Anna Warrington

• Assisting with the consolidation process for the News UK Group and creating positive stakeholder relationships to ensure deadlines are met
• Monthly and quarterly reporting under USGAAP
• Testing finance processes to comply with Sarbanes Oxley (SOX) regulations
• Preparing accurate financial statements for News UK and its subsidiaries
• Using attention to detail to research and prepare technical accounting papers under UK/USGAAP for wider areas of the business
• Coordinating with auditors during annual audits to facilitate smooth processes
• Completion and ownership of monthly reconciliations across News UK and its subsidiaries
• Clearing reconciling items and providing explanation for key movements monthly and quarterly
• Creating more efficiently working spreadsheets using excel

Achievements

• Being involved in User access testing (UAT) for the new SAP S/4HANA
• Leading a mapping project due to the SAP general ledger codes changing with the new update and as a result need to be re mapped within the consolidation software (OneStream)
• Becoming a study mentor for other ACA/ACCA students within the business

• Planning and leading statutory audits on businesses and groups with turnover up to £122m
• Independently preparing statutory accounts for clients in a range of industries
• Providing various training sessions on different audit topics to junior members of staff
• Completion of internal training on Inflo (data analytics software)
• Being the main point of contact for clients during the audit process
• Responding to general client queries
• Reviewing the work of juniors and giving constructive feedback on their performance

Achievements

• Performing the planning, fieldwork and completion of an audit for a large client while training and assisting two junior members of staff
• Taking responsibility for my own development by participating in voluntary training sessions on the use of Inflo (data analytics software) to be able to obtain stronger and more reliable audit evidence and leading a training session on this to the rest of the audit team

• Working as part of an audit team to deliver statutory audits on businesses and groups with turnover up to £450m, with a particular focus on the fieldwork stage
• Setting up workpapers and audit testing for first year audit engagements
• Preparing statutory accounts and accountant’s report – reporting directly to manager
• Routine bookkeeping and management accounting on Xero, Farmplan, Key Prime and Sage
• Completion of internal training on Microsoft Excel, developing knowledge of advanced features and using these to analyse large datasets quickly, efficiently and producing a meaningful output
• Regular direct contact with clients, e.g. in person, over the phone, on Teams or via email – experience in building client relationships and describing our information requirements clearly and concisely

Achievements

• Planning and carrying out a first-year interim audit under ISRE 2410 involving completion of group reporting to the parent company auditor in Australia. Led and set-up the engagement involving resolving all client queries and reporting directly to Senior Manager
• Planning and carrying out a service charge audit for a new client involving setting up and completing the work programme, being the main client contact during the course of the audit and reporting directly to Senior Manager
• Leading a small audit engagement (Turnover £200k, Assets £7.2m) involving planning, fieldwork and completion and reporting directly to Manager
• Supporting a recycling business with stock control and stock reconciliations owing to their accountant leaving the business. Regularly going out to the client premises alone and working independently and reporting directly to Managing Director