Michael Cosgrove

Experience

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  Thornton-Dibb, van der Leeuw & Partners

  Jan 1990 - Oct 1997

  Tax consulting for clients, supervision of audit and accounting staff of 7, general management of entire office with specific attention to upgrading of computer equipment and systems, payroll assistant to staff partnerOn-going client services as per below in managerial capacityProvided computer software sales and consulting services for clients on Pastel Partner products – Accounting and Payroll as well as first line technical support. Auditing clients’ records, preparing annual accounts, management accounts and reports, writing up of client’s books, tax returns, cash flow statements and projections and company secretarial duties.

  • Office manager

    Oct 1995 - Oct 1997

  • Trainee accountant/Articled clerk/Audit manager

    Jan 1990 - Sept 1995
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  Elliott International

  Nov 1997 - Oct 2005

  As per Accountant role below with the following differences:Assumed responsibility for additional accounting staff at remote branches to increase total under supervision to 28, Reduced number of reconciliations & supervision of the management report process, Approving all payments, Preparation of annual financial statements for some of the group companies in accordance with GAAP requirements, Dealing with financial institutions regarding facilities, Travel to remote branches to oversee accounting staff and interact with external auditors, Ad-hoc reports, investigations and provision of statistical information for tenders, internal use and external organisations, Monthly preparation of sales force performance reports and debtors days reports for the directors, Member of the board of trustees for the company pension scheme Show less Supervision of accounting staff of 15, Performing general ledger reconciliations, Preparations and presentation of monthly management reports for the company directors, Preparation of monthly and annual statistical information and reports for the company directors, Preparation of information packs for use by external parties – banks, auditors & affiliates, Liaison with external auditors and management of the external audit process, Preparation of annual budgets for the group, Recommendation and implementation of new internal controls, Training of accounting staff at remote branches and head office, Drawing up minutes of meetings and board resolutions, Liaising with computer software programmer for accounting package for implementation of system enhancements, testing and problem resolution Show less

  • Group Financial Manager

    Mar 2000 - Oct 2005

  • Accountant

    Nov 1997 - Feb 2000
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  PF Concept

  Apr 2006 - Jan 2010

  Accounts and IT Support

  Drafting of annual financial statements and preparation of information pack for auditors.Preparation of monthly financial management accounts.Preparation of management report (in the absence of the financial controller).Monthly sales statistics and analysis.Assisting sales department and management with preparation of statistics and product costings.Pricing of product range.Assisting and supporting accounts department with queries.First line support for internal users of company IT resources (incl. user support for MS Office 2003/2007 packages.Sales front-end linked to Progress database.Management of company databases.Procurement & setup of new Windows XP PC’s, notebooks and printers on the network.Management of company PC’s, notebooks and printers.Management of network users (MS Exchange Server) and privileges.First line support for customers using Extranet and Web-based E-Commerce solutions.Development of web-based product catalogues and shops for customers.Preparation of HTML email marketing campaigns. Show less

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  GranoVita UK Ltd

  Feb 2010 - Dec 2011

  Management Accountant

  Supervision of accounting staff of 2, administration staff of 4 and warehouse staff of 2 and remote supervision of 1 accounts clerk in Canada.Product costing’s and pricing of product range.Daily sales order reporting (UK company only).Weekly rolling cash flow report and rolling short-term forecast.Monthly payroll (Iris Payroll Business) and HR record keeping + annual returns, payments to HMRC and starter/leaver forms.Monthly and ad-hoc sales statistics and analysis.Monthly bank account reconciliations in four currencies.Preparation of monthly management accounts for all three companies including all balance sheet reconciliations, foreign currency balance revaluations, fixed assets, provisions & accruals, prepayments, control accounts and related journal entries.Month-end routines on accounts system (Sage 1000).Monthly EC Sales Stats returns and Quarterly VAT returns.Liaising with, and preparation of information pack for, auditors.Participating and guiding the directors in the preparation of annual budgets, simulations and forecasts.Company annual return and any related secretarial work.Annual insurance policy renewals incl. pension and staff benefit schemes.Controlling the company’s costs.Travel to Canada once or twice annually for audit and any necessary related work. Show less

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  Synergy in Trade Ltd

  Jan 2012 - Feb 2014

  Financial Controller

  Treasury function incl. managing cash reserves to provide clients with finance and controlling repayment by clients. Authorising payments by telegraphic transfer and/or under letter of credit to client’s suppliers.Management of trade finance facilities for letters of credit and import loans with 3 UK banks and 1 Maltese bank.Preparing security documents for client facilities including registration of debentures with Companies House. Complete hands-on bookkeeping and accounting function from sales invoicing and paying creditors to balance sheet.Monthly bank account reconciliations of 20+ bank accounts in five currencies.Preparation of monthly management accounts including all balance sheet reconciliations, foreign currency balance revaluations, fixed assets, provisions & accruals, prepayments, control accounts and related journal entries. Accounts system: Sage Line 50 Accounts Professional.Monthly EC Sales Stats returns.Quarterly VAT returnsMonthly Intrastats returnsLiaising with, and preparation of information pack for, accountants.Company annual return and any related secretarial work.Annual insurance policy renewals.Controlling the company’s costs.Capturing entries and maintaining accounting records and preparing monthly management accounts for 4 client companies. This includes VAT & EC Sales returns as well as the company annual returns for these companies. Show less

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  Bowling Vision Ltd

  Feb 2014 - now

  Finance Manager

  Treasury function incl. managing cash, buying foreign exchange, recording transactions or passing the details to colleagues for them to recordInvoice financing recording, reporting and controlling for two years with Yorkshire BankMaking payments to suppliers and creditors around the worldManagement of bank finance facilities with the company’s bankers in the UK and Republic of IrelandComplete hands-on bookkeeping and accounting function along with supervising a team of two which covers all accounting work from sales order processing and invoicing to credit control on the sales ledger along with purchase order processing to reconciling and paying creditors on the purchase ledger.Daily bank account reconciliations of 7 bank accounts in three currenciesPetty cash control and recordingStaff expense control and recordingCompany credit card control and recording of transactionsPreparation of monthly management accounts including all balance sheet reconciliations, foreign currency balance revaluations, fixed assets, provisions & accruals, prepayments, control accounts and related journal entriesAccounts system: Sage 200, on premises running on SQLMonthly EC Sales Stats returnsMonthly Instrastats (departures only for this company)Quarterly VAT returnsLiaising with, and preparation of information pack for, external accountantsCompany annual return and any related secretarial work in the capacity of Company Secretary.Annual insurance policy renewalsControlling the company’s costsPayroll for employees along with keeping the staff HR filesSetting up and controlling the company’s workplace pension scheme Show less