1. CURRICULUM VITAE
PERSONAL DETAILS
Name: Richard Michael Patchett
Address: 29 Willowbrook Drive
Coates
Whittlesey
Peterborough
PE7 2JG
Telephone No: 01733 840729 (Mobile No: 07841507854)
Date of Birth: 15 November 1969
Nationality: British
Marital Status: Married
EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS
2003-2004 - ACCA Stages 1 and 2
1988-1990 - Mid Warwickshire College (Evenings Only)
‘O’ Level Accounts
B-Tec Diploma in Business and Finance (Merit)
1982-1987 - Aylesford School, Warwick
‘O’ Level Maths
‘O’ Level French
‘O’ Level Geography
C.S.E. English (2)
C.S.E. Physics (2)
C.S.E. Chemistry (2)
German to ‘O’ Level Standard
French to ‘A’ Level Standard
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Sept 2015-Present eResearch Technology – Staff Accountant (Contract for long term sick cover)
Cash Allocations
Weekly Cashflow Forecast
Bank Reconiliations for three bank accounts
Inputting invoices onto purchase ledger
Weekly payment run
Balance Sheet Reconcilations
VAT Return
Journal Input
Allocating intercompany monies
Dealing with freight database and purchase ledger entries and recharges
EU VAT submissions
Use of SAGE MAS500 and AX
Ad Hoc duties as requested by US management
Feb 2013-Sept 2015 SPG Ltd – Management Accountant
Monthly P&L and report for directors
Year End P&L and audit file
Monthly and weekly wages including RTI submission
Credit Control
Bank Recs
Balance Sheets Recs
P11Ds
2. Weekly Cashflow forecast
Annual Budget
Fixed Asset Register
EU Sales Listing
Monthly Debtors reconciliation for RBS Factors
Submission of sales invoices to RBS Factors
SAGE 50 Payroll
SAGE Line 500 for monthly accounts
Aug 2012- Temporary assignments
Jan 2013 Monthly P&L
Monthly Wages
Bank Recs
Purchase Ledger and associated payment runs and statement reconciliations
Mar 2011- Blec (Global) Ltd – Company Accountant (Redundancy due to downsizing)
July 2012 Monthly and Weekly Payroll including PAYE reconciliation and all associated submissions at year
end to the Inland Revenue
All purchase ledger postings and subsequent payment runs
Monthly cashflow and managing the company expenditure and income
Credit Control
Monthly management accounts pack and meeting with the owners to report the accounts and
cashflow. To report the variances between budget and actual and prior year and actual. This includes
a P&L and Balance Sheet as well as a commentary to highlight areas of importance
Year end accounts for submission to auditor
VAT return and monthly Intrastat and EU sales listing
Accruals and prepayments and associated journals
Maintaining the fixed asset register and processing the monthly depreciation journal
Daily bank reconciliations
SAGE Line 50 usage including report writer
Nov 2009-Dec 2010 Corgenix UK – Company Accountant (Redundancy due to purchase of company)
Monthly Payroll
Weekly Cashflow forecast and monthly submission to US parent company for financing of subsidiary
Monthly management accounts and associated reports for submission to US parent company by the
14th
of each month
Monthly meeting with UK directors to discuss variances between actual results and budget
Monthly Profit and Loss Account and Balance Sheet
Annual Budget
Monthly payments via BACs system.
Checking that incompany balances are carried out
Credit control and placing customers on stop if payment terms are exceeded
Various journals including accruals and prepayments
Maintenance of fixed asset register
Supervision of one staff member and cover for that member of staff during holiday periods
P11Ds
Monthly VAT return
EC Sales reporting
Intrastat
Administration of annual holiday entitlement
SAGE Line 50 and Great Plains Computer Systems used
Apr 2009-Oct 2009 Cooper Lomaz – Temporary Assignment
Dresser-Rand – Employed as Finance Assistant
Bank reconciliations including posting of payments made to the appropriate cost centres and
purchase ledger accounts
Weekly spreadsheet to Dresser-Rand HO with closing bank balances
Coding and posting of employee expenses. Ensuring that VAT is correctly accounted for and
appropriate authorisation has been obtained
Coding and posting of petty cash vouchers and monthly reconciliation with petty cash held
Coding and posting of the monthly Barclaycard, ensuring that VAT is correctly accounted for
Balance Sheet reconciliations including any corrective journals
Prepayment journal and the depreciation journal preparation
Intrastat submission on line
Monthly VAT return
3. EC Sales Listing
13 Week cash flow including analysis of expenditure
Government statistical forms
Various monthly journals
Liaising with auditors both internal and external including those for SOX compliance
BNA asset records including updating the BNA system and ensuring agreement with Dresser-Rand
nominal.
Monthly foreign exchange revaluation and associated journals for gains or losses
Various ad-hoc duties
Dec 2008-Feb 2009 Robert Half – Temporary Assignment
SPG Limited – Employed as Accounts Assistant
Monthly cheque run
Credit Control which included chasing of all monies due and raising all invoices in accordance with
SPG procedures
Balance Sheet reconciliations including corrective journals where needed
Bank reconciliations
Government statistical forms
Various ad-hoc duties
SAGE Useage
Aug 2008-Nov 2008 Larkfleet Homes – Employed as Assistant Group Accountant (Made redundant)
Monthly payroll
Management accounts for Hawksmead Ltd, from posting invoices through to producing the
management accounts. Also includes cash book, bank rec and VAT return.
Management accounts for Southfield Business Partnership, as above
Management accounts for Larkfleet Homes. This involves taking the accounts from the trial balance
and producing the monthly and year end accounts. Including all accruals and prepayments
Systems used are SAGE and TAS. The payroll is done on IRIS.
Apr 2008-July 2008 G’s Group Holdings (G’s Marketing) – Employed as Treasury Supervisor – Temporary
Contract
Daily, Weekly, 13 Weeks and twelve month cashflow production and maintenance.
Ensuring that G’s Group (approx 13 companies) do not exceed the bank facility at any time
Daily bank reconciliations
Monitoring of all loans and ensuring they are paid on time and all interest is paid and calculated
correctly (approx £60m in total)
Purchase of all foreign currencies including forward purchases
Liaising with bank and auditors
May 2007-Mar 2008 Allisons Homes Eastern – Employed as Assistant Management Accountant (Temporary
Contract covering maternity leave)
Reporting to the Management Accountant
Overseeing all accruals are accurately produced and to the timetable
Weekly cashflow, monitoring the cash income and outgoings and reporting on all variances on a
weekly basis against the budget and management accounts.
Producing a monthly cashflow to monitor performance in the Kier Group format
P11Ds
Balance Sheet Control reconciliations.
Fixed Asset Register including all associated journals
Assisting in the production of the monthly management accounts
Ensuring that all inter company balances are agreed and then put into the Kier Group format
Assisting the Financial Controller as and when required
Aug2004-Apr 2007 Leuze Mayser Electronic Ltd:- Employed as Company Accountant
Reporting directly to the managing director
Production of monthly and year end accounts including monthly and quarterly reports for head office
in Germany
Purchase ledger function from invoice inputting through to BACS payments on a monthly basis
Purchasing of Euros for foreign payments including forward purchases to maximise exchange
rate
Credit control including setting up of accounts and authorising credit limits
Payment of monthly salaries
Production of annual budget and revised forecast
Expenses analysis and payment including the monitoring of business mileage
Pegasus Opera 1 & 2 used
4. 1999- 2004 David Hall Publishing Ltd:- Employed as Company Accountant
Reporting directly to the managing director
Production of the monthly and year end accounts and associated reports for the three companies
within the group with a total turnover of approximately £5 million per annum
Production of the annual budget and cashflow
Production of the forecast and cashflow on an ongoing basis for review each month
Monthly meetings with the managing director and attendance at the quarterly board meetings to
review the accounts and forecasts
Control of the cashflow
Credit control function (having successfully brought down the debtor days to 53 days)
Analysis of the monthly salaries
To provide cover for the company secretary during any absences
Ensuring all intercompany recharges are carried out
Analysis of magazine subscribers and liabilities on a monthly basis
Production of P11D’s
Liasing with the bank and providing necessary information as required including monthly
management accounts, also liasing with various banks with a view to change banks
1998- 1999 Atlantic Aeroengineering: - Employed as Engineering Accountant
Reporting directly to the managing director
Production of monthly accounts and year end accounts with a turnover of approximately £500k per
month
Salary analysis of 120 people which is for all levels of staff
Apportionment of salaries to appropriate cost centres
Analysis of spares issued to each aircraft on check
Apportionment of spares to each aircraft
Ensuring that all inter company recharges are carried out correctly with the Atlantic Group
Sole control of the purchase ledger from checking invoices through to payment of invoices
approximately 1000 invoices a month
Sole control of the sales ledger for external customers, approximately 30 customers totalling on
average income of £100k per month
Ensuring that all ledgers are kept up to date and coding is accurate
1995.1998 Castle Transmission (formerly British Broadcasting Corporation Transmission):- Employed as
Accounts Assistant
Deputising for the purchase ledger supervisor
Producing monthly cheque runs of approximately £3 million per month
Producing weekly cheque runs
Ensuring that all invoices coding correctly with a personal approval level in excess of £1 million
Setting up a filing system for all purchase ledger work
Producing monthly reports for transmission rigging services for the accounts pack each month
Producing transmission rigging services invoices totalling approximately £8 million per month
Ensuring that the mainframe system (AS400) was input correctly and working to the timetable issued
1992.1995 Touchstone Housing Association:- Employed as Finance Officer
Monthly management accounts including the monthly surplus/deficit statement
Budget preparation including input onto the system
Six monthly up date of budget (forecast)
Variance analysis each month against the budgets and forecasts
Production of the surplus/deficit report for management
Accrual and prepayment information
Vat return
Purchase ledger cover
Internal audit work
Monthly reconciliation’s of general ledger codes
1987.1991 Turriff Construction:- Employed as Assistant Management Accountant
Production of monthly management accounts with a turnover of approximately £5 million per month
Cost distribution and dealing with any queries which arose from the costs including the correction of
any discrepancies
Vat return
Fixed asset register maintenance including the associated journals for depreciation, sales and
purchasing of assets
All balance sheet code reconciliation’s
Budget preparation and input onto both spreadsheets and mainframe computers
5. Cash flow forecasting for both incoming cash and outgoing cash which totalled in excess of £20
million per month
Dealing with sub contract ledger including 714’s
Sole control of sales ledger including liaison with both internal and external staff to ensure all debts
paid on a timely basis
During my time at this company I was trained in all areas of accountancy work which meant spending
several months in each area of accounts, which were purchase ledger, wages, cash book, sub
contract ledger, all payments and finally as assistant to the management accountant.
INTEREST AND HOBBIES
Walking, General Keep Fit, Motor Sport and Travel
OTHER INFORMATION
Full driving license with no convictions
REFERENCES: -
Maria Martin
Accounting Manager
Dresser-Rand
Papyrus Road
Peterborough
Michael Smith
Financial Controller
Dresser-Rand
Papyrus Road
Peterborough
Paul Bates
Corgenix UK Ltd
40 Commerce Road
Lynch Wood
Peterborough
PE2 6LR
Dr W G Fleming
Corgenix UK
40 Commerce Road
Lynch Wood
Peterborough
PE2 6LR
6. Cash flow forecasting for both incoming cash and outgoing cash which totalled in excess of £20
million per month
Dealing with sub contract ledger including 714’s
Sole control of sales ledger including liaison with both internal and external staff to ensure all debts
paid on a timely basis
During my time at this company I was trained in all areas of accountancy work which meant spending
several months in each area of accounts, which were purchase ledger, wages, cash book, sub
contract ledger, all payments and finally as assistant to the management accountant.
INTEREST AND HOBBIES
Walking, General Keep Fit, Motor Sport and Travel
OTHER INFORMATION
Full driving license with no convictions
REFERENCES: -
Maria Martin
Accounting Manager
Dresser-Rand
Papyrus Road
Peterborough
Michael Smith
Financial Controller
Dresser-Rand
Papyrus Road
Peterborough
Paul Bates
Corgenix UK Ltd
40 Commerce Road
Lynch Wood
Peterborough
PE2 6LR
Dr W G Fleming
Corgenix UK
40 Commerce Road
Lynch Wood
Peterborough
PE2 6LR