved processes within remit; reducing time spent reviewing month end actuals by a day and standardising the impairment testing process to reduce queries from HQ.
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United Kingdom
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English
Fluently
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Larger project
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My experience
2020 - 2020
job
Finance Director
Click Print Ltd.
• Full responsibility for finance function within small SME including recruitment
of two direct reports
• Cash flow forecasting and monitoring in the short and medium term to ensure
sufficient cash available
• Review of current finance operating systems and managed transfer from Sage
to Xero
• Managed relationship with external accountants and payroll provider
• Support and provision of information for management when requested.
This role ended due to Covid related redundancy.
of two direct reports
• Cash flow forecasting and monitoring in the short and medium term to ensure
sufficient cash available
• Review of current finance operating systems and managed transfer from Sage
to Xero
• Managed relationship with external accountants and payroll provider
• Support and provision of information for management when requested.
This role ended due to Covid related redundancy.
Bookkeeping, Financial Management, Accounting, Finance, Accountant, Excel, Reporting
2019 - 2019
job
Financial Controller
Intercept IP Ltd.
• Full responsibility for finance function within small SME (c. 40 employees)
• Cash flow forecasting and monitoring in the short and medium term to ensure
sufficient cash available and to forecast required cash injections
• Month End procedures including accruals, prepayments and other journals
• Management accounting on a monthly basis
• Reporting and updates for Board Meetings and adhoc as required
• Liaising with external accountants for statutory reporting, tax returns and VAT returns
• Accounts Payable/Receivable
• Overseeing of external payroll
• Insurance renewals
• Cash flow forecasting and monitoring in the short and medium term to ensure
sufficient cash available and to forecast required cash injections
• Month End procedures including accruals, prepayments and other journals
• Management accounting on a monthly basis
• Reporting and updates for Board Meetings and adhoc as required
• Liaising with external accountants for statutory reporting, tax returns and VAT returns
• Accounts Payable/Receivable
• Overseeing of external payroll
• Insurance renewals
Forecasting, C, Management, Finance, Insurance, Monitoring, Forecast
2013 - 2017
job
Reporting and Analysis Accountant
ENGIE E&P UK LTD.
• Timely and accurate preparation of the annual corporate budget and monthly updates
to the current year forecast, made up of over 30 joint ventures with an annual Net
Income of £60-150m.
• Preparation of financial elements of the UK Monthly Report for the Managing Director
• Submission, review and commentary on the monthly results ensuring all material items
were included and variances explained, consistently meeting the working day 3
deadline.
• Input and support to develop and update the Long Term Business Plan
• Development of the relationships, processes and procedures to ensure the delivery of
reporting services all stakeholders (internal and head office) and fostering a culture of
continual process improvements
• Ownership of annual impairment testing programme
• Consistently being held as a benchmark in reporting for other affiliates
to the current year forecast, made up of over 30 joint ventures with an annual Net
Income of £60-150m.
• Preparation of financial elements of the UK Monthly Report for the Managing Director
• Submission, review and commentary on the monthly results ensuring all material items
were included and variances explained, consistently meeting the working day 3
deadline.
• Input and support to develop and update the Long Term Business Plan
• Development of the relationships, processes and procedures to ensure the delivery of
reporting services all stakeholders (internal and head office) and fostering a culture of
continual process improvements
• Ownership of annual impairment testing programme
• Consistently being held as a benchmark in reporting for other affiliates
Budget, Net, Support, Accountant, Testing, Development, Office, Forecast, Processes, UP
2008 - 2013
job
Various Roles
ENGIE Energy UK Ltd.
Financial Analyst - Electricity Commercial Accounts
• Production of variance analysis of Electricity Gross Margin for the management accounts
• Managing WIP and ensuring all costs are recovered from customers
• Identified areas/customer where profitability could be improved
• Line manager to three Accounts Assistants
Financial Analyst - Projects and Reporting
• Production of monthly management and statutory accounts for newly acquired subsidiary
following acquisition by merger and migration into the existing business
• Preparation of the budget for the subsidiary
• Preparation of VAT and CCL returns, corporation tax returns and liaising with auditors
• Coordination of the group reporting timetable
• Launch and preparation of the monthly KPI packs
• Analysis of customer characteristics to identify which segments drive profitability
Accounts Assistant - Gas Commercial Accounts
The main focus of this role was to improve profitability of the Gas business. This was a more junior
role to the equivalent in the Electricity Commercial Accounts team. Involved in the recruitment and supervision of two students to assist with a project over the summer holidays.
Accounts Assistant - Credit Control
This was a customer facing role, primarily involved with the collection of debts from customer and dealing with related queries. Additional responsibilities in this role were managing the legal system
with both internal and external solicitors who assisted with the debt collection and any disputed and dealing with insolvency practitioners where customers had commenced administration or
insolvency proceedings
• Production of variance analysis of Electricity Gross Margin for the management accounts
• Managing WIP and ensuring all costs are recovered from customers
• Identified areas/customer where profitability could be improved
• Line manager to three Accounts Assistants
Financial Analyst - Projects and Reporting
• Production of monthly management and statutory accounts for newly acquired subsidiary
following acquisition by merger and migration into the existing business
• Preparation of the budget for the subsidiary
• Preparation of VAT and CCL returns, corporation tax returns and liaising with auditors
• Coordination of the group reporting timetable
• Launch and preparation of the monthly KPI packs
• Analysis of customer characteristics to identify which segments drive profitability
Accounts Assistant - Gas Commercial Accounts
The main focus of this role was to improve profitability of the Gas business. This was a more junior
role to the equivalent in the Electricity Commercial Accounts team. Involved in the recruitment and supervision of two students to assist with a project over the summer holidays.
Accounts Assistant - Credit Control
This was a customer facing role, primarily involved with the collection of debts from customer and dealing with related queries. Additional responsibilities in this role were managing the legal system
with both internal and external solicitors who assisted with the debt collection and any disputed and dealing with insolvency practitioners where customers had commenced administration or
insolvency proceedings
Administration, Budget, Financial analyst, Management, Recruitment, Supervision, Analyst, KPI, Production, Manager
My education
2008
-
2013
Association of Chartered Certified Accountants
ACCA, Accounting
ACCA, Accounting
2004
-
2008
University of Leeds
BSc, Mathematics
BSc, Mathematics
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