Ian Robertson FCCA

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Professional Summary:

An FCCA qualified Accountant, available on one month’s notice, with a track record of using the skills & knowledge listed on the right to deliver in all aspects of financial management. My key strengths include: extensive financial experience across a range of sectors; strong technical skills and in-depth understanding of numerous financial systems; engaging with stakeholders to explain reporting requirements and ensure production of accurate and timely financial information; understanding of project management and the linkages with financial reporting; and analysing complex business information to produce recommendations for process improvement.

I am described by others as efficient, flexible, hardworking, honest, always on the go, ambitious with a can-do attitude, and I am always looking for ways to improve my performance. I have a full UK driving license.

Career History:

Employer: AOne Plus Integrated Highways

Position: Project Accountant Dates: 05/03/2018 to Date Employment Type: Temporary. Aone Plus Integrated Highways is a JV Highways maintenance & building company I was brought in on a six-month contract to overhaul the Accounts Payable function, this necessarily involved changing the procurement processes to ensure that all suppliers are paid promptly. In that time, I have ensured queried invoices have been halved and ensured our supply chain are happier, also changing the supply chain processes to ensure they are fit for purpose. My contract was renewed for a further six months. After successfully clearing up the AP backlog, I have been tasked with clearing the DCP Invoicing backlog. Now I am helping with the backlog of final accounts on completed projects. Employer: Haig Construction Management Ltd

Position: Accountant Dates: 25/09/2017 to 28/02/2018 Employment Type: Permanent. Haig Construction Management Ltd is a small property refurbishment and construction management company turning over £7m. My Duties included manging the finances of the business, preparing VAT & annual R&D claim. I was made redundant to reduce overheads.

Employer: Galliford Try Ltd

Position: Accountant Dates: 07/11/2016 to 22/09/2017 Employment Type: 10-month Contract. Galliford Try Ltd is a large construction group. That build hospitals, schools as well as large infrastructure. The business unit I work in have up to 20 live projects at any one time range from £3m to £100m each. My Duties included reconciling the overheads & aged debtors, overseeing the production of the weekly cashflow forecast and preparing month end prepayment and accruals journals. I am also responsible for reporting on the WIP for each individual project monthly as well ensuring all client invoices are produced by the QS’s promptly and in line with client payment certificates. I also supervised two Accounts Assistants who do the subcontractor payment runs and produce the cashflow and check bank transactions. After 9 months I was offered a permanent contact. But I turned it down because the long commute per day was getting too much. Employer: Acorn of London Ltd

Position: Head of Finance Dates: 06/04/2015 to 16/09/2016 Employment Type: Permanent. Acorn of London Ltd is a serviced apartment provider. Selling mainly to US universities for their study abroad programs. We also provide accounting function for the UK Charitable trusts of two US universities. My Duties included ensuring that the day to day accounting function ran smoothly. Liaising with other Managers to advise on the financial impact of their actions on the company. Preparing & presenting Management Accounts. I also handled the recruitment of the Accounts Assistant. Preparation of the Statutory Accounts of two small companies and also preparing the VAT returns for one of these companies.

Client: Chignal Properties Ltd

Position: Self Employed Accountant Dates: 03/02/2014 to 03/04/2015 Employment Type: 12 month Contract. Chignal Properties is a property development company that buys property and land for either refurbish or a new construction. The project value is up to £1m. They also do property maintenance and run a property rental business with 5 properties. Setting up their accounting system from scratch using Sage 50 to accurately manage their project costs and profit. Also ensuring that all the tax and compliance issues are up to date for their five companies. The main companies turnover is £2.5m. I also have to ensure the best VAT treatment for each of their projects. Along with managing the investor payments and tax deductions and managing all subcontractor and contractor CIS deductions. I also produce the annual property service charge accounts along with the intercompany accounts.

Employer: UPP Projects Ltd

Position: Senior Management Accountant Dates: 07/02/2005 to 11/10/2013 University Partnership Programmes (UPP) is the UK’s leading provider of campus managed university accommodation. It has a turnover of £5M and over 40 employees growing from £1.5m turnover & 25 employees in 2005. Started as Assistant Financial Accountant with responsibility for the accounts payable function and ensuring the integrity of the manual purchasing ordering system and that all payments are properly 07authorised. Which I successfully migrated to email approval system and an excel control and recording system. Thus reducing purchase ordering approvals from 30 days down to 15 days.

Appointed as Management Accountant in August 2009 with remit for production of the management accounts (including balance sheet control & WIP accounts reconciliation) and Monthly Group VAT production. Over the next 6 months I improved the management accounts turnaround time from 14 working days to 8 working days. Appointed as Senior Management Accountant (No.2 to the Finance Director) in August 2010 with remit for producing statutory annual accounts and overseeing all aspects of financial control this included:- o Production of monthly management accounts (now down to 5 working days), Weekly and monthly Cash flow forecasting, Project accounts (now overseen £24m due diligence/design costs and £400m in construction costs of 5 projects of 15,000 student rooms. Working closely with the Project Managers to ensure the maximisation of contingent 5m due diligence/design costs now 40% of the average £5m are contingent on financial close, therefore reducing our pre-financial close cash outflows by the same amount.

o Producing monthly CVR reporting of to date actual project profit and forecasting the profit on project completion. o Liaising with project managers and challenging them on their assumptions and treatment of transactions. Also carrying out monthly due diligence of construction partner costs and ensuring CIS payments are correct & up to date. Also responsible for the last two years corporation tax computations, ensuring the liability for all profits are mitigated against prior year or group losses.

Oversaw the deployment of a new accounting and purchase ordering system in August 2010 on time and on budget. Along with re designing the coding structure to make the best use of the new project accounting functionality of the new accounting system. I also prepared the data migration files. This new system reduced the time taken reconciling of project accounts by 40%. Utilise expertise with financial systems to assist with developing a strategic overview of financial and business functions that forms the basis for the annual business plan

Other Career Highlights:

Broad remit of responsibilities that included producing monthly management accounts, cash flow projections, VAT calculations, profit forecasting,

At Noble Health & Safety I identified VAT overpayment on starting employment and liaised with tax office to recover

+£2K. I also cleared an 18-month backlog of bank reconciliations in only 3 months. Other Career History:

• 08/03 to 01/05: Noble Health & Safety Consultancy Ltd: Bookkeeper

05/02 to 07/03: Goldcrest Car Service: Bookkeeper

01/99 to 05/02: Cymar Electronics Ltd:

Office Manager

01/96 to 01/99: Milespeed Car Service: Bookkeeper

01/94 to 12/95: N K Construction: Bookkeeper

09/91 to 01/94: Abacus Accounting:

Bookkeeper

02/89 to 08/89: Reed Employment Ltd:

Temporary Accounts Clerk

04/87 to 02/89: Terra Nova Insurance Co Ltd:

Actuarial Assistant

02/84 to 04/87: G E Oatley Underwriters:

Credit Controller

Qualifications:

Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) – Passed final exams 2010, Qualified June 2011.

BTEC National Certificate in Business Studies: South East London College Professional Development & Skills:

Clarity & Impact in Report Writing: John Moon Training