Andrew Peel

75 Melrose Avenue, Leigh, Lancashire, WN7 5PQ

Mobile: 0752 734 1237; Tel: 01942 397695; Email: andypeel@virginmedia.com

Personal Profile

A versatile and experienced professional with a broad range of skills gained over 18 years working within Finance. A quick learner and possessing a good sense of humour and a flexible approach, coupled with the ability to communicate comfortably at all levels, thereby ensuring good teamwork and a productive working environment.

Key Skills

18 years Finance experience

Ability to Prioritise workloads

Analysing & Forecasting Cash Flow

Resolving queries

Team Player

Good Excel skills

Work Experience

Pennine Care NHS foundation Trust – Temporary Nov 2014 to Date

Assistant Management Accountant

Assisting with the production of monthly financial reports, e.g. notification of budget changes to budget holders and Bank and Agency usage Reports.

Completion of accruals, prepayments and internal recharges.

Produce requests for invoices to external organisations, e.g. for conferences or mentoring.

Updating and maintaining Electronic Staff Register Forms that record changes to staff working conditions, e.g. promotion or overtime.

Recording and carrying out detailed analysis of various types of expenditure, e.g. agency invoices and utility bills.

Meetings with Budget Managers.

Responding to queries from budget managers.

Reconciling supplier statements

Assist in the production of the annual accounts

Responding to ad hoc queries

Fishawack Communications – Temporary Sept 2014

Purchase Ledger Clerk

Checking, Coding and Inputting Invoices and Expenses

Completing and Uploading Journals onto Access

Dealing with Telephone queries mainly relating to Invoices

Health Education North West NHS – Temporary April to August 2014

Accounts Assistant

Identifying Monthly Accruals, Creating Relevant Journals & Uploading them on to the Finance Ledger

Extensive use of the Oracle Payments System and Business Intelligence

Dealing with Invoice & Expenses payment queries with Financial Shared Business Services & Suppliers

Raising Sales Orders and Credit Requests on Oracle

Checking & Logging Expenses forms

Issuing Monthly Expenditure Statements to GP & Dental Training Programme Directors

Cash Flow Forecasting

Provide Analytical Support to Management Accounts Team

Create spreadsheets to analyse expenditure trends and projected variances

Issuing Expenditure Plans to budget holders

Adhoc tasks as and when required

Fashion Union – Temporary Nov 2013 to March 2014

Accounts Assistant

Purchase Ledger – matching & batching invoices using Sage 200

Purchase Order Processing

Paying Suppliers & Expenses

Sales Ledger & Credit Control

Bank Reconciliations

Cash Flow Forecasting

Liaising with Suppliers

Thyson Technologies Ltd - Temporary August to Sept 2013

Accounts Assistant

Purchase Ledger

Payment Runs

Credit Control

Wigan Leisure & Culture Trust July 2012 to Date

Volunteer Cycle Group Leader

Career Break April 2012 to March 2013

Equality and Human Rights Commission Dec 2003 to March 2012

Finance Officer

Checking & processing Invoices & Expenses

Processed weekly Payment Runs – bacs, cheques & expenses

Dealt with Travel & Hotel Expenses and provided monthly analysis for Management

Ran reports to monitor the Purchase Ordering system to ensure that all areas within it were up to date so that Management Accounts were as accurate as possible

Bank and Supplier Statement Reconciliations

Provided advice and support re the Purchase Ordering System

Regular meetings to enable the smooth operation of the Purchasing System.

Efficiently dealt with telephone and email queries

Preparation and input of journal vouchers

Updated Payroll records

Assisted in month end tasks

Liaised with suppliers to improve working relationships

City of Salford Oct 2001 to Dec 2003

Schools Accountant

Set  Staffing & Non-Staffing Budgets for 28 Schools

Met with Head Teachers to discuss any changes material to the Schools Budget

Monitored the Budget via a Performance Statement produced from information on actual spend provided by the Schools on a monthly basis

Report any variances to the School to establish whether they will be corrected quickly or if they are more long term changes that require extra controls

Frequent visits to each School were a key factor in ensuring the flow of relevant information

Closed down the Schools accounts at year end – a procedure that took place at each School 

Education

BA (Hons) Degree in Economics

‘A’ Levels: Economics and Economic History  

‘O’ Levels: six including Maths and English

Systems Experience

Oracle, Sage line 200, Sun Systems, Sage Line 50, Excel, ipos Purchase Ordering System, SAP, Sage Line 100, Word, Vision Executive.

Personal Details

Interests: Trail cycling, keeping fit, cooking, hiking, theatre, cinema

References: available on request