Haydn PERCY
Email: **********@*******.*** Tel:012******** Mobile: 075********
PROFILE
A senior level Contract Qualified Tax Accountant and active member of the Finance Steering Group of the Association of Taxation Technicians with extensive wide ranging experience spanning Governance, Management Accounting, Financial Accounting, and Change Management.
Considerable experience delivering change projects within challenging environments to agreed timescales. Outcome driven with a focus on quality and customer needs.
Comfortable negotiating with internal and external stakeholders with the ability to challenge current thinking and processes to find solutions and deliver robust financial management processes.
De-Merger/Merger of shared services and set up programmes for new government departments.
Reviewing the company’s systems and analysing results.
Performing tests to check financial information systems.
KEY SKILLS & ATTRIBUTES
Senior Management Experience - experience of working at a senior level in a variety of different organisations, communicating effectively with purpose and style
Change Management - devising strategy, introducing and managing change to meet business needs
Sound Judgement – evaluating risk and taking timely decisions linked with the ability to think creatively and deliver solutions to problems
People Management - strong team player with a passion for leading and developing individuals and teams through effective leadership and planning
Business Management - translating complex financial material into practical management information presenting business cases effectively, orally and in writing
CAREER EXPERIENCE
OIL SPILL RESOURCES LIMITED Jan 2015-Present
International VAT Analyst/Accountant
Create simple How To user guide for non-UK VAT/GST returns, primarily Norway, Singapore, Cyprus, South Africa, Brazil, Nigeria, Ghana.
Educate current OSRL Finance & Tax team as to latest VAT accounting requirements.
Preparing VAT statements in multi-currency disciplines.
Create and make appropriate claims under the Cross Border Refund Scheme.
Review current process for Income Tax Harmonisation for overseas staff.
Assess Withholding Tax liability within various overseas contracts.
Nigerian VAT back log clearance, coordination, reconciliation.
Corporation Tax returns for overseas entities.
PAYE Settlement Agreement calculations, submission and payment.
Personal Income Tax Returns for overseas staff with adoption of local charges.
NHS SALISBURY DISTRICT HOSPITAL Mar 2014-Dec 2014
Year End Accountant
Provision of financial support and implementation of new initiatives at all levels.
Preparation of Charity Accounts under SORP regulations.
Liaising with external auditors and dealing with any financial irregularities as they arise.
Preparing financial management reports, including financial planning and forecasting.
Advising on tax and treasury issues on a project basis.
Reviewing the VAT “Contracted Out Services” regime to agree with Treasury guidance.
To audit the partial-exemption calculations.
To report and account for Non-Recoverable elements of VAT.
TAX ANYTHING/TAX HELP-TAX ADVISOR Jan 2011-Present
Consultancy/Advisory Services
Financial and Taxation advice / services, for Personal, Corporate, Sole Traders and Partnerships.
Individual Self-Assessment/PAYE/IHT/CGT/VAT advice and compliance with HMRC enquiries.
Account preparation for SME’s and Individuals covering a variety of business clients.
Advising clients on tax planning.
Ofqual (Education) Mar 2010 – Dec 2010 Year End Project Accountant
Led on formation of the entity, delivered User Acceptance Testing scripts pre-sign off.
Translated all accounting/payroll/VAT data from Open accounts into Aptos finance system.
Reconciled/migrated all PAYE, HMRC, Pension, staff information and records.
Analysed all commercial and Contracted Out Services VAT returns including the VAT 21.
Provision of ongoing financial comparisons amongst projects to project managers
THE HOUSING CORPORATION Mar 2008 – Dec 2009
Project Accountant
Merged the Corporation’s functions, including cash, non-cash, and capital.
Translated all complex financial information into practical management accounting information.
Restructured the chart of accounts to accommodate the new agencies shared service function.
Merged employee records between three agencies and dealt accordingly with HMRC compliance.
Prepare closure financial statements for the outgoing organisation and transfer all assets, liabilities and reserves between agencies.
REVENUE & CUSTOMS PROSECUTION OFFICE Jun 2007 - Dec 2007
De-Merger Project Accountant
Provision of de-merger consolidation accounts from HMRC including various inter-company accounts.
Managing change to meet the needs of the organisation through a period of business disruption.
To produce monthly statements of VAT distributions between the organisations.
To maintain the PAYE and Creditor cash flow cost and identify shortfalls.
PRIOR EXPERIENCE
Financial Accountant - Office of Rail Regulation - Jan 2005 – Jun 2007
Project Accountant – British Transport Police – Oct 2003 – Dec 2004
Pensions Accountant – Ministry of Justice - Jan 2003 – Sep 2003
Tax Accountant – National Police Training – Oct 2001 – Dec 2002
Finance Manager – UK Passport Office- Jan 2000 – Sep 2001
TRAINING & PROFESSIONAL:
Member of Association of Taxation Technicians
Chartered Tax Advisor Qualified:
Application & Interaction of Taxes
Advisory Paper: Taxation of Individuals
Advisory Paper: Inheritance Tax, Trusts & Estates
Awareness Paper: Corporation Tax, Owner Managed Business and VAT
Professional Responsibilities, Law and Ethics
Vat Compliance Diploma-Institute of Indirect Taxation
KPMG-Online VAT and the NHS Training Programme
ACCA Certificate in International Financial Reporting
Member of Institute of Financial Accountants
Member of Association of Accounting Technicians
IFRS-Key Issues for Public Sector-Advanced
Prince2 Foundation Certificate