Tobian Forster

Experience

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  CES Holdings Ltd

  Jun 2015 - Aug 2015

  General Clerk
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  CES Holdings Ltd

  Jun 2016 - Jul 2016

  General Clerk
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  The Anglo-American School of Moscow

  Aug 2016 - Sept 2016

  Learning Resources Assistant
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  Renfrewshire Council

  Feb 2017 - Jun 2018

  Mentor
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  University of the West of Scotland

  Mar 2017 - Sept 2018

  Communications Assistant
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  CES Holdings Ltd

  Jun 2017 - Jul 2017

  General Clerk

  Summer work from June to July/August in 2015, 2016 and 2017, working at an educational supplies consolidator, developing experience in accounting and general administration.Key duties:• Matching supplier invoices and payables or credit notes and ensuring these were booked.• Reviewing VAT and ensuring that taxes were correctly recovered - while doing so recurring instances of unrecovered taxes were uncovered and rectified.• Advanced Excel spreadsheet creation for the finance department as well as the operations team and Directors. Show less

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  Gallagher

  Sept 2018 - Feb 2019

  Accounts Analyst

  Working within the accounting department (Income Team) of insurance firm AJG.Key duties:• Completed monthly balance sheet reconciliation and analysis for our main company and multiple subsidiaries, this involved ensuring compliance prior to being sent to the wider group’s headquarters in the United States.• Responsible for the month-end closure of financial systems and subsequent reporting.• Ad-hoc accounting tasks such as posting journals and accruals on the system.• Advanced Excel use - complex formula creation was a prerequisite of the role in order to identify and analyse issues in the reporting.• Standard Operating Procedure creation.• Mailbox management. Show less

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  CBRE

  Feb 2019 - Mar 2021

  • Reconciliation and financial analysis, including complex expenditure and income analysis to ensure accounting standards compliance and providing advice to ensure standards are maintained.• Budget entry and accounts maintenance for our client-hosted systems.• Ensuring the accuracy of our journals and accruals, as well as posting.• Ad-hoc accounts and lease maintenance.• Advanced Excel use - manually creating full expenditure reports to audit standard due to system issues as well as process simplification using advanced Excel formulae, increasing time savings and improving productivity.• Standard Operating Procedure creation.• Mailbox management.Two spotlight awards received for Outstanding Work: for receiving great feedback and quickly taking on a number of key responsibilities for the team. Show less

  • Accounts Reporting Advisor - Client Accounting and Reporting

    Sept 2020 - Mar 2021

  • Service Charge Assistant

    Feb 2019 - Sept 2020
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  Spirit AeroSystems

  Mar 2021 - Nov 2022

  Incurred Analyst
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  City of Glasgow College

  Nov 2022 - now

  Faculty Business Manager - Nautical and STEM