Benjamin Beever

Experience

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  Long Lane Flooring Ltd

  Jan 2012 - Apr 2014

  Accounts Assistant

  • Working with a small/medium company to primarily assist in the preparation of company accounts• Preparing, processing and submitting tax returns, and collating any financial information as required• Utilising Sage and Excel to present end of year accounts, and subsequently posting onto IRIS software

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  Playhouse Community Nursery

  Aug 2014 - May 2015

  Finance Officer

  • Reviewing, accruing, managing and reporting income and expenditure for the nursery• Ensuring all statements are distributed and payments made to families in a timely fashion• Providing a professional service by ensuring courteous and seamless communication via letter or phone• Working closely with management to deliver trial balances, income statement, and balance sheet• Ensuring the monthly payroll is completed within deadlines, and sending RTI submissions as needed

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  The Kemnal Academies Trust

  Aug 2015 - Apr 2017

  Finance Officer

  • Carrying out payroll reconciliations and inter-academy accounts for all schools within the trust• Updating and maintaining central offices invoice recharges and payments for schools• Producing management accounts including benchmarking analysis and income projections• Producing VAT input and output transaction reports for all schools for quarterly VAT returns.• Uploading month-end documentation, reconciling bank accounts and closing down monthly periods

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  Theatre Royal Stratford East

  May 2017 - Sept 2017

  Finance Officer

  • Counting and posting cash takings through theatres bar, restaurant and box office outlets• Completing month end activities including bank, sales and purchase ledger reconciliations• Updating and discussing actuals with budget holders, by comparing budget with actual spend

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  V-Nova Ltd & Angela Mortimer Plc

  Nov 2017 - Apr 2018

  Audit Consultant

  • Preparing reconciliation reports for balance sheet accounts as requested by external auditors• Completing intercompany reconciliations for transactions between subsidiaries• Providing documentation evidence as per external auditor’s requirements• Completing balance sheet, cash flow forecast and bank monthly reconciliations • Investigating unusual balances on the general ledger, as part of the risk management process• Updating Sage 200 and Navision accounting software, for debt recovery and credit control purposes• Liaising with external auditors, by providing all audit information, to ensure a timely audit process Show less

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  Townley Grammar School

  Aug 2018 - Jan 2019

  Senior Finance Officer

  • Processing invoices and purchases orders via PS Financials• Answering general finance queries from stakeholders of the school• Preparing year-end adjustments and reconciling balance sheet accounts for upcoming audit

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  Amadeus Primary Academies Trust

  Jan 2019 - May 2019

  Finance Manager

  Leading on finance and treasury within an Academy Trust, reporting to the Finance Director:• Overseeing transition of FMS accounting system to PS Financials for all schools within the trust• Producing budgets on HCSS for 4 schools within the trust, and reporting any adjustments to the Board• Monitoring budgets against actuals, reviewing with budget holders and reporting variance analysis• Creating payroll and VAT reports for submission, and managing weekly expenditure payments • Providing financial advice to administrators when transferring a local authority school into the trust• Processing inter-trust payments and month-end procedures among schools within the trust Show less

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  NAZ Project London

  Jun 2019 - Sept 2022

  Finance Manager

  Leading on day to day finance activities within a sexual health charity, reporting to the Finance Director:• Producing monthly management accounts, variance analysis, and cash flow and year end forecasts• Managing income recognition, staff allocation, payroll, pension and submission of VAT returns• Producing monthly financial reports, incorporating operational KPIs and performance narrative• Setting up payments for weekly expenses and ongoing commitments, for FD and CEO authorisations • Leading on debtors and creditors management, including invoicing out and debt recovery processes• Leading on year end audit, by providing restricted and unrestricted SOFA and balance sheet• Maintaining accounts records on QuickBooks, and leading on all IT and software related matters• Attending Board meetings, providing breakdown of financial information for treasury discussionsMain achievements:• Implemented a new system to minimise petty cash transactions, through floats for budget holders• Established best practices on credit control and debt collection, to maintain a safe cash balance • Implemented a paperless record system. Improving access of information for reporting purposes• Successfully carried out monthly financial reviews with budget holders, and helped them get savings Show less

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  T4 Trust

  Sept 2022 - now

  Finance Consultant