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Michael Paige
An assistant accountant working towards the AAT level 4 with thirteen years international experience in the publishing and medical science sector. A substantial asset to those seeking a candidate with an excellent grasp of technology and a work smart ethic. Excels in client liaison and time management as a consequence of managing complex shipping operations worldwide over many years. A proactive team member accustomed to working under pressure with minimal supervision.
Assistant accountant
Westbury, Wiltshire
[email protected]
Skills
Forecasting • Bank reconcilations • Accounts Receivable • Accounts Payable • Credit Control • Budgeting • Cost variance analysis • Microsoft Excel (including lookup and pivot tables) • Microsoft Word • Microsoft Outlook • Cash Flow • P11D • Intrastat • EC Sales List • VAT return preparation and submission • Troubleshooting IT • Quickbooks • Xero • Microsoft Dynamics 365 • Accruals and prepayments • Depreciation • Adobe Photoshop • Adobe Acrobat DC Pro • Adobe Sign • Expensify
Work Experience
Curious Universe UK Ltd, Assistant accountant, Jul 2018 ~ Present
A joint venture between publishers Bookoli and Hinkler founded in 2018, together selling over 20 million products every year in 38 languages throughout 77 different countries. Product design and development takes place in Bath with finished goods container-shipped from printers in China to UK retailers via warehouses, or direct to international customers. Reported directly to Financial Director then to the Management Accountant as the Finance Section grew.
Achievements
• Managed the complexities of changing from Xero, with spreadsheets for stock control, to Microsoft Dynamics 365 as necessitated by the company’s rapid growth.
• Improved the management of shipping documentation by engaging with the Procurement, Production, Publishing and Operations Departments.
• Streamlined accounting data for management reporting, using the vlookup and pivot table functions of Excel.
• Introduced better processes for expense reporting and P11D submissions.
• Trained new colleagues in company financial processes and accounting software.
• Collaborated with five successive Financial Directors within a period of seven months.
• Initiated solutions for paperless document handling using Adobe Acrobat DC Pro and Adobe Sign when COVID19 forced staff to work from home.
Indoor Biotechnologies Ltd, Administrator/accountant, May 2007 ~ Jan 2018
A world-leading research laboratory and manufacturer of allergens and allergen detection kits with facilities in the USA, Cardiff and India, having a turnover of £3M and clients in pharmaceutical organisations, biotech companies and universities in fifty countries. Reported directly to the Executive Director in the UK and the CEO in the USA. Solely responsible for the UK accounting with additional responsibilities for client development, marketing, health and safety and IT.
Achievements
• Analysed balance sheet, profit and loss and cashflow statements for reporting to the CEO in the USA.
• Initiated the use of Quickbooks as a marketing tool to provide data on target audiences, sector analysis, forecasting and sales trends.
• Upgraded the stock reporting and analysis system to improve lead times for the production teams.
• Introduced credit control processes which significantly reduced aged debtors.
• Upgraded IT resources to Windows Server system.
• Collaborated with UKTI to complete the Passport to Export programme.
• Used the OMIS programme (Overseas Market Introduction Service) to develop foreign trade.
• Coordinated Welsh Government OBDV (Overseas Business Development Visit) support.
• Lead contact with distributors in Japan, Republic of Korea and France.
• Instituted Health and Safety policies and managed compliance.
• Completed Dangerous Goods (DG) dry ice training.
• Became qualified first aider and fire warden.
Education and Training
Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT), Level 4 - Professional Diploma, 2018 ~ 2020
Presently undertaking studies
UKTI, Certificate in Developing International Business, 2009
Day course provided by UK Trade & Investment
UKTI, Certificate in Appointment and Management of Agents and Distributors, 2009
Day course provided by UK Trade & Investment
Forth Valley College, Diploma in Nursing, 1989 ~ 1993
Qualified in General Nursing
Glasgow College of Technology, Information Systems, 1979 ~ 1983
Completed three years of BSC Informations Systems course (Computer science and business studies) without graduating
Michael Paige
An assistant accountant working towards the AAT level 4 with thirteen years international experience in the publishing and medical science sector. A substantial asset to those seeking a candidate with an excellent grasp of technology and a work smart ethic. Excels in client liaison and time management as a consequence of managing complex shipping operations worldwide over many years. A proactive team member accustomed to working under pressure with minimal supervision.
Assistant accountant
Westbury, Wiltshire
[email protected]
Skills
Forecasting • Bank reconcilations • Accounts Receivable • Accounts Payable • Credit Control • Budgeting • Cost variance analysis • Microsoft Excel (including lookup and pivot tables) • Microsoft Word • Microsoft Outlook • Cash Flow • P11D • Intrastat • EC Sales List • VAT return preparation and submission • Troubleshooting IT • Quickbooks • Xero • Microsoft Dynamics 365 • Accruals and prepayments • Depreciation • Adobe Photoshop • Adobe Acrobat DC Pro • Adobe Sign • Expensify
Work Experience
Curious Universe UK Ltd, Assistant accountant, Jul 2018 ~ Present
A joint venture between publishers Bookoli and Hinkler founded in 2018, together selling over 20 million products every year in 38 languages throughout 77 different countries. Product design and development takes place in Bath with finished goods container-shipped from printers in China to UK retailers via warehouses, or direct to international customers. Reported directly to Financial Director then to the Management Accountant as the Finance Section grew.
Achievements
• Managed the complexities of changing from Xero, with spreadsheets for stock control, to Microsoft Dynamics 365 as necessitated by the company’s rapid growth.
• Improved the management of shipping documentation by engaging with the Procurement, Production, Publishing and Operations Departments.
• Streamlined accounting data for management reporting, using the vlookup and pivot table functions of Excel.
• Introduced better processes for expense reporting and P11D submissions.
• Trained new colleagues in company financial processes and accounting software.
• Collaborated with five successive Financial Directors within a period of seven months.
• Initiated solutions for paperless document handling using Adobe Acrobat DC Pro and Adobe Sign when COVID19 forced staff to work from home.
Indoor Biotechnologies Ltd, Administrator/accountant, May 2007 ~ Jan 2018
A world-leading research laboratory and manufacturer of allergens and allergen detection kits with facilities in the USA, Cardiff and India, having a turnover of £3M and clients in pharmaceutical organisations, biotech companies and universities in fifty countries. Reported directly to the Executive Director in the UK and the CEO in the USA. Solely responsible for the UK accounting with additional responsibilities for client development, marketing, health and safety and IT.
Achievements
• Analysed balance sheet, profit and loss and cashflow statements for reporting to the CEO in the USA.
• Initiated the use of Quickbooks as a marketing tool to provide data on target audiences, sector analysis, forecasting and sales trends.
• Upgraded the stock reporting and analysis system to improve lead times for the production teams.
• Introduced credit control processes which significantly reduced aged debtors.
• Upgraded IT resources to Windows Server system.
• Collaborated with UKTI to complete the Passport to Export programme.
• Used the OMIS programme (Overseas Market Introduction Service) to develop foreign trade.
• Coordinated Welsh Government OBDV (Overseas Business Development Visit) support.
• Lead contact with distributors in Japan, Republic of Korea and France.
• Instituted Health and Safety policies and managed compliance.
• Completed Dangerous Goods (DG) dry ice training.
• Became qualified first aider and fire warden.
Education and Training
Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT), Level 4 - Professional Diploma, 2018 ~ 2020
Presently undertaking studies
UKTI, Certificate in Developing International Business, 2009
Day course provided by UK Trade & Investment
UKTI, Certificate in Appointment and Management of Agents and Distributors, 2009
Day course provided by UK Trade & Investment
Forth Valley College, Diploma in Nursing, 1989 ~ 1993
Qualified in General Nursing
Glasgow College of Technology, Information Systems, 1979 ~ 1983
Completed three years of BSC Informations Systems course (Computer science and business studies) without graduating