Emily Carter
ACCA-Qualified Accountant · Management & Financial Reporting
emily.carter@example.co.uk+44 7700 900268Nottingham, United Kingdomlinkedin.com/in/example-emily-carter
Profile
ACCA-qualified accountant (2024) with five years in industry, currently owning the month-end close for three UK entities with combined turnover of £42m. Experience across statutory accounts under FRS 102, VAT and the external audit relationship, including a NetSuite implementation delivered alongside a live reporting cycle.
Professional Qualifications
ACCA (Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) – Qualified
ACCAJune 2024
AAT Level 4 Professional Diploma in Accounting
AATAugust 2019
Core Skills
Financial ReportingMonth-end close, Statutory accounts (FRS 102), Consolidation, Audit liaison
Management AccountingBudgeting, Rolling forecasts, Variance analysis, Board reporting packs, Cash flow forecasting
Transactional & ControlBalance sheet reconciliation, Intercompany, Fixed asset register, Accruals and prepayments
Tax & ComplianceVAT returns, Corporation tax packs, Companies House filing
SystemsOracle NetSuite, Sage 200, Excel (Power Query, pivot models), Power BI
Professional Experience
Management Accountant
Trentway Building Products Ltd · Nottingham, United KingdomSeptember 2022 – Present
- •Own the month-end close for three UK entities with combined turnover of £42m, delivering the reporting pack to the board by working day five.
- •Prepare the annual statutory accounts under FRS 102 and act as main contact for the external audit; the last two audits completed with no adjustments and no management letter points.
- •Cleared a £180k unreconciled intercompany balance carried forward for three quarters, and introduced a monthly matching process that has kept it at nil since.
- •Rebuilt the monthly variance pack in Power Query, replacing four hours of manual copying with a refresh and moving commentary from working day six to working day four.
- •Ran the finance workstream of the NetSuite implementation, including chart of accounts design and opening balance migration for all three entities.
- •Supervise one assistant accountant and review their reconciliations and VAT return preparation.
Assistant Accountant
Riverbend Wholesale Ltd · Derby, United KingdomMarch 2020 – August 2022
- •Prepared monthly management accounts for a £12m turnover business, including accruals, prepayments and depreciation journals.
- •Managed the purchase ledger for around 400 suppliers, taking supplier statement reconciliation from ad hoc to a monthly cycle.
- •Prepared quarterly VAT returns and the partial exemption calculation, with no HMRC queries during the period.
- •Reduced aged debt over 90 days from £310k to £95k over four months by introducing a weekly credit control review with the sales team.
Finance Assistant
Aldercroft Care Group · Derby, United KingdomJanuary 2019 – February 2022
- •Processed purchase invoices, expense claims and bank postings across four care home cost centres.
- •Prepared the monthly bank reconciliations and the fixed asset additions schedule.
Education
BA (Hons) Business and Finance
Nottingham Trent University · Nottingham, United KingdomSeptember 2015 – June 2018
Upper Second Class (2:1)
Professional Memberships
ACCA
MemberJuly 2024 – Present
Languages
EnglishNative
FrenchB1
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