Brad Walker

• We provide all the accountancy compliance work for individuals and small companies. • Develop pragmatic solutions to the business problems of our clients. • Provide business coaching and accountability to allow our clients to turn their goals into reality. • We reduce our clients time spent on administration so they can spend more time doing the things they love, and help them utilise all aspects of their tax position to enable them to spend more money on the things that matter to them. • We provide commentary on all the latest developments in a blog every other day. • We provide simple ease-to-use guides for business owners 100% free of charge on our website.

Working as Finance Business Partner for PA’s subsidiary company Globelynx based in London, and the IT function for the group based in Howden, East Yorkshire. • Working as the business partner for Globelynx, a subsidiary of Press Association & the groups IT department. • Preparing monthly management information packs, including variance analysis with in-depth commentary and monitoring of KPI’s. • Preparing budgets and forecasts and presenting to the directors. • Collaborating with the managing director to establish strategic direction, manage growth plans whilst keeping control of costs. • Providing in depth industry analysis to make informed commercial decisions.

• Prepare & present Management Information Pack to budget holders monthly, including current month position with analysis, comparisons to budget, analysis on run rates & explanations to updated forecasts. • Attend meetings to understand the context of the numbers and build relationships with senior staff. • Reconcile large quantities of data using advanced excel techniques including, VLOOKUP’s, Pivot tables, SUMIFS’ formulae. • Analyse variances within the accounts and provide supporting documentation to prove accuracy. • Part of the month end team that, creates the workings and posts the journals to the ledger. Ensuring working papers are easily understandable for audit purposes. • Liaising & solving queries with internal and external auditors. • Help with large balance sheet reconciliations, for external submissions. • Creating, presenting and defending business cases to the finance director and other senior members of staff. • Working closely with department heads to agree budget allocations for the coming year. I was head of the “Best Practice” team, whereby using business process reengineering help colleagues simplify their work to increase automation, improve accuracy and reduce time, to enable the team to add more value to the budget holders. I held responsibility of being a “super user” on our new accounting system, Oracle & SBS after showing initiative in the run up to the project. I was involved in the planning and implementation of the new accounting system to ensure a smooth changeover. It involved working with many stakeholders to ensure that all needs of the organisation were met. I was responsible for providing training to the heads of departments which I have done both in group sessions and on a one to one basis. Having several people that I’m responsible to, has allowed me to improve my time management skills and manage effectively conflicting deadlines.

• General bookkeeping. • Preparation of VAT returns. • Year-end accounts preparation for sole traders, partnerships and ltd company's up to a turnover of £2million. • Monthly & quarterly management accounts including all balance sheet reconciliations e.g. fixed asset register, debtors, creditors, accruals & prepayments etc. and in addition corporation tax computations. • Client training on accounting systems. • Training other members of staff. • Create and improve current systems to improve efficiency. • Review other members of staff's bookkeeping & VAT preparation. I held responsibility for training other members of staff from basic bookkeeping to accounts preparation. I undertook system improvement projects which led to a tangible reduction in errors. Having dealt directly with clients continually developed my interpersonal skills within a business context and broadened my understanding and interest in different industries. Experience in accountancy packages such as IRIS, Xero with a detailed understanding of Sage being a lead trainer to both clients and colleagues.

• General bookkeeping. • Preparation and submission of VAT and tax returns. • Year-end accounts preparation for sole traders, partnerships and ltd company's up to a turnover of £450,000. • Monthly & quarterly management accounts including accruals and prepayments. • Machine game duty returns. • CIS returns. • Weekly & monthly payroll up to 30 members of staff. • Hold meetings with clients to discuss their tax returns and accounts. During this time, I had the benefit of learning multiple accounting packages such as Sage 50 Accounts, Sage Payroll & BTC. A large client base requiring multiple statutory returns honed my organisational skills to enable very demanding deadlines to be met. Working closely with the directors I have undertaken successful improvement projects which extended my arm of responsibility and enabled me to both gain experience in all departments and communicate at all levels within the business. Working out of hours with one of the directors in order to help establish an additional income stream, including the creation of a secondary business.