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My functions at Data General included; |
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Financial Accountant Role |
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- Maintenance of general and supplementary ledgers
within the accounting system.
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- Preparation of trial balance and adjustments
relevant to closing; inventory valuations and
computations of depreciation charges, accruals
and prepayments. Entering of journals and running
reports.
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Management Accountant Role |
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- In order to assess the amount to be charged to a
client. I had to cost the project in its
entirety. This included the acertainment and
measurement of costs associated with the project,
as well as the classification, analysis,
collection and attribution of costs including
overheads, based on records of work done, time
spent and resources used.
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- Acted as liason with HM Customs & Excise.
This role resulted in a series of meetings - and
ultimately negotiations - with the VAT
Inspectorate over amounts in dispute. The final
payment was well below that initially estimated.
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- In regard to the above, I undertook an audit into
the VAT treatment of invoices, reporting to
Management as regards errors found, costs
incurred and recommending changes, many of which
were adopted.
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- I acted as Account Administrator of a large
American business partner. This required that I
liase with the partner on a regular basis,
establish foreign currency payments to them,
assess their progress and account for such
progress. This consisted mainly of PFI projects.
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