Paul Yeates

Experience

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  Furrows Group

  Nov 2004 - Dec 2011

  Assistant Accountant
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  Guestline Limited

  Jan 2012 - Feb 2014

  Assistant Finance Manager
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  PDSA

  Feb 2014 - Feb 2016

  • Development of new business models. • Production of 5 year business plan and when required individual business cases.• Assistance in producing final accounts for Business Manager to report to board level, for all arms of the charity.• Preparation of annual and quarterly budgets for all subsidiaries, also producing forecasts and standard reporting.• Maintaining all Veterinary reporting tools/KPI's and ensuring information is provided to management accurately and efficiently, through data and reports for meeting presentations. Main data is provided using financial modelling in Excel and SAP reporting package. Show less • Management and improvement of accounting system and documentation of procedures. Continuous improvement implemented throughout department.• Restructure of all accounting policies including a rewrite of the expense policy and revised reporting standards/KPI’s. • Control of debtor and supplier days along with the processing of several high value weekly payment runs from the charities subsidiaries and expense re-imbursements.• Designed recruitment process and development plan for the companies first finance apprentice.• Work closely with Procurement to ensure all accounts are validated and contracts are adhered too.• Initial set up and running of charities new travel management service rolled out to around 5,000 employees, with procurement.• Managed Accounting Services Team of up to 8 people, including performance reviews and regular team meetings.• Absorbed Systems & Project Accountant role for 6 months within my own role.• Preparation of various excel spreadsheets to reconcile cash flow forecasting, as well as P&L analysis, expense management and comparability. Show less

  • Business Analyst FP&A

    Jan 2015 - Feb 2016

  • Assistant Team Leader

    Feb 2014 - Jan 2015
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  Respondez

  Mar 2016 - Jul 2018

  Project/Management Accountant & Financial Analyst

  Full end to end payroll and pension, bringing payroll in house from a bureau.Sole responsibility for preparation of multiple management accounts and stat accounts.Management of accounts team.Creation, development and maintenance of internal reporting, KPI's and dashboards.Preparation of Cashflows and financial analysis.Restructuring and process improvement within accounts departmentContract analysis and development of procurement and re-negotiating of existing contracts. Where contracts are not commercially viable, I have sourced new contracts which have been more cost effective.Sourced and implemented a new HR system and developed that to integrate with our payroll.Reconciliation of client accounts and design/development of spreadsheet to control every open client ledger in compliance with MOJ requirements.Set up and development of new companies and due dilligience on acquisitions/JV's advising Finance Director on trends, margin analysis and cost savings.Revenue forecasts and cost analysis, development of MI to analyse trends.Part of project team which developed software through our in house software company. Show less

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  Qi Van Systems

  Aug 2018 - Jun 2019

  Project/Management Accountant/Finance Analyst
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  CallBrian

  Jul 2019 - Nov 2022

  Finance Director
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  Blackstone Law Group Limited

  Dec 2021 - Nov 2022

  Chief Operating Officer