Finance Manager

• A highly skilled Finance Manager with over 20 years of expertise, specialising in the transport sector.
• Consistently achieved timely month-end close, delivering comprehensive management accounts with detailed financial analysis.
• Conducted variance analysis and prepared statutory accounts with full audit support, ensuring accuracy in intercompany reporting.
• Maintained high standards in balance sheet reconciliations, enhancing financial accuracy across accounts.
• Optimised cash flow by managing collections and payments, and ensuring customer credit limits were effectively controlled.
• Carried out regular inventory valuations and reconciliations with third-party partners to ensure data accuracy.
• Managed sales provisions and discrepancies against forecasts, while overseeing processes to support cash flow.
• Documented and improved finance processes to enhance efficiency and reduce error rates.
• Supervised a finance team, overseeing payroll, expenses, and benefits to maintain accuracy and consistency.
• Supported budgeting, audit, regulatory reporting, and managed ad hoc financial projects.