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Suzanne Enston

Ffrith,Wrexham

Summary

Detail-oriented finance professional with expertise in advanced Excel use, financial reporting, and balance sheet management. Skilled in P&L analysis, variance analysis, and budgeting, with a proven ability to communicate effectively with non-finance staff to ensure seamless collaboration. Adept at delivering accurate financial insights to support strategic decision-making and drive organisational success.

Offering strong analytical skills and keen eye for financial detail. Knowledgeable about budgeting, forecasting, and financial reporting. Strong communicator with ability to work collaboratively and independently. Ready to use and develop skills in financial analysis, strategic planning, and problem-solving in a more senior role.

Overview

26
26
years of professional experience

Work history

Management Accountant

Argent Energy
Ellesmere Port, Cheshire
10.2019 - Current
  • Preparation and control of the management accounts for the Stanlow production sites and multiple shared service cost centres ensuring accurate financial reporting, including detailed variance analysis and commentary on financial and operational performance.
  • Preparation of the monthly Blended Sales P&L providing insightful analysis into the profitability at a customer level.
  • Monthly financial reporting to present to budget holders
  • Reconciling stock balance sheets for accurate inventory recording.
  • Collaborating with the inventory team to support the variance analysis of monthly stock counts.
  • Assisting with the preparation of the annual budget for Blended sales, production, and operating expenses for the cost centres under my responsibility.

Accounts assistant

Smurfit Kappa
Mold, Flintshire
07.2016 - 10.2019
  • Reporting and analysing finished goods stocktake results, defining genuine losses/gains.
  • Monthly reconciliation of costs against GR/IR vs Cost Tracker all Capex Projects and monitoring costs are in line with capex budgets, reporting any unexpected costs/overspend to the FC.
  • Monitoring and reporting on weekly pallet spend and transport costs.
  • Month end journals and reporting.
  • Intercompany traded goods reconciliation.
  • Daily analysis of stock movements and corrections.
  • Credit control for the sites 2 largest customers building good relationships with internal sales and external procurement to ensure timely resolutions to queries before invoices fall due for payment.
  • Daily allocation of BACS payments received.
  • Customer self-bill reconciliation.

Assistant financial controller

Abode Chester
Chester, Cheshire
02.2015 - 07.2016

Maternity cover ended -see below for responsibilities.

Financial Controller (maternity cover)

Abode Chester
Chester, Cheshire
03.2014 - 02.2015
  • Preparing monthly management accounts, including payroll journals, prepayments, accruals, stock analysis and statistics journals.
  • P&L review, analysing variances to budget.
  • Managing the Assistant Financial Controller.
  • Conducting daily bank reconciliations, weekly petty cash and monthly balance sheet reconciliations.
  • Checking revenue balances between the interface, investigating any anomalies.
  • Calculating service charge pay due and overtime.
  • Checking all departments time sheets match what has been entered onto payroll system.
  • Entering sick notes onto system and adding any sick pay due.

Assistant financial controller

Abode Chester
Chester, Cheshire
07.2011 - 02.2014
  • Daily Sales Processing – Counting cash on a daily basis and posting revenue to the correct ledgers ensuring all balance.
  • Conducting monthly stock takes, counting stock to monitor expenditure.
  • Raising payment runs and ad hoc payments as required.
  • Coding purchase invoices, entering them on to Great Plains system, matching delivery notes and purchase orders and raising monthly payment runs.
  • Sending out sales ledger invoices, as well as credit control and dealing with customer queries.
  • Checking online banking for received payments, posting these to the relevant accounts.
  • Petty cash reconciliation.
  • Assisting with monthly payroll.
  • Voucher reconciliation – ensuring payments received for voucher purchases match the voucher system and ensuring all are redeemed in the correct manor on the system.

Credit Controller

Ralawise Ltd
Deeside, Flintshire
09.2010 - 07.2011

Income Officer

Community Integrated Care (CIC)
Widnes, Halton
03.2009 - 09.2010

Accounts assistant

GCA Domestic Ltd
Widnes, Halton
02.2005 - 03.2009

Booking Clerk

O'Connor Transport
Widnes, Halton
10.2002 - 02.2005

Receptionist & Housekeeper

Clwyd Gate Motel
Ruthin, Denbighshire
11.1999 - 07.2002

Education

CIMA
01.2019 -

AAT
09.2012 - 01.2019

Skills

  • Advanced excel use
  • Balance sheet experience
  • Communication with non-finance staff
  • Financial reporting
  • P&L Analysis
  • Variance Analysis
  • Budgeting

Affiliations

  • Ice skating, reading, running, sewing

Timeline

Management Accountant

Argent Energy
10.2019 - Current

CIMA
01.2019 -

Accounts assistant

Smurfit Kappa
07.2016 - 10.2019

Assistant financial controller

Abode Chester
02.2015 - 07.2016

Financial Controller (maternity cover)

Abode Chester
03.2014 - 02.2015

AAT
09.2012 - 01.2019

Assistant financial controller

Abode Chester
07.2011 - 02.2014

Credit Controller

Ralawise Ltd
09.2010 - 07.2011

Income Officer

Community Integrated Care (CIC)
03.2009 - 09.2010

Accounts assistant

GCA Domestic Ltd
02.2005 - 03.2009

Booking Clerk

O'Connor Transport
10.2002 - 02.2005

Receptionist & Housekeeper

Clwyd Gate Motel
11.1999 - 07.2002
Suzanne Enston