CURRICULUM VITAE

John Richard Bird, Magnolia Cottage, Bushton, Swindon, Wilts, SN4 7PX.

Mobile: 077**-****** email: accipj@r.postjobfree.com

A competent experienced accountant with a background in banking and treasury management. Problem

solver who enjoys a challenge and is used to dealing with difficult situations, has experience in all areas of

business and to working to tight deadlines. Works well as part of a team but is equally capable of working

independently.

EDUCATION: Tettenhall College, Wolverhampton

3 A-Levels: Pure Maths, Applied Maths and Economics

Tettenhall College, Wolverhampton

8 O Levels including English

PROFESSIONAL STATUS: London University

Association of Corporate Treasures (ACT) equates CIMA L3

Associated Chartered Institute of Insurance (ACII Part 1)

SYSTEMS EXPERIENCE: Word, Excel (Advanced), Outlook, JD Edwards, Oracle, Sage Line 50/100,

SAP, TAS, SOX, Advantage 4/8, Citrix, Walker Business Systems, SGL,

Quickbooks, Earine Payroll, Farmplan, Focus

CAREER:

April 2011 to Aug 2013 Consultant Accountant

Chartered Management Accountant Practice

• Running a local office, providing professional support and advice to

clients and prospective clients

• Preparation of accounting records from source documents including

management accounts, cash flow forecasts, VAT returns etc.

• Prepare business plans and assist with finance options.

November 2010-March 2011 Accountant Aviation

Royal Bank of Scotland (Contract)

• Interim accountant for the Australian Aviation arm of RBS as this part

of the business was being sold

• Preparation of Balance sheet substantiations

• Monthly Stats Files – 50 Companies per month.

• Monthly Company Recs – 40 Companies per month

• Quarterly and monthly VAT – 50 Companies per month

• Preparation of year end accounts

May 2010 – November 2010 Accountant, Fleet Management, Project Accountant

Countrywide Estate Agency (Contract)

• Fleet management of 600 cars

• Replace 06 and 56 plate cars and day to day running of fleet

• Project management to transfer the accounting function to India

Jan 2010 to May 2010 Financial Accountant Crown Timber (Contract)

• Treasury Function

• Foreign Exchange

• Month end Procedures.

• Daily Banking.

Aug 2009 – Jan 2010 Project Accountant Countrywide Estate Agents (Contract)

• Daily Cash Management and forecasts

• Balance Sheet Reconciliations

• Bank reconciliations and Journals

• Bring Year end accounts up to date in preparation for move to India

Oct 2008 to Aug 2009 Cash Compliance Manager Nationwide Building Society (Contract)

• Analysing the current process for the MasterCard system

• Develop the structure for the reporting process and the procedures

to incorporate the upgrades to the system introduced by MasterCard.

• Preparation and review of the Budgets

Feb 2008 - Sept 2008 Project Accountant Threadneedle Asset Management (Contract)

• Preparation of monthly accounts, monthly journals and prepayments,

IMA’s SLA’s

• Transfer data to a new in-house system

• Review of other staff members journals and accruals

Mar 2007 – Feb 2008 Accountant JDS Group Ltd (Permanent) (Company liquidated)

• Preparation of monthly accounts.

• Daily cash management and cash forecasts.

• Debtor and Creditor control

• Submission of CIS scheme

Nov 2006 – Feb 2007 Finance Manager DHL Exel (Contract)

• Management of 4 staff

• Preparation of monthly and year end accounts

• Working in compliance to IRFS and UK GAAP

Jun 2006 – Sept 2006 Accountant Persimmon Homes (Contract)

• Preparation of monthly accounts to cover year end period

• Calculating and Maintaining Service Charges

• Assistance in completion of monthly cash books

Dec 2005 – Apr 2006 Accountant Zimmer Limited (Contract)

• Assisting in the preparation of year end accounts in compliance to

IFRS and UK GAAP

• Preparation of monthly accounts

• Preparation and completion of 2004 Corporation Tax

• Assisting with the transfer of the accounts from AS400 to SAP

• Input onto SAP data relating to credit control, reconciliation of

accounts to assist with successful recovery of outstanding debts

July 2005 – Dec 2005 Accountant MTS Systems Limited (Contract)

• Preparation of Management Accounts for MTS Powertrain and

Systems

• Balance Sheet reconciliations

• Preparation and completion of accounts for year end

• Preparation of Lead schedules

• Preparation and closure of accounts up to Members Voluntary

Liquidation for completion by the Auditors, closure of Balance Sheet and

Profit & Loss

• Reconciliation of all Profit & Loss accounts

• Knowledge of US GAAP, and American SOX

Aug 2004 – July 2005 Accounts Manager Lane Fox (Residential) Limited (Contract)

• Preparation of monthly, quarterly and year end accounts and Vat

returns for the Land Agents department for large farming accounts.

• Responsible for four staff, covering all residential lettings for the

group, farming accounts and payroll bureau facilities.

• Initial project to sort out back-log and identify and improve current

systems by streamlining and consolidation onto single accounts

package.

Jun 2004 – Aug 2004 Management Accountant Haydens Bakery (Contract)

• Reconciliation of Sales & Purchase Ledger for current year

• Credit Control – reducing debt from £135K to £6K

• Assisting with preparation of Management Accountants

Sept 2003 – May 2004 Accountant Swindon Town Football Club (Contract)

• Reconciliation of Sales, Purchase Ledgers for 02/03 & 03/04

• Preparation and submitting of VAT returns from May 2003

• Compiling Profit & Loss account for Youth Development Team from

2001/2002 to date

• Preparing Balance Sheet

• Organisation of Insurances for Company and its members

• Preparation of payroll for Youth Team/Coaches

• Organised Petty Cash and monthly reconciliation

July 2003 – Sept 2003 Project Accountant Network Rail (Contract)

• Resolving problems with councils and network rail operatives on

bridges and signals for previous financial years

Feb 2002 – July 2003 Project Accountant Johnson Controls (Contract)

• Projects from £500.00 to £500,000

• Preparation of spreadsheets for PPM, Extras and Project Work for a

major British Bank

• Providing a complete accounting service for the facility managers,

project managers and engineers for both the Bank and Johnson

Controls

• Preparing payroll, labour and material costing for the main & Interim

projects

• Problem solving on the two systems of Focus and Oracle specifically

on behalf of the project managers to identify errors within billing,

journals and input errors generated by staff in Scotland, Birmingham

and Stockport

Oct 2002 – Feb 2003 Treasury Assistant BCA (Contract)

• Providing technical help to existing team dealing with eleven

European currencies

• Uploading details into the in-house computer system (SAP)

• Completing monthly currency details onto Excel spreadsheets, then

uploaded onto SAP

• Preparing year end inter-company creditor and debtor balances on

all currencies

1997 – 2001 Management Accountant Npower (Permanent)

• Reporting to the Finance Director, responsible for the preparation of

the monthly accounts and achieving pre-set targets and latterly moved

into project management

• Managing five account staff, comprising of a junior management

accountant, two accounts receivable and two accounts payable

• Preparation of monthly accounts

• Prepared yearly budget and all monthly forecasts, held meetings

with all directors to change any negative actual against budgets.

• Managed operating budget. Budget meetings together with

variations and preparation of cash flows and forecasting

• Preparation of yearly stock takes. Collation of information and

preparation of excel spreadsheet for yearly deprecation

• Preparation of P11D’s and management of company cars

• Project Management: made project manager in charge of move to

Worcester. Ten million pound property project to run the project from

presentations to the Financial Director to preparing snagging lists.

• Prepared Budget and forecasts against actual on a weekly monthly

and six monthly basis

1994 – 1997 Interim Management Contracts

o Taxation Accountant Western Track Renewal

Assistant Accountant Swindon and Marlborough NHS Trust

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Unitised Valuation Manager Threadneedle Asset Management

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