ANDREW NORRIS 1 Dudley Close, Tilehurst, Reading, Berkshire RG31 6JJ

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Summary

I am a detail-orientated Accountant with over 20 years’ experience effectively maintaining

accurate financial information for a large-Government Agency & a private company in the mobile

telecommunications sector.

I enjoy being part of a dynamic team and also being a team leader. I have experience at creating

clear and comprehensive financial reports for review by senior management.

I have a proven track record of successfully dealing with major shareholders, internal and external

customers, IT developers & auditors both from the National Audit Office & Price Waterhouse.

Skills

Fully qualified Association of Accounting Technicians to Level 4 / Technician Stage (MAAT)

Currently studying ACCA

In-depth knowledge of Oracle Financials especially the General Ledger and Assets modules

to version 12.2

Use of Oracle Discoverer including report writing

Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel and Access

Ability to write macros in MS Excel using Microsoft Visual Basic

Experience of staff management

Good communication skills

Employment History

July 2006 to recent

Hutchison 3G UK Ltd (Three) -Maidenhead

I maintain 3 Asset Registers with a combined gross book value of £4 billion and a combined total of

70,000 assets. I have overseen the development of several bespoke enhancements to the standard

Oracle Assets functionality which has improved processing capability. This involved persuading

senior managers of the need for change and ensuring that the IT development work was successfully

completed on budget and to the deadlines.

I carry out all end-of-month processing activities and prepare the balance sheet reconciliations. I

have developed several Visual Basic routines to cut formatting and report production time and this

has saved approx. 1 man day per month. I ensure that month-end reporting is timely and accurate

and that any variations between the monthly depreciation charge and the depreciation budget are

understood.

I prepare reports & data in response to audit deliverables & complete Notes to the Financial &

Statutory Accounts. In addition , I am involved with mandatory returns for the regulatory body

OFCOM as well as for the Office of National Statistics. This work involves presenting information to

the General Ledger team and the Legal & Regulatory Affairs section in a way that it is easily

understood as well meeting the requirements of the external parties. I received a special bonus for

my work on the recent OFCOM return.

I work closely with the Oracle Projects analyst to ensure Company procedures are followed with

regard to asset traceability and apportionment of overheads and labour costs. This has meant

challenging Project Managers and business owners to ensure their Project business cases meet

Company requirements.

I manage the annual stock-check and asset verification exercise. These tasks involve meeting with

Three’s DataCentre engineers across the UK to ensure each hardware asset is properly identified

through a “host name” giving details of the assets’ location & the name of the application the asset

supports. I also review their security procedures. This annual stock-check is supportred by the

verification process I have developed, whereby extracts of the Fixed Asset Register(s) are reviewed

by business owners in order to identify future risks of obsolence and redundancy & also for them to

provide any recommendations for mitigation. I report current and future risks promptly to senior

managers.

I have several cross functional activities to undertake each year. These involve helping the Treasury

section complete the Company’s UK insurance policy return and also working with the Tax team in

the calculation of capital allowances. I received a merit bonus for my recent work with the Tax team.

Earlier in the year, I carried out sytem testing for the recent Oracle upgrade to version 12.2 liasing

with IT developers, contractors and finance managers. I had to thoroughly check that the existing

functionality was still available in the new version and to test the new functionality by running a

series a test scripts which I had developed. I discovered several “bugs” with the new software which

had to be corrected through Oracle patches.

July 2003 to June 2006

Rural Payments Agency (agency of DEFRA) -Reading

Managed the Capital Accounting section. Supervised the maintenance of the Agency’s Fixed Asset

Register and supplied information for Notes to the Annual Accounts.

Reconciled monthly Grants & Subsidy (G&S) expenditure incurred by the four regional UK agriculture

departments to income received and disbursed from the EC Common Agricultural Fund. This task

involved working with the RPA Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable teams as well

undertanding the often complex (G&S) scheme legislation.

Supervised a team of several members of staff.

March 1996 –June 2003

Rural Payments Agency (agency of DEFRA) -Reading

Managed the General Ledger section. Reviewed the posting of journal corrections, clearance of

unapplied and unidentified receipts, completed balance sheet reconciliations of the Agency’s cash

securities accounts, various office imprest accounts and also managed the Petty Cash Book.

Had staff management responsibility for a small team.

April 1994 – Feb 1996.

Intervention Board (now Rural Payments Agency) – Reading

2 yrs as a manager of the Intervention Board’s (now Rural Payment Agency) Milk Quotas Leasing

section. This post included checking MQ leasing forms, data processing on a bespoke management

information system, dealing with farmers’ and letting agents’ queries and attending trade and

agricultural shows. Supervision of a team of 5 staff.

1987 – Mar 1994

Magnet PLC followed by Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (now

DEFRA) - Guildford.

2 yrs working for Magnet PLC (Guildford) selling kichen and bedroom units and appliances to trade

and non-trade customers.

5 yrs as a team member of the Ministry of Agriculture (now DEFRA) General Ledger section

Education

1986 Batchelor of Science – Geology

University College Cardiff.