Sarah Jones

Responsibilities

• P&L responsibility for assigned business areas including Review and control of orders, revenue and costs.
• Forecasting.
• Booking and commercial management of projects and contracts.
• Timely and accurate invoicing monitoring and resolution of invoice queries; Debtor reviews; active participation in debt collection / management; coordination of invoicing with service providers.
• Review and approval of supplier invoices and resolving queries as required.
• Timely and accurate completion of month end and related activities including: posting of journals; calculation and assignment of Costs Of Sales where required; regular review of Work In Progress balances.
• Controlling and monitoring of balance sheet items such as WIP (Work n Progress) and GRIR.
• Responsibility for completing ICFR controls for area of own responsibility.
• Forecasting and budgeting
• Coordinating, reporting and participating in process improvement activities
• Supporting the business by providing ad hoc analysis as required in a timely manner
• Improved company performance by reviewing, analysing and developing operational processes.
• Understanding of, and ability to communicate, financial methods and impacts.
• Proficient in SAP, Excel and other Microsoft Office applications plus Siemens applications including BA Dash, AM Dash, PEGA and others.
• Customer focused.
• Collaborative, team player but also able to work autonomously
• Organised, methodical approach. Able to manage multiple, simultaneous demands and workload spikes at key times eg financial period ends.

• Performed audit procedures to verify implementation of controls through testing and interacting with relevant company staff.
• Main liaison between head office and 22 UK wide stores for audit of till receipts, refunds and exchanges.
• Updated senior leaders regularly, reporting significant internal control issues.
• Responsible for P&L and balance sheet reviews
• Payroll processing
• Developed flowcharts and data visualisations to clarify audit findings.
• Conducted tests to identify deficient controls or inefficiencies.
• Executed ad hoc and special investigations and reviews requested by management.