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    Sharon Scott

    Sharon Scott

    Accountant / Bookeeper

    Didcot, United Kingdom

    I can offer experience,flexibility,enthusiam,diligence,accuracy and reliability. I would say my key qualities are; I can help anyone understand accounting and finance, so...Read moreI can offer experience,flexibility,enthusiam,diligence,accuracy and reliability.

    I would say my key qualities are; I can help anyone understand accounting and finance, so that they feel comfortable around the numbers; I am an excellent all rounder.

    I am a ACCA qualified accountant with many years in large commercial international companies. For the past two and a half years I have been on a career break following the birth of my son.

    I am now concentating on my own business, providing excellent book keeping and administration services to clients.

    Area Covered: Bookeeping, Data Entry, Planning and Organising
    Industry: Accounting
    Employees: 1


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    Summary: I am a qualified ACCA accountant, currently nearing the end of career break. My experience has been in large multi-national commercial organisations.
    I am now hoping to develop my own business sevicing smaller clients either working from home or in-house.
    Job Title: Corporate Controller
    Company: LogicaCMG / Acsion
    Description: Accurate and timely consolidation of monthly results and forecasts from 5 regions, 5 business units and the corporate cost centres. Included many foreign currencies.
    Managing the budget process, including the production of templates and policies, managing the timetable and providing the senior management team with timely and accurate information.
    Personal financial management of the executive corporate cost centres.
    Particular achievement was to enable the “financially phobic” HR Director to confidently understand and control worldwide costs
    From:01/Jun/2007 To:01/Aug/2009

    Job Title: Financial Controller
    Company: LogicaCMG / Acsion
    Description: Responsible for the group reporting and analysis function, and the management of outsourced finance team in Bangalore.
    Accurate and timely consolidation of monthly results and forecasts from 5 regions, 5 business units and the corporate cost centres. Included many foreign currencies
    Overseen the successful transition of 6 of the 37 ledgers into Bangalore.
    Responsibility for the statutory reporting, this involves the whole process from liaising with Auditors to ensuring that the statutory accounts are signed off.
    In June 2007 LogicaCMG sold the Telecoms division to a venture capitalist consortium. My team has been fundamental in the work involved in the divestment.
    From:01/Aug/2005 To:01/Jun/2007

    Job Title: Order Book Accountant
    Company: LogicaCMG / Acsion
    Description: Developed new process that would ensure that all orders accepted by the company met both internal and external regulations. The company had suffered from lack of control in this area.
    Particular attention was made on ensuring that minimum margins were met on orders accepted.
    The main challenge was ensuring that the regions adhered to the new policies that were put in place.
    From:01/Jan/2005 To:01/Aug/2005

    Job Title: Financial Controller
    Company: Akzo Nobel Coatings Ltd (Car Refinish)
    Description: Member of the senior management team.
    Responsible for the finance function for the Car Refinish division.
    Reporting to overseas parent company.
    Project Manager on SAP upgrade and restructure.
    Management of up to 13 staff.
    From:01/Sep/2001 To:01/Dec/2005

    Job Title: Senior Accountant
    Company: Heinemann Publishers ( Educational Publishers)
    Description: Initially responsible for four divisions and consolidation of overseas companies. With management responsibility for 4 staff. Following the merge of the accounting function with another group company I became the dedicated International division accountant.
    Part of the International Division senior management team.
    Led the accounting function in three African subsidaries and one in Ireland in addition to the UK based international publishing team.
    Key member of the Dublin office set up team.
    From:01/Sep/1997 To:01/Sep/2001

    Job Title: Management Accountant
    Company: Macmillan Publishers Ltd. (Educational Publishers)
    Description: Initial role was to set up a new reporting structure to adhere to the group requirements.
    Moved to a management accounts position with financial responsibility for both the Journals and Schools divisions. Management of 1 staff.
    From:01/Sep/1995 To:01/Sep/1997

    Job Title: Finance Manager
    Company: W.H.Freeman & Co Ltd. (Educational Publishers)
    Description: Promoted within six months to Finance Manager form Accounts Assistant following the resignation of the Finance Director.
    Responsible for all aspects of the finance function including planning, budgeting and the preparation of statutory accounts.
    My final objective was to close the accounts and office following the group acquisition of Heinemann Publishers.
    From:01/Jun/1992 To:01/Sep/1995

    Job Title: Bookeeper
    Company: Little Wonders/AT Hand First Aid
    Description: Advised on start up of business. Responsible for accounts and self assessment.
    From:05/Apr/2011 To:05/Apr/2012



    Education
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    Degree: Accountancy
    Field of Study: Accountancy
    University / College: Portsmouth University
    From:01/Sep/1988 To:01/May/1992

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    Simple bookkeeping for a one man band - also a landlord
    • Dance in the Rainby Dance in the Rain
    • Posted: 29 Jun 2012
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    • 16 Sep 2012 Dance in the Rain
      Dance in the Rain
      Thatcham, GB

      Thanks Sharon - great weight off my mind. Very efficient at getting me organised

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