Sarah Ryall

Experience

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  Rooting Street

  Aug 2013 - Dec 2015

  Groom

  Customer service - ensuring clients and liveries had the best experience we could provide. Listening to individual client’s horse and instructor preference and aiming to fulfill these for each client to ensure their return. Flexibility – having frequently shown acumen to resolve unforeseen problems, such as rearranging the lesson plans for the day due to a lame horse. Punctuality - lessons must be turned out early, with horses and tack clean and comfortable. Team work - learnt interpersonal skills within a team and as a leadership role, motivation within the team to ensure everyone performed at their best. Tactful - the welfare of the horses is priority is key, discussing with owners any problems experienced and root analysis of certain behaviours regardless of fault. Show less

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  Parc Lane Traditional Fish and Chips

  Oct 2015 - May 2016

  Sales Assistant

  Management of the till - I showed my personal integrity by exchanging money with customers, the bank and having access to the safe. Acted as a supervisor - opened and closed shop, responsible for tackling any customer problems, dealt with orders and managed a small team. Customer service – providing a high level of satisfaction to each customer to encourage them to return. Developing good relationships with regular customers.

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  Kimberly-Clark

  Aug 2016 - Sept 2017

  Laboratory Assistant

  Routine testing of existing products to ensure an exceptional standard. Devised and conducted an internal employee questionnaire, to reveal how consumers felt the samples performed in comparison with the standard. Interpreting data, selected samples which were at least equal or superior to the current product and taking them forward to the next stage of development. Actively discussed and produced plans with superiors to explore the benefits of new products to the company. IT – the use of excel to input data and assess the results. The use of a shared drive within the company to share knowledge, results and ongoing projects. Show less

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  Dressage Inc

  Jul 2020 - Feb 2021

  Assistant Groom

  Working as part of a small team at a dressage yard to care for young stock, stallions and brood mares. Maintaining a high level of horse welfare, handling fit competition horses. Self improving by learning about artificial insemination and the breeding process whilst also striving to complete my BHS qualifications.

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  Migrant Help

  Dec 2020 - now

  Studied and completed several ACA exams alongside working full time, this has provided a strong theoretical understanding of financial processes and standards. I have practically developed these skills, demonstrated by producing reports of financial data to external stakeholders, assessing new methods of support cost allocation, building new profit and loss templates, preparation of the VAT return and morePrepare complex models accounting for direct, indirect and support costs using adaptive pricing models. Produced flexible models which demonstrate the effects of differing variables on the overall profit & loss for different periods. These have been produced in a way that enable the relevant teams to modify and evaluate the impact of different proposed changes.Frequently presented financial information to senior management and non-financial stakeholders, having adapted the presentation to suit the audience in order to increase engagement and understanding. For example, financial stakeholders would require more statistics and understanding of the applied accounting principles whereas a non-financial stakeholder would gravitate toward a more graphical approach. Show less Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel in the field of reporting, data analytics, data processing, data sanitisation and automation. This knowledge has also allowed me to act as a resource that other members of the financial team can utilize. Acquired skills in automation (Excel VBA) to decrease human error and reduce processing time in data heavy tasks. Developed well documented Macros to assist other members of the finance team on request, in addition to providing the knowledge on how to maintain them for the future. Intricate knowledge of Microsoft Power BI reporting. Allowing me to produce complex but easily digestible reports for use in Profit and Loss, Support Costs allocation, breakdown, and profitability etc.Courses include: Microsoft PowerBi Desktop for BI, Master Microsoft Excel Macros and Excel VBA, Advanced DAX for PowerBi, Sage 50 Level 1 Computerised Accounting. Show less

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