Tom Watts

Experience

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  The Bizz Badge Company

  Oct 2012 - Apr 2021

  Sales Administrator

  Key Responsibilities• Growing customer accounts through development of solid personal relationships, provision of excellent customer service and organisation• Customer visits and trade exhibitions - confident in presenting to existing and potential clients. • Processing and overseeing orders from quote stage to final delivery with high attention to detail and often working to strict no-fail deadlines• Identifying and analysing areas of lost revenue leading to implementation of new processes to overcome issues • Investigate changing trends within the industry to ensure we remain competitive and exploring new ideas for the future. Key Achievements• 134.5% growth in a key client’s gross spend over a 3-year period from £77,946.94 (accounting year) to £182,765.51 (accounting year)• Sole account management of a client showing an average decrease in turnover of 34% annually over the previous 3 years. Slowed the reduction to -8% in the first year followed by growth of 48% by the end of the second year.• Review of internal cost checking procedures leading to permanent changes which, in the first month of implementation reduced cost of sales by $3,062 therefore increasing net profit Show less

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  NM ROOFING

  Jan 2019 - May 2021

  Bookkeeper

  Key Responsibilities• Manual bookkeeping for day-to-day transactions and filing of receipts.• Quarterly statements of profit and loss provided with estimates of future tax liabilities to enabling accurate provisions to be made.• Monitoring gross turnover in accordance with the VAT registration threshold.Key Achievements• De-registered client for VAT after communicating financial disadvantages of being VAT registered whilst turnover remains below the registration limit. • Calculating and demonstrating the financial advantage of registering for VAT under the FRS for VAT. Show less

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  Tornado Automotive

  Mar 2019 - Apr 2021

  Bookkeeper

  Key Responsibilities• Maintaining the sales and purchase ledgers. • Maintaining the asset register and perform quarterly reconciliations. • Completion and reconciliation of quarterly VAT returns in a timely manner in preparation for submission under the Flat Rate VAT Scheme.• Ensuring gross turnover remains below the threshold for the FRS for VAT over any 12-month period.• Producing financial reports such as aged debtors/creditors report, statement of profit and loss and statement of financial position on request.• Ensuring monthly Employer Payment Summary (EPS) payments and pension contributions are up to date.Key Achievements• Increased net profit by 184% over the prior financial year through clear communication of new target based, measurable internal controls and procedures. Bottom line profits saw an increase of 212% in comparison with the previous 5-year average.• Introduced a passive revenue stream through capital expenditure currently achieving a ROI of 16.4%. It is expected that the investment will have paid for itself and become profitable within the 7th month of ownership.• Investigation of all outstanding business and personal tax debts through authorised communication with HMRC. Reducing all liabilities to £0.00 within a 12-month period and introducing new money management controls to ensure provisions for future liabilities are made in advance. Show less

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  TEKsystems

  Apr 2021 - Jun 2024

  Key Responsibilities• End to end delivery of global managed services engagements across a portfolio of blue-chip organisations. Operating to, and evolving international governance structures, developing, and maintaining communication plans, performance management against key performance indicators (KPI), constructing risk management strategies, and implementing service level improvement initiatives.• Thorough understanding of Agile methodologies and frameworks, responsible for cross-functional team on-boarding, ensuring seamless Developer integration and backlog adoption to minimise time to productivity.• Ensure milestones are achieved in line with the project roadmap through collaborative, and efficient Scrum ceremonies. Quickly fostering a transparent environment enabling inspection and adaption to diagnose impediments and serve the team by managing cross functional resolutions. • Employ exceptional communication and influencing skills as the direct bridge between the business and customer stakeholders. Navigating complex landscapes and acting as the key link in building trusted partnerships to implement and execute the project delivery lifecycle and negotiate multiyear statements of work. • Complete portfolio management, achieving national and international account growth through regular standups. Coordinating internal functions with a customer centric collective consciousness to drive business unit and project level financial performance. Show less Key Responsibilities• Absolute understanding of project financial performance allowing maximal accuracy when closing month end accounts across multiple business units. Ensuring true cost and revenue capture by way of calculated accruals and deferrals on a project level.• Investigation and reconciliation of historic financial discrepancies. Often coordinating the resolution across multiple departments where communication and relationship skills are vital.• Story telling with data by planning, developing, and distributing bespoke financial reports with a focus on the characteristics of good information. Ensuring ease of interpretation and accuracy of data provided. Show less

  • Delivery Lead

    Mar 2022 - Jun 2024

  • Finance Project Analyst

    Apr 2021 - Mar 2022
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  National Energy System Operator

  Jun 2024 - now

  Senior Energy Balancing Specialist (Trials)