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KochoHead of Financial Operations
Apr. 2023London, England, United KingdomFollowing the acquisition of Mobliciti Limited, I am now working as Head of Financial Operations at Kocho Group Limited. Overseeing day to day financial operations, managing group cashflow reporting and both AP and AR teams. As well as leading the Mobliciti financial migration project.
MoblicitiFinancial Controller
May. 2013Hersham, Surrey. KT12 4RZReporting directly to the CFO, I am responsible for managing the Finance, HR and Admin departments, preparing monthly management accounts, controlling costs, monitoring revenues and controlling profit margins on new opportunities. I also monitor and maintain all HR standards, assist line managers with appraisal and disciplinary actions and ensure all ISO27001 requirements are adhered to. Manage a team of finance and HR employees
Present financial data weekly to Mobliciti's CEO and CFO
Manage accruals, deferred revenues and prepayments efficiently
Review financial data and prepare monthly management accounts for the Board
Work with departmental managers to produce annual budgets the facilitate growth
Prepare monthly departmental variance reports and assist department managers in budget control
Develop reporting functions to provide the Board with the most useful data for decision making
Calculate salaries, commissions, bonuses and expenses on a monthly basis
Chair monthly management meetings with senior staff from all departments
Oversee all finance functions, bank reconciliation, purchase ledger, sales ledger and cash projections
Track monthly gross margins by customer, service and project P&L’s
Control, approve and manage the process of customer orders using multiple software platforms
Regularly assess internal processes and controls in line with iSO27001 requirements
Assist line managers in employee appraisals and disciplinary procedures
Redundancy & furlough management
Oversee all company recruitment requirements
Review and improve recruitment platforms to ensure the best candidates are sourced organically, without the use of agencies
Assist the Operations team with supplier management requirements
Review and improve employee processes and benefits to keep staff turnover low
Implementation and design of accounting software switch from Sage50 to Acumatica in 2018
Manage COVID-19 business disruptions and complete return to work plans and risk assessments
TOPSHOP TOPMANConcession Supervisor
Mar. 2011 - Jun. 2011Kingston upon Thames, United KingdomThis was a temporary part time role, in which it was my duty to assist the managemant of the concession in the day to day running of the store. This included staff management, customer service, merchandising duties, cashing up and administration.
HRP LtdTechnical Centre Administrator
Jan. 2010 - May. 2013Slough, United KingdomThis job role was a newly created position which allowed me to develop my skills and progress my career in a corporate environment. - Scheduling our range of training courses at 17 locations around the UK.
- Organising trainer and resource utilisation.
- Developing personalised training programs for large customers
- Up-keep of busy diaries for all trainers, making arrangements such as accommodation, training rig movements, resource allocation and meetings or development courses.
- Providing monthly accountancy reports detailing invoices raised, revenue figures aged debt, and budgetary checks. - Allocating payments correctly and ensuring any aged debt is followed up and cleared.
- Presenting information such as pass rates, future availability and fill rates along with monthly revenue and budgetary checks to management, directors and important customers during monthly Management Meetings and on occasion Board Meetings.
- Delegating all administration surrounding the courses we offer so this is completed correctly and efficiently by the team, whist delivering a high standard of customer service. - Ensuring general housekeeping and reception duties are maintained throughout the Technical Centre. This role gave me a chance to develop my skills across a number of different computer programs and software. Such as the complex in-house Coursebooker Program, Microsoft Office and Onelan welcome screen software. I also regularly utilised online services such as Google Mail and City&Guilds Walled Garden. I was also solely responsible for the conference/training room hire services. This included negotiating prices and ensuring the Technical Centre Team cater to their requirements such as equipment, lunch cover and general resources.
Monsoon AccessorizeRetail Manager
Oct. 2006 - Dec. 2009Kingston upon Thames, United KingdomAs floor manager it was my role to over see and control the day to day running of the shop floor and control all store administration, this involved:
- Writing and holding daily team talks to motivate the staff.
- Planning daily deployment rotas and performing daily floor walks.
- Holding monthly training sessions with the staff across the area, covering all aspects of customer service.
- All payroll and cash management duties within the store, such as daily and weekly paperwork, liaising with retail accounts regularly, ensuing that all post and home deliveries are sent out and recorded properly and keeping personnel files updated.
- Investigating and correcting any discrepancies for my store and others within the area.
- Regular interviews, inductions and health and safety training with new staff members, also ensuring that current members of staff had refreshers and were up to date with procedures.
- Organising regular floor moves and was often sent out of store to assist other stores with merchandising. I have also helped assist a new store opening.
Monsoon AccessorizeChilderenswear Specialist
Oct. 2006 - Jan. 2008Kingston upon Thames, United KingdomThis role gave me the responsibility of running my own department, I performed regular floor walks, organised replen, merchandising best sellers, actioning any till messages and ordering stock, with regular contact with Branch Merchandising. This position also gave me a chance to gain management experience within my department, delegating jobs and taking control of running the first floor, which at times meant supervising up to 6 people.
PEACOCK STORES LTDSales assistant
Nov. 2003 - Oct. 2006Staines, United KingdomDuring my time at peacocks I gained a lot of my initial retail experience. In my 3 years working for the company I attended a number of training courses to help increase my retail knowledge and understanding. These included till operations, manual handling, delivery set up and distribution, health and safety, and visual merchandising.
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