Alice Edwards

I was employed as the HR Manager and my main areas of responsibility were:

• Recruitment and On-Boarding of new starters
• Oversight of all performance, investigation, and disciplinary procedures within the company
• Managed redundancy processes, minimised legal risks.
• Provision of guidance to management team on HR related matters
• Attendance at directors' meetings to provide HR guidance and presentation of HR related KPI to the board, together with recommendations on policy and procedure development.
• Design and implementation of an effective recruitment strategy to bring fresh talent into automotive retail.
• Payroll liaison
• Performed exit interviews, gaining useful insights to improve employee retention rates.
• Used staff survey findings to implement enhanced working conditions and practices.
• Liaised with department managers to identify staffing needs.
• Assessed new staff eligibility through rigorous reference and right-to-work checks.

My key achievements include:

• Selection and deployment of applicant tracking software reducing annual spend with recruitment agencies by over 90%.
• Deployment of gender-neutral job advertisements, successfully attracting applications from a balanced, diverse, and inclusive range of candidates.
• Scoping and deploying a sales executives pay-scheme to attract new talent to automotive retail.
• Progressive enhancement of employee benefits packages, including: industry leading maternity and paternity pay, introduced a benefits and rewards package for all staff, management health care.
• Rolled out a new Company Handbook and Standard Terms and Conditions for all staff.
• Co-ordinated the Great Place to Work survey for four years, gaining Certified status and achieving UK's Best Workplaces listing.

Main areas of responsibility:

• Preparing and reporting monthly management accounts
• Annual budgets
• Balance sheet reconciliation
• Submitting manufacturer composites, quarterly VAT submissions, payroll
• Preparing annual budgets, production of funding reports

Main areas of responsibility:

• Input sales, purchase and cash transactions.
• Helped with preparation of management accounts and end-month duties.
• Monitored accounts payables and receivables to proactively spot and handle problems.
• Assisted senior accountant for audit preparation.
• Conducted bank reconciliations regularly to maintain accurate records.

Main areas of responsibility:

• Coordinated with the sales team, enhancing overall productivity.
• Invoicing and taxing new and used vehicles
• Adding cars to funding
• Ensuring all cars went through the workshop
• Daily banking
• Adding and removing cars from funding
• Setting up warranty polices and service plans
• Covered other sites absences