Sample General Accountant Resume
Contact information
Billi S. Brassel
17 Street
Fort Worth
Texas
Career objective
Looking for a challenging position of the General Accountant Resume the reputed University with a view to use my wide experience for the benefit of the organization.
Qualified Finance Professional possessing a proven track record of success in financial management and control. Committed to success through the delivery of financial information to the required quality within deadlines and improving business performance. A results orientated, strong team player who can also work independently. Both adaptable and flexible, possessing initiative, strong analytical, problem solving and decision-making skills and careful attention to detail, together with excellent communication skills. Determined and commercially aware, seeking a challenging role within a progressive organisation that values, supports and develops its people.
Key Skills
Strategic Thinking: Strategic vision, ideas development, forward planning, research, analysis and evaluation, problem solving and resolution, business objectives focused.
Business Development: Change management, business turnaround, creating new opportunities, understanding business drivers.
Operations and Logistics: Issue identification, improving productivity and time efficiency, reducing costs, project management, resource measurement, developing quality standards and installing best practice.
People Management: Communications at all levels, motivating, encouraging, coaching, training and development, influencing, recruitment, conflict management, identifying individuals’ strengths, facilitator and builds trust.
Customer Relationship Building: Negotiation, persuasion, client needs identification, business benefits, focused targeting, customer analysis, improve customer satisfaction.
Financial Planning: Forecasting, full Capital responsibility and budgetary control.
Professional Career
Bracknell Forest Borough Council 1998 - 2010
Unitary Authority, Gross revenue budget 160 million, capital budget 50million, 4,200 employees.
Management / Capital Accountant Corporate Team 2008 - 2010
To maintain and improve the recording of the Authority’s 435 million of fixed assets, to complete appropriate financial charges and produce balance sheet data in accordance with relevant statutory guidelines and best practice. To provide support to the Council’s property Dept with an income flow of 2.7 million including budget monitoring, budget setting and support where required.
Prepared and processed monthly period end journals for both revenue and capital. Produced commercial property’s revenue and authorities capital month and year end accounting entries and reporting to ensure compliance with financial regulations and auditors guidelines.
As part of the corporate finance team assisted in setting the year end timetable and processes for all departments. Coordinated and consolidated all information as per financial guidelines. Prepared the relevant year end revenue and balance sheet accounts. Liaised with internal and external auditors where required.
Created new reporting processes for the Commercial Property Team, built assurances in the reporting processes, sold to the Director the importance of complete and accurate record keeping within the financial guidelines, bought the budget back within achievable goals, gave the Director reliance on the corporate reports and assisted him with the monthly management team reporting meeting by breaking the achievements/shortfalls into measurable and reportable sectors.
Undertook full review of asset registers, challenged valuation methodology, liaised with end users, corrected errors and omissions, and ensured compliance with recommended guidelines. Depreciation in excess of 1 million made and Asset registers reduced by approx 30, million.
Systems Accountant Corporate Team 2007 - 2008
To develop the Agresso financial suite’s reports and interfaces.
Redesigned and tested a set of standard reports for all budget holders and managers by compiling all individual requirements, identifying manual manipulation and duplication of effort then presented to the senior finance team. These were adopted by the whole Authority and delivered more timely and accurate information.
Developed a solution to provide the information required for the National Fraud Initiative. Worked closely with the IT team to create a SQL extraction file, co-designed and tested solution, delivered data to HM Revenue and Customs ahead of time and before the system providers had achieved a global solution.
Principal Accountant Agresso Team 2005 - 2007
To manage the Accounts Payable/Receivable and General Ledger
To manage the new financial systems. To monitor and report monthly the performance indicators to management team. To undertake a “better ways of working” project aimed at standardising processes and eliminating duplication with the varied outsourced users. To review, challenge, implement and document new processes. Therefore re establishing end users confidence.
Corporate Accountant (Payroll) 1998 - 2005
To manage the outsourced payroll contractor and the in house payroll team of 8 members for 4,200 employees. To produce statutory and statistical returns as required.
Designed and implemented a Rewards and Penalties System using an access database to quantify errors, assist in-house team and monitor performance of the external contractor. This facilitated more measurable targets which were used to prioritise workloads, reduce errors and monitor the performance of the external contractors resulting in savings of 1,000 per month.
Successfully implemented a combined in house Payroll and HR system for 4,200 employees. Researched system requirements, identified providers, set up selection criteria, wrote system specification document, supported the payroll manager and external contractor and managed the existing payroll service. Project delivered on time within very tight timescales producing savings of 100K p.a. District Council 1991 - 1998
District Council, Gross revenue budget 50 million, capital budget 10million, 1,500 employees.
Management Accountant Environment & Cultural Services DC) 1993 - 1998
To manage the finance function of the Dept including a gross budget of 20,000K and a capital budget of 5,000K and 8 employees.
Rationalised budget structure by reviewing existing structure, analysing potential synergies, merging smaller contracts into larger more controllable areas. Reissued larger contracts resulting in a restructuring of the department and streamlined administration processes delivering savings overall in excess of 300K.
Designed a full costing system. Researched the individual services provided, identified a more accurate model for apportioning overheads, designed a database solution for capturing costs in excel and automated the paper trail. Enabled management to assess the true costs of individual services to identify underperforming areas.
Accountant Corporate Services incl VAT, Leases and Payroll (WDC) 1991 - 1992
Reconciliation Clerk County Council) 1989 - 1990
Pensions Administrator (Norcross) 1986 - 1987
Reconciliation Clerk, Purchase Ledger, Payroll Manager (Avco Trust) 1983 - 1986
Reconciliation Clerk, Input Clerk, Cashier (Midland Bank) 1980 - 1983
QUALIFICATIONS, AFFILIATIONS AND TRAINING
FCCA 2001
ACCA Thames Valley University 1996
AAT Abingdon College 1990
BTEC Business Studies, Bracknell College 1983
7 O Levels 1981 - 1982PERSONAL
INTERESTS
Date of Birth: 1st September 1963
Interests include Gym, Walking and Reading
References
Billi S. Brassel
Manager
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Billi S. Brassel@gmail.com
