Gough & Kelly

Financial Controller at Gough & Kelly, reporting into the Finance Director to provide timely information to the Board to support profitable growth of the Group.

Key duties include producing monthly management accounts, Group KPI packs and providing financial guidance to departments across the business.

Other duties include budgeting, variance analysis, pricing, and working with the FM to oversee the finance function.

Financial Controller

Morrisons

Responsible for producing weekly spend reports, insights and variance analysis on maintenance spend across our 500 shops, manufacturing and logistics sites.  

Day-to-day management of the Assistant Accountant, providing guidance and checks on tasks. Month-end responsibilities include posting accruals, prepayments and completing balance sheet reconciliations and collaborating with the Fixed Assets team to identify capex opportunities.

Providing financial support to various projects and decision-making, setting up automated reports and dashboards to help stakeholders visualise data.

Management Accountant - Property Maintenance

A three-year full time Finance graduate scheme whilst studying to achieve my CIMA qualification.

My first year was spent in Internal and External Reporting, pulling together the monthly management account packs and drafting annual statutory financial statements for subsidiaries.

My second year was as a Commercial Analyst, business partnering with trading teams to ensure accurate reporting and driving best performance.

My final year was in Internal Audit, where I worked on several audits focusing on the internal control environment and was responsible for compiling the monthly Group Risk Report for the Head of Internal Audit to present to the Executive and Audit Committee.

Finance Graduate

Best Western Scores Hotel St Andrews 

A summer customer-focused position working as a breakfast and lunch waitress in the restaurant of the hotel. I employed my interpersonal skills to welcome and engage with customers, increasing my confidence and developing my ability to quickly establish professional relationships. My strong communication and leadership qualities enabled me to successfully help train new staff members and my effective team work ensured guests received outstanding service.

Waitress & Front of House Staff Member

Gaddr

A 3-month internship with Gaddr, a Stockholm based social media technology startup, proving users with a single social media username to enhance visibility and cross-platform profile accessibility.  As the CEO Assistant I was responsible for collecting market research and translating this into insights to contribute towards the company's growth and direction. This was a highly rewarding position, where I gained an extensive appreciation for the power of social media, developed my understanding of programming terminology, and used the opportunity to explore the Stockholm startup scene.

CEO Assistant Intern

Ede & Ravenscroft

Two consecutive summers working at Loughborough University graduation ceremonies to ensure staff and students wore the academic dress accordingly, while also providing general assistance to students during the ceremony period.

Gowning Assistant

The Durham Union Society

A  weekly term-time bar shift in Durham University's Union Society's bar. Working in a small team of two, my responsibilities included opening and closing the bar, engaging with customers, preparing and serving beverages, taking payments, managing the bar area, stock checks, and counting of takings. This position helped me to enhance my multitasking abilities, communication skills, and innovativeness through overcoming problems due to a lack of resources.

Bartender

Durham University

As a student selected to represent Durham University on several open days during the summer of 2015, I helped to set up displays, worked proactively to welcome prospective students and their families, and worked as a team player to ensure visitor queries were address in the best way and by the most suitable person.

Student Ambassador

Loughborough University

Ensuring several Easter conferences at Loughborough University proceeded smoothly to tight deadlines. A customer-facing role where effective communication and professionalism were essential to resolve multiple issues swiftly and provide a high standard of customer service. Technical duties included generating Wi-Fi codes and checking audio-visual equipment.

Conference Service Assistant

CIMA qualified Financial Controller at Gough & Kelly Group with previous experience in the FMCG and Property industries. Experience in management accounts, commercial analysis and Internal Audit. Philosophy, Politics and Economics graduate from Durham University.

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