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Systems Accountant

Work Experience

1992 - DATE BRITISH UNITED PROVIDENT ASSOCIATION LTD (BUPA)
The leading UK international private health care group.
October 1999 - Date Assistant Financial Controller (Shared Services)
Reporting to Financial Controller and Group Information Systems (I.S.) Director
Providing timely and accurate financial support and advice to senior management to enable them to make informed business decisions, and by enforcing financial controls to ensure that the financial well-being of the company is not compromised. Manage annual budget of £25m revenue and £35m capital with a team of 4 people. Duties also include accounting for a complex VAT efficiency arrangement and ensuring timely authorisation and processing of I.S. invoices
Achievements:
· Sped up production of management accounts (by 2-3 days) and other regular monthly reports and imposed consistent formats on these reports
· Improved accuracy, presentation, variance analysis and supporting data for I.S. recharges to businesses
· Introduced tighter controls over Work-In-Progress and conformity to FRS15
· Smoothed impact of new ePurchasing system to ensure uninterrupted flow of I.S. invoice processing
· Developed staff, to allow personal concentration on more value-added activities
January 1999 - September 1999 Group Financial Systems Accountant
Reviewing, evaluating and making recommendations for improvements to the financial systems throughout the BUPA Group, to ensure the more timely provision of accurate, relevant financial and other management information in respect of the Group’s performance (actual, planned and forecast) to senior management
Achievements:
· Responsible for departmental Y2k Contingency Plan which was successfully put in place
· Key member of User Acceptance Testing (UAT) team for implementation of PeopleSoft Financials
November 1995 - December 1998 Group Management Accountant
Responsible for producing consolidated management accounting information for entire BUPA Group, incorporating plans, forecasts and results of all subsidiaries and affiliates, UK and abroad
Achievements:
· Streamlined reporting processes to reduce time taken to draft regular financial reports
· Improved reporting by introducing consistent presentation of all financial management information
· Involved in statutory reporting process and introduction of new consolidation software package
· Significantly improved spreadsheet model for computation of estimated tax charge
January 1993 - May 1996 Financial Systems Administrator
Responsible for maintenance and development of the mainframe based financial systems (Walker International’s general ledger, accounts payable and asset management modules) used by BUPA’s non-hospital business in the UK. Facilitator between user community and technical support staff and maintained all user documentation. Responsible for user training. First incumbent, with free hand to develop own role
Achievements:
· Key member of small project team (from July 1992) which successfully implemented these new applications in an aggressive timeframe. Managed team of 4/5 temporary employees for “parallel run”
· Designed, constructed and maintained the chart of accounts
· Successfully trained successor while also performing this and subsequent role
January 1992 - December 1992 Internal Auditor
Systems based internal audit reviews on individual and team basis. Year-end assistance of external auditors. Seconded to Financial Systems Replacement project
FEBRUARY 1990 - JANUARY 1992 MOBIL OIL COMPANY LTD (MOCL)
UK marketing and refining affiliate of Mobil Oil Corporation
Internal Auditor
Solo system based audit reviews over full range of company activities, the department being responsible for auditing all “downstream” Mobil affiliates in the UK and Scandinavia. Individual responsibility for all aspects of work. Worked with external auditors during the statutory reporting process
SEPTEMBER 1985 - FEBRUARY 1990 NATIONAL POWER PLC
Electricity generation company for England and Wales
1989 - 1990 Group Auditor, Central Audit Team
Headed Internal Audit’s development and administrative unit. Focal point for review and evolution of departmental standards and practices, and measurement thereof
1987 - 1989 Auditor/Senior Auditor, Internal Audit (South), CEGB
Through a more modern systems-based audit approach, helped identify significant cost savings, substantially raising profile of Internal Audit, which attained independent departmental status in National Power
1987 Administrative Assistant (Cash & Banking)
Checking of personal expense claims, form P11D completion, bank interest charges reconciliations, daily banking tasks and regular computer “house-keeping”
1985 - 1987 Graduate Trainee (Finance)
An introduction to financial and management accounting, and internal audit, at regional and national head offices and at operating locations. Achievements included implementing and encouraging the use of new software on ICL midi-computer and assisting in implementation of new general ledger and budgeting system

Education

EDUCATION: 1982-1985: University of Leeds
BA (Hons) Economics/History 2:ii
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS: Chartered Certified Accountant (FCCA -1989 graduate)

Skills

· Highly PC literate: Windows (3.1, 3.11, NT4.0, 98), DOS, Excel (expert), Word, Access (limited), PowerPoint, basic VBA for Excel, MS Project (limited), MS Mail/Outlook/Outlook Express/Schedule+, Internet Explorer, audio/video players, utilities (e.g. WinZip, anti-virus), Lotus SmartSuite (limited), also dated knowledge of older software packages
· Well-versed in PeopleSoft Financials and nVision reporting tool / Expert in Walker Financials
· Understanding of a variety of other financial packages and platforms
· Y2k Contingency Manager for department
· People management
· Full clean UK driving licence

Languages

VERY limited French (shopping, dinner, hotels)

Other

Alwauys willing to add to and upgrade my skills as required

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