Eleanor Kange
Manchester,UK
Summary
I am a detail-oriented finance professional with expertise in financial reporting, budgeting, and forecasting. Proficient in management accounts preparation, variance analysis, and finance business partnering to support strategic decision-making. Skilled in risk management, reconciliations, and journal entries with a strong command of Excel, Power BI, Sage, SAP, and the Microsoft Office suite. Adept at analytical thinking, problem-solving, and maintaining accuracy under tight deadlines while ensuring effective communication across teams. Committed to leveraging financial acumen to drive organisational success and operational efficiency.
Overview
3
3
years of professional experience
Work history
Management accountant
EG Group
Manchester
2026.04 - Current
- Produces monthly management accounts and reporting packs for multiple business units, ensuring accurate and timely month-end reporting.
- Prepares and posts month-end journals, including accruals, prepayments, depreciation and inter-company adjustments.
- Performs detailed balance sheet reconciliations and investigate variances to maintain the accuracy and integrity of financial records.
- Deliver monthly variance analysis against budget, forecast and prior year, providing commentary on key revenue, margin and cost drivers.
- Leads the budgeting and forecasting process, preparing rolling forecasts and supporting long-term financial planning.
- Prepares weekly cash flow forecasts and monitor working capital performance to support effective cash management.
- Act as a Finance Business Partner to operational and departmental managers, providing financial insight and challenging assumptions to improve business performance.
- Presents financial results, forecasts and KPI analysis to senior stakeholders, translating complex financial information into actionable recommendations.
- Conducts profitability and cost analysis, identifying opportunities to improve margins and reduce operating expenditure.
- Supports business projects, investment appraisals and strategic projects through financial modelling and scenario analysis.
- Collaborates with cross-functional teams to improve financial processes, strengthen controls and drive continuous improvement initiatives.
- Assists with year-end audit requirements and ensured compliance with company policies and accounting standards.
Management accountant
Carl Zeiss Vision Ltd
Birmingham
2025.01 - 2026.03
- Prepared and analysed monthly management accounts including P&L, balance sheet, and cashflow reports
- Supported with budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis providing commentary and visuals for performance review to support senior management in strategic decision making
- Worked with operations and supply chain teams to analyse production costs and drive cost reduction initiatives
- Contributed to the statutory year end audit, managing audit queries and deliverables and leasing with global stakeholders to ensure timely completion of statutory audit
- Supported monthly performance reviews by preparing KPI and margin analysis for key product lines and report findings to the Finance manager
- Led month-end closing process including accruals, prepayments, managing balance sheet, account reconciliations and resolve discrepancies
- Collaborated with other departments across the business to improve efficiency and support the business in achieving it's strategic and operational goals
- Maintained and reconciled inventory and cost of goods sold accounts, ensuring accuracy and compliance with internal controls
- Implemented cost-saving initiatives reducing overhead by 10% and increasing profit by 20%
Finance assistant
Carl Zeiss Vision Ltd
Birmingham
2023.08 - 2024.12
- Supported day-to-day finance operations including processing supplier invoices, payments and bank reconciliations
- Assisted in month-end closing activities including journal entries and balance sheet reconciliations
- Coordinated with procurement and liaised with suppliers to resolve invoice and payment queries promptly
- Maintained fixed asset registers and assisted with preparing documentation for year end statutory audit
- Conducted inter-company reconciliations records in SAP
- Successfully implemented a new invoice tracking system that reduced processing time by 30%
Audit assistant
PricewaterhouseCoopers(PwC)
Birmingham, UK
2023.06 - 2023.08
- Reviewed financial statements and disclosures to assess compliance with IFRS and UK GAAP
- Increased effectiveness and efficiency of audit by completing detailed, accurate working papers
- Worked closely with associates, seniors and managers to deliver high-quality client service
- Assisted in completion of audit jobs from planning and testing to finalisation
Education
ACCA (Association of Certified Chartered Accountant) -
Part Qualified (Finalist)
Master's degree - Accounting and Finance
BPP University
Bachelor's degree - Accounting and Finance
Catholic University Institute of Buea
Skills
- Financial reporting and planning
- Finance business partnering
- Risk management
- Reconciliations and journal entries
- Management accounts preparation
- Budgeting and forecasting
- Variance analysis
- Time management
- Communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Analytical thinking and problem solving
- Excel proficiency
- Outlook expertise
- Power BI knowledge
- Sage and SAP experience
- Microsoft Office suite
Languages
English
French
Awards
First class honours and best student in accounting
Accomplishments
Best Student in Accounting and Finance
Timeline
Management accountant
EG Group
2026.04 - Current
Management accountant
Carl Zeiss Vision Ltd
2025.01 - 2026.03
Finance assistant
Carl Zeiss Vision Ltd
2023.08 - 2024.12
Audit assistant
PricewaterhouseCoopers(PwC)
2023.06 - 2023.08
Master's degree - Accounting and Finance
BPP University
ACCA (Association of Certified Chartered Accountant) -
Part Qualified (Finalist)
Bachelor's degree - Accounting and Finance
Catholic University Institute of Buea