Simon Bass

Key Skills and Experience.

• Has solid bedrock of accountancy training and experience
• I.T. proficient – Including Excel, Word, Power Point, Front Page, Access, Outlook, Lotus Notes, Orical (Cedar), Internet, SAP Enterprise, E-billing, GBC Billing Email, basic working knowledge of html, and website management
• Providing MI to Senior Management for strategic decisions making.
• Able to see the bigger picture while paying attention to detail
• Data Manipulation
• Delivery of first class internal and external customer service
• An analytical mind, and is able to work to tight deadlines.
• Experience in working in Partner organisations.

Careforce UK - Norwich Feb -2009–March 2009
Administrative Driver
• Transporting carers to clients on a tight appointment schedule
• Liaison with Norwich office to report any issues that affected the day’s schedule, so relevant action could be taken.

Cawston Manor January 2009–January 2009
Assistant Accountant
• Various year end tasks in the purchase and sale ledger (covering staff sickness), using sage 100.
• Telephone calls with third parties to obtain information to aid with updating of purchase ledger accouts.

Circle Anglia Oct 2008–Nov 2008
Assistant Accountant Fixed Asset Reconciliations
• .Various duties in the data reconciliation prior to the transfer to the new fixed asset data-base, using advance excel skills.

Norfolk and Norwich University Foundation Trust Hospital Feb 2008–Oct 2008
Assistant Accountant
• Performing the duties of an Assistant Accountant within the Finance Department of the Norfolk and Norwich University Foundation Trust Hospital. Using Excel, Cedar (an Oracle based product) and other bespoke applications.

Cable and Wireless Plc (C&W) July 2007 - February 2008
Billing Accounts Analyst (Royal and and Sun Alliance)
• Managing the production of monthly bills for the Royal and Sun Alliance managed account.
• Prime point of contact for the R&SA accounts team and suppliers to R&SA managed by Cable and Wireless.
• Producing Invoices for R&SA and other MI required on a monthly basis by C&W Account Management.
• In addition to the account management task I documented the individual task within the role, (including processes and C&W bespoke systems) so that the role could be offshored to colleagues in India.


Norwich Union (Aviva) Offshore Services Department 2005 - 2007
Accounts Assistant – Revenue Information Collations Assistant.
• Collating data including employee data, company travel authorisation documents, and travel expense information into the prescribed forms necessary for annual submission of Inland Revenue P11D submissions.

Archant Life Limited 2004 - 2005
Credit Controller
• All the duties of credit control to reduce the DOS (Days Outstanding Credit)

RWM Data Management Limited April – Oct 2004
Accountant
• All the duties of the accounts department to preparation draft accounts, and the ISO 2001 Quality manager


Thomas Engineering / (Stuga Ltd) 2000 - 2004
Accounts Controller.
Turnover growth from 2.5 M to 5.5 M (£ Sterling)

• Managing all the accounting functions of Thomas Engineering/Stuga Limited initially using Quickbooks, and then using various Sage products.
• Designing the accounting system of Thomas Engineering/Stuga Ltd. Designed, developed, and maintained a job costing system for the company.
• As a result of an investigation of the work of my predecessor, I recovered £30,000 in unclaimed VAT in my first 6 months.

Qualifactions and Training

• The full range of Sage Line 50 Courses, Advanced Excel, and related report-writing subjects. 2003


Graduate Conversion Course Chart Foulks Lynch – Norwich 1988 -1991

• This included examinations in - Financial Accounting, Data Processing, Business Law, Management Accounting, Economics and Quantitative Techniques.

BTEC Certificate for Accounting Technicians 1988

Higher National Diploma in Hotel and Catering Administration Education 1978 -1981

Interest and Activities
Wine Appreciation, Travel, Science Fiction Movies, Current Affairs, Photography, Pub Quizzes