Louise Hurrell Mobile: 0401 046 012 Email: louisehurrelloz@gmail.com

Personal Profile

I am a confident and methodical individual who works well as part of a team and by using my own initiative. I strive to reach and exceed targets that are set to me, and work well under pressure. I am personable, outgoing, have a good sense of humor and am proficient at meeting and interacting with new people. I’m a self starter looking to broaden my skills and experience. Organised & meticulous with figures, have a keen eye for detail and good customer service skills

Skills

Advanced Excel skills using pivot tables, basic and nested formulas including ifs, sumifs, V & H lookups plus many others

Able to utilise & implement Macros. Can create connections between spread sheets allowing data to be refreshed and automatically updated

Have used SAP, IRIS Exchequer, Access Accounting, Oracle & Sage Line 50 accounting packages Recent and extensive knowledge of Pegasus Opera accounting software & Synergist job costing/project

management software. Was appointed the super user for the Synergist system whilst working at Caplin Systems Ltd Good knowledge of MS Office (2010 and lower), with advanced skills in Excel and Outlook Has created bespoke smart spread sheets to be used in the preparation of the monthly management accounts,

and has created trackers for projects to ensure all accounting of the costs and revenues has been done correctly

Work Experience

Saffron Global Corp (part of the Appco Group) Oct 14 - PresentAppco Group Australia is part of the world’s largest direct sales and marketing agency, and the recognised industry leader in Australia. Over the last 25 years, Appco have helped a wide range of businesses across many industries achieve significant business growth. Saffron Global is one of the companies sitting within the Appco Group.

My current remit with Saffron Global is as a direct sales and marketing representative within the charities division. My role is to sign up members of the public on behalf of the charity, as monthly sponsors. We currently work in the events division. This is 100% commission remuneration role.

My achievements within the last 3 months include:- Hitting leadership criteria within my 3rd week (to hit leadership we must make over 10 sales in one week).- Training new staff.- My personal best for sales in one day is 5 sign ups, and in one week 16 signups.- Hit 61 sales within the first two months.- Working on two different charity campaigns (most staff work on behalf of only one).- Being sent to work in Darwin for 10 days in my second week.

Gate Gourmet (Sydney), Management Accountant in the FP&A team Mar 14 – Sept 14Gate Gourmet is the world's largest independent provider of catering and provisioning services to the aviation industry with more than six decades of experience providing more than 200 million meals a year to our 270-plus customers at some 120 airport locations around the globe.

This was a 6 months contract working as part of the FP&A & FA team. I produced and analysed the P&L for the New Zealand port, collated and analysed cost reports for multiple ports to be sent across to the area management, collated data for customer billing for various aspects such as rental costs based on profit calculations, commission calculations and rechargeable amounts. Drafted & posted monthly journals including accrual and prepayment journals along with calculating workers compensation and payroll accruals. Whilst at Gate I fixed and implemented Macros which was a new achievement.

Toga Hospitality Group (Sydney), Management Accountant March 14My remit with Toga was a short temping position in which I assisted the senior management accountant and finance team to compile and calculate the annual budget for the upcoming financial year.

Caplin Systems Ltd (London), Management & Revenue Accountant May 11-Nov 13

Caplin Systems is a world leader in Web technology for financial trading. Their award-winning software enables the customers to build high-performance web trading applications and to deliver real-time information. Their clients include many of the world’s largest financial institutions.

My role was a key position in the finance team with the responsibility for: Full accounting responsibility for the sales function, this included developing and maintaining a close relationship

with the sales and project management teams in order to monitor the progress of projects and billing cycles. Revenue recognition accounting & reporting on revenue, projects and cash flows. Calculating and reviewing annual/quarterly time and materials based invoices and increasing them by inflation

where necessary. Reviewing contracts to obtain terms on billing, expenses, annual inflation and to ensure the company was

recognising them correctly Full responsibility for Synergist (the company’s project management, timesheet and billing system). I became the

company’s super user and main point of contact for all Synergist issues, regardless of which aspects of Synergist they related to. Ensuring there was an understanding of both AP and AR and their requirements from Synergist. This system was new to Caplin and I was fundamental to its implementation.

Preparation of actual versus budget for department heads and other relevant managers. Responsibility for Caplin Systems Limited. This was full responsibility for the whole set of accounts up to trial

balance. This included:- Preparing the month end file for review.- Maintaining and updating the fixed asset register as well as ensuring the accounting policies have been

correctly applied and depreciation calculated accurately.- Intercompany reconciliation preparation, ensuring all the intercompany balances matched, and calculating

foreign exchange differences.- Preparation of the prepayments schedule, along with the reconciliation of payroll related accounts in order that

they could be relied on for salary calculations.- Balance sheet reconciliations.

Resolving any debtor queries and final responsibility for debt collection. Project tracking and assistance to Project Managers where required. Maintained robust and efficient financial accounting systems and controls, ensuring the financial integrity of all

transactions and security of all group assets. Identified improvement opportunities in areas such as cost reduction, controls, revenue enhancement and finance/accounting policies.

Smithy’s Tavern (France), Bar Staff Feb11-May 11I was employed by Smithy’s Tavern bar whilst completing a ski season in the French Alpes, this was to subsidize my trip.

European Credit Management (London) – 8 month contract, Finance Assistant Accountant Jul 10-Feb 11European Credit Management Limited (“ECM”) specialises in European fixed income, managing highly diversified portfolios on behalf of institutional investors worldwide. The role involved general finance tasks for the finance team of ECM Ltd. The role was new and consolidated several tasks into a coherent finance role. Tasks included:

Cash flow monitoring & assisting with the yearend audit process. Bank & balance sheet reconciliations and fund recovery from foreign subs. FX adjustments, intercompany expenses, accruals & prepayments &Vat returns and monitoring VAT on monthly basis. Month end accounts, manual journal postings weekly and at month end & Ad hoc financial analysis for management

Close Brothers Group plc (London), Assistant Accountant & Purchase Ledger Supervisor Aug 07-Jun 10 Close Brothers is a diversified group of specialist financial services businesses with a long and successful track record. It has three operating divisions: Banking, Asset Management & Securities. Whilst with Close I was promoted from purchase ledger to my current job role as above. My employ was with the parent company, within the Group Finance department and my role comprised of the following tasks: Completion of monthly profit & loss accounts and variance analysis & balance sheet & bank reconciliations,

accruals, prepayments and fixed asset register Intercompany recharges and reconciliations, journal postings and month end work & supervising the purchase

ledger and aged creditors monitoring. Cashbook maintenance and reporting on cash movement

Production on the 6 monthly P&L review pack, Corporation tax working papers and analysis and PSA – PAYE settlement agreement maintenance

Logging, coding and entering of invoices onto the Exchequer Purchase Ledger system. Dealing with supplier queries as they arise

Liaising with directors to ensure their expense claims and foreign currency requirements are processed efficiently and petty cash administration

Liaising with departments and subsidiary companies by telephone or email to request information, chasing if this is not received at the required time

Department budgets and monthly analysis for management Annual/interim accounts: read through, checking, casting and cross casting, running weekly payment runs and ad

hoc payments as they arise & assisting with yearend & interim audit process

Pineapple Cheerleading Squad (London), Dancer Sept 06-Jan 10 Pineapple Cheerleaders is run by The Cheerleading Company Ltd and is based in Central London at the famous Pineapple Dance Studios. Pineapple Cheerleaders is a group of professional dancers, models and ex-gymnasts who are all trained cheerleaders.

Holbein Anstalt (London), Purchase Ledger & Accounts Assistant Jan 06-Aug 07 Property Management and Private Affairs Office to the President of the United Arab Emirates Holbein was my first purchase ledger role. Whist here I managed the petty cash, made payments to our supplies and staff, completed monthly reconciliations. Dealt with creditor enquiries, performed statement checks and assisted with VAT returns. I used Sage Line 50 on a daily basis and implanted reports to suit the company’s requirements. I liaised with the Property Manager and covered his PA requirements when needed and arranged meetings within the office for senior foreign diplomats.

Perfect Gardens Ltd (London), Administrator Jul 03-Jan 06Whilst working at Perfect Gardens, I managed the customer database, liaised with clients, dealt with personnel and human resources. I produced monthly reports and invoices and implemented ways to improve efficiency.

Education

BPP Professional Education Mar 08-PresentACCA - Part QualifiedPassed papers include: F1-F9, P1, P2 & P3Qualification completion expected by June 2015AAT Technician Accounting (NVQ level 4)AAT Intermediate Accounting (NVQ level 3)Ardleigh Green Campus IAB-Foundation book keeping Units 1 and 2, Sept 06-June 07received two A grade passesCity and Guilds-Computerised Accounts, Sage Line 50 Dec 05-Mar 06Level 1 and 2, receive two first class passesHND-Business Studies Sept 00-June 02GNVQ Advanced Business Studies Sept 98-June 00Bower Park Secondary 8 GCSE including Double Science, Math and English Sept 93-June 98

Interests and Hobbies

I’m very interested in my personal fitness which includes attending the gym, swimming, and dancing on a regular basis. I have previously been a member of a professional dance troupe based at Pineapple Dance studios in London. I enjoy reading, snowboarding, socialising with friends and meeting new people. I have in the past spent part of the ski season in Les Deux Alpes in France, which allowed me to snowboard on a regular basis, meet new people and gain new experiences. I enjoy learning new skills and overcoming challenges when presented to me.

During my student years I spent some time travelling. Thailand, Australia, Greece and France are some of the destinations I have visited for extended periods of time.

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