Claire Odupitan

Experience

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  Action for Blind People

  Jan 2011 - Feb 2014

  Finance Analyst

  - Responsible for providing management accounting support for the East Midlands & East Anglia regions, as well as the Central Resources teams in London. - Processing and posting of month end journals e.g income & expenditure accruals, deferred income, prepayments and standing journals such as overhead allocations, restricted & unrestricted income, insurance etc - Preparation of monthly transactions reports and operating statements. - Assisting budget holders with the monthly forecasts by providing them with relevant and timely information. - Attending monthly operational meetings with budget holders to review the operating statements and variances to forecast. - Investigating causes of adverse variances and recommending possible solutions for effective and efficient budget management. - Producing specific and ad hoc reports to support applications for funds, grants and contracts. - Liaising with external funding agencies such as the Big Lottery Fund, with regards to reconciling and investigating funds/grants received and providing any other financial information as required. - Assisting the budget holders in the preparation of the annual budgets by providing them with the relevant management information. Checking and uploading budgets on to the accounting system.- Assisting the Head of Finance with the consolidation of all the budgets. Show less

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  Shape Arts

  Jun 2014 - Sept 2015

  Management Accountant

  - Responsible for producing monthly management accounts for the Senior Management Team and Trustees.- Processing and posting of month end journals e.g payroll, project recharges, depreciation, grants receivables, accruals etc. - Monthly meetings with budget holders to review actual performance against budget/forecast, investigate variances and preparation of monthly forecasts. - Bank and balance sheet control accounts reconciliations. - Assisting the Head of Finance with project reporting for Arts Council & BLF projects. Show less

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  General Dental Council

  Sept 2015 - Feb 2019

  Finance Business Partner

  - Responsible for the finance business partnering function for two out of four directorates. - Produced monthly management accounts, held monthly meetings with budget holders to review actual performance, variances to budget/forecast and discuss plans to bring performance back in line with the budget/forecast. - Produced financial information to assist budget holders with the effective management of their budgets. - Assisted budget holders with the preparation of their annual budgets and quarterly forecasts. - Supported budget holders with their business cases and project management. - Responsible for producing the monthly finance performance report, as well as the quarterly financial activity review report, for the Executive Management Team and the Financial Performance Committee. - Updated the KPIs, risks and balanced scorecard for the Finance Team, including benchmarking with other regulatory bodies. - Line management of an Assistant Management Accountant. - Delivered Finance training to budget holders and managers. Show less

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  Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE)

  Apr 2019 - Mar 2020

  Management Accountant

  • Responsible for producing the monthly management accounts and meeting with budget holders to review their accounts. • Preparing the management accounts report including commentary on variances, cashflow and KPIs for the Director General and the Trustees Board. • Regional project accounting, reconciliation of balance sheet control accounts and analysis of Membership subscriptions data including graphs.• Assisting budget holders to prepare their annual budgets & forecasts and reviewing the submitted budgets to ensure they are achievable.• Assisting with the statutory accounts to meet the requirements of the audit.• Reconciling and paying over Membership subscriptions income collected on behalf of other parties. Show less

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  Public Health England

  Jan 2021 - Nov 2021

  Senior Management Accountant
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  Trinity College London

  Dec 2021 - now

  Management Accountant