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Name: Mansoor Ismail

Resides: Leicester, United Kingdom

Date of Birth: 14th June 1953


Professional Training:

1970-1975 - Audit senior with Coopers & Lybrand
International, Chartered Accountants in Southern Africa.
Trained by Partners and Audit Managers in all the
subjects of Professional Accountancy.

1975-1978 - Accountancy training with sole partner
practice of Chartered Accountants in United Kingdom .
Gained experience in practice management and all round
financial and management accounting for small
and growing business enterprises.



Education: Blantyre Secondary School and Polytechnic, Southern Africa.

1967-1970 - 8 'O' Levels including English language,
Mathematics, History, Geography, Physics-w-Chemistry,
Biology, Religious studies, Accounts.

2 'A' Levels including English language and Accounts.


Language Skills: English( Excellent), Urdu ( Good), Hindi(Good)

Computer Skills: Operating systems: Windows 95,98 and 2000

Software used: Sage Financial Controller, Sage Line50,Sage
Audit2000, Sage Payroll and Personnel management.
Pegasus Management accounting, Coda Financial accounting,
Dart Purchase and Sales Ledgers, Auditman, Money Manager,
Quickbooks complete accounting and costings, Superpay,
Taxfile, Iris accounts production and business and personal
taxation, Tax2000, Sky software for integrated financial
accounting and costings, Opus Sales Ledger for hospitals.

Microsoft Office 97 professional and Office 2000, First Page
2000 for creating professional eCommerce websites,
Microsoft Personal server and ftp server management,
IBM Via voice Speech text, Supervoice telephony and data
terminal for online services, popular windows-based multi
media programs for video conferencing , research and
information on the internet.


Career Experience :


Since 1979 to date
Accountant for small companies - Self Employed.


Duties:

* Monthly management accounts reporting to owner-managers and directors.
* All subsequent internal analysis and reconciliations:
- Payroll
- Stock and Work in progress
- Bad Debts and credit control, control of Invoicing procedure
- All expenditure
- Balance Sheet accounts
* Budgeting/ re-forecasting with detailed variance analysis/commentry on each
key line in profit and loss account.
* Systems improvements and computer installations
* Holding regular monthly meetings with owner-managers and directors to
Discuss income, costs, etc
* Financial management and administration, preparations of financial
and management accounts with related schedules, complete accounts
department services to small and growing manufacturing companies,
wholesale and retail businesses.
* Contract work re: agency deals, short term accountancy and tax assignments
* Close liaison with directors with key involvement in decision-making and
performance evaluation, weekly/monthly management accounts reporting
to head office



Recent Contract Work details:


Contract Period : May 2001 to July 2001 Temporary accountancy contract
with Nigel Lynn Associates


Job Title: Accountant Reporting to Management
Accountant and Director


Company Information: Priory Rehabilitation Services , a subsidiary unit of
Westminster Health Care.
Unit turnover c£3m
Number of staff in the unit: 20
Activities: Rehabilitation services including assessments and
treatments to day patients in orthopaedy /physiotherapy.


Responsibilities:

* Overview
Producing management accounts and financial reports,
monitoring performance against budgets and income
generating objectives.
Working as part of divisional accounting team and actively
supporting the achievement of divisional objectives.


* Staff supervised Business Co-ordinator, Administration Clerk, Purchase Clerk


Accounts Preparations

* Responsible for bank reconciliations and payments requisitions
* Posting all accounting entries from Patient Accounting system to Sales Ledger on Opus system and producing month end analysis and reports for review by Managers.
* Producing Cash Book, Payroll and Income by funding account summaries for postings
to Coda financial system and Teamtrack payroll system
* Reconciling Purchase Ledger accounts
* Preparations of month end schedules of accrued expenses, work in progress, budgeted charges to Health Authorities, depreciation charges


* Producing the unit management accounts monthly


Financial and Management accounting

* Adminstration of payroll and end of year procedures, ensuring that Inland Revenue regulations and requirements are complied with.
* Monitoring the unit budget against actual performance in respect of income, expenditure and debtor management.
* Identifying and highlighting variances in the budgets on a monthly basis
* Reviewing and monitoring financial indicators and taking action as necessary to resolve queries.
* Assisting in the preparation of weekly health services census and other statutory returns.
* Assisting in the preparation, research and drafting of annual budgets and periodic forecasts.
* Undertaking any other financial duties as requested by the Managing Director, Finance Director or Operations Director and ensuring that all divisional deadlines are achieved.


General

* Compliance with the Unit's Health and Safety and Fire Regulations.
* Attending board meetings .


IT and Supervisory

* Computer systems experience includes Opus, Coda financial system, Teamtrack Payroll,
MS Office 97 - Excel for analysis and summaries and transfer of reports to Macro, Outlook and Scheduling for network commmunication.
* Daily supervision of bookings and attendances, authorisations of PMI and Health Authority treatments, Consultants' attendances, Re-charge disbursements, production of Invoices to customers and bankings.
* Reviewing Purchase Invoices, Capital expenditure requests and submitting these to the Head Office for payments.


* OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS

Carried out appraisal of the system of accounting and have held meetings with senior management making suggestions for improvements to the system of computerised accounting.
Implemented changes and introduced new procedures relating to day to day accounting action and advice and for production of computer generatedm onthly management accounts.

As a result, made significant improvements in credit control and cash flow and assisted tha managing director with the implementation of the budget.



Nov 2000 - Dec 2000 ANTONE DISPLAY, Leicester
Temporary Accounts Manager


* Company Information
Turnover : £300m

Staff Employed: 175

Activities: Manufacturers and Installers of Retail
cabinets to major supermarkets.


* Staff Supervised Sales Ledger Controller, Purchases Ledger Controller, Payroll Clerk

* Responsibilities

Overview
Financial accounting and producing monthly management accounts


Accounts Preparations

* Maintenance of Ledgers and Cash books
* Processing Invoices and payments and resolving queries with Purchasing and Sales departments
* Daily bank reconciliations and making transfers of funds between bank accounts.
* Monthly bank reconciliations, suppliers and customers acounts reconciliations
* Processing payroll for 175 employees and producing cost analysis,summaries and payslips


Financial and Management Accounting

* Preparations of monthly/quarterly PAYE and VAT summaries and Returns for submission
* Preparations of monthly accruals and Purchases/ Sales reserves schedules for VAT accounting
and monthly management accounts.
* Month end routines of Sales/Purchases/ Nominal Ledgers and Cash Books and producing
Day books listings, Aged analysis, trial balance, cost centre analysis and monthly Ledger summaries.



IT and Supervisory

* Financial and management accounting using daily online banking system and Sky Software's
Integrated financial accounting and costings system.

* Windows 95 and MS Office 97. Development of spreadsheets for analysis and summaries of
Sales, Payroll costs, Bankings, VAT and PAYE liabilities and month end reserves.



* OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS

Efficient management of accounts department of large company and communicating with management at all levels.

Gained experience in computerised job costings, making cost centre allocations of purchases, payroll and overheads costs.





Aug 2000 - Oct 2000 BROMWICH CONLON DAVIS, Leicester




Responsibilities:

Overview
Preparations of annual financial accounts, business and personal tax computations from the clients' computerised accounting records, using Iris system.
Carrying out annual statutory audits of small companies using Mercia Audit systems.
Reporting to Manager.

Clients Small limited companies and partnership businesses enaged in retailing haulage,construction, wholesale,import and export, furniture stores.
Sole traders engaged in IT, retailing, motor trades, carpentry.
Average turnover £ 500,000 with largest turnover £ 5m

Staff supervised: None


Accounts Preparation

* Completion of client ledger accounts, often from incomplete records, producing final trial balance
* Responsible for Bank reconciliations
* Post ing all accounting entries to Iris in-house software packages
* Producing cashbook summaries and control accounts
* Producing trial balance, profit & loss account and balance sheet prior to review by manager or partner
* Producing draft final accounts including analyses for submission and review by a partner
* Preparation and finalisation of management accounts quarterly and anually.


Audit
* Small companies annual audits and submission of annual returns .
* Clients included retail companies, furniture stores, haulage companies.
* Involved with the planning stage of audits and analytical reviews in liaison with the manager.
* Attended physical Stock Taking and completed audit program section
* Completed substantive tests for debtors/liabilities, creditors, fixed asset, current assets, sales & expenditure, cashbook and bank accounts
* Produced account schedules and then carried out analytical reviews
* Audits reviewed by manager and partner
* Produced completed audit files including all schedules with notes and recommendations for review and sign-off by a partner

Tax
* Prepared Corporation tax computations showing adjusted taxable profits and CT liabilities,reconciled capital allowances schedules, Prepared CT 200 returns for submission.
Prepared personal tax computations showing adjusted taxable profits, Prepared Tax returns for submission.
* Prepared P11D Returns for directors and higher paid employees
* Reconciled VAT and PAYE at year end

IT and Supervisory
* Sage Line 50 and Iris accounts production implementation and training of staff.
* Setting up clients' 3 years' accounting and statutory data on IRIS accounts production system
for computerisation of the practice.


* OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS

Took full responsibilities of small clients' audits from start to finish using the Mercia Audit system. Carried out analytical reviews procedures, planned the audit work.

Carried out appraisals of computerised accounting systems used by management and suggested value-added service to clients, including training and productions of management accounts which are accurate and reliable.




CHANDARANA & CO- Chartered Accountants' practice with sole partner

Agreed short term contract from January 2000 to March 2000


Responsibilities:

Overview
Preparations of annual financial accounts, business and ersonal tax computations from the clients' computerised accounting records, using MS Office 2000 and Sage Line 50
Carrying out annual statutory audits of small companies using Mercia Audit systems.
Reporting to Manager.

Clients Small limited companies and partnership businesses engaged in retailing haulage, construction, wholesale, import and export.
Sole traders engaged in IT, retailing, motor trades,carpentry,import and export, textiles manufacturing.
Average turnover £ 500,000 with largest turnover £ 3m

Staff supervised: None


Accounts Preparation

* Completion of client ledger accounts, often from incomplete records, producing final trial balance
* Responsible for Bank reconciliations
* Post ing all accounting entries to Iris in-house software packages
* Producing cashbook summaries and control accounts
* Producing trial balance, profit & loss account and balance sheet prior to review by manager or partner
* Producing draft final accounts including analyses for submission and review by a partner
* Preparation and finalisation of management accounts quarterly and anually.


Audit
* Small companies annual audits and submission of annual returns .
* Clients included construction companies, haulage companies, textiles manufacturing companies.
* Involved with the planning stage of audits and analytical reviews in liaison with the manager.
* Completed substantive tests for debtors/liabilities, creditors, fixed asset, current assets, sales & expenditure, cashbook and bank accounts
* Produced account schedules and then carried out analytical reviews
* Audits reviewed by manager and partner
* Produced completed audit files including all schedules with notes and recommendations for review and sign-off by a partner

Tax
* Prepared Corporation tax computations showing adjusted taxable profits and CT liabilities, reconciled capital allowances schedules, Prepared CT 200 returns for submission.
* Prepared personal tax computations showing adjusted taxable profits, Prepared Tax returns for submission.
* Prepared P11D Returns for directors and higher paid employees
* Reconciled VAT and PAYE at year end

IT and Supervisory
* Sage Line 50 and MS Office2000 implementation and training of staff.



* OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS

Specialised accountancy work involving preparations of accounts from incomplete and partly completed
records, dealing with tax and VAT investigations and negotiating assessments

Complex audit and accounting work for a commercial company with £ 7m turnover which was involved
In foreign transactions, suggested improvements to computerised accounting system and implemented changes.





GORDONS KNIGHT & CO- Chartered Accountants' practice with sole partner

July 1998 to October 1999


Responsibilities:

Overview
Preparations of annual financial accounts, business and ersonal tax computations from the clients' computerised acounting records, using Iris accounts production and tax
system.
Carrying out annual statutory audits of small companies using Mercia Audit systems.
Reporting to Manager.

Clients Small limited companies and partnership businesses enaged in retailing haulage, construction, wholesale, import and export, double glazing, printing, environmental control.
Sole traders engaged in IT, retailing, motor trades,carpentry,import and export, textiles manufacturing, restaurants, hotels, travel agencies, computer professionals and IT contractors.
Average turnover £ 500,000 with largest turnover £ 7m

Staff supervised: 3 accountancy trainees


Accounts Preparation

* Completion of client ledger accounts, often from incomplete records, producing final trial balance
* Responsible for Bank reconciliations
* Post ing all accounting entries to Iris in-house software packages
* Producing cashbook summaries and control accounts
* Producing trial balance, profit & loss account and balance sheet prior to review by manager or partner
* Producing draft final accounts including analyses for submission and review by a partner
* Preparation and finalisation of management accounts quarterly and anually.


Audit
* Small companies annual audits and submission of annual returns .
* Clients included printing,environmental control,import and export, engineering,double glazing,
hotels, Properties investments.
* Involved with the planning stage of audits and analytical reviews in liaison with the manager.
* Completed substantive tests for debtors/liabilities, creditors, fixed asset, current assets, sales & expenditure, cashbook and bank accounts
* Produced account schedules and then carried out analytical reviews
* Audits reviewed by manager and partner
* Produced completed audit files including all schedules with notes and recommendations for review and sign-off by a partner

Tax
* Prepared Corporation tax computations showing adjusted taxable profits and CT liabilities,reconciled capital allowances schedules, Prepared CT 200 returns for submission.
* Prepared personal tax computations showing adjusted taxable profits, prepared tax returns for submission.
* Prepared P11D Returns for directors and higher paid employees
* Reconciled VAT and PAYE at year end

IT and Supervisory
* Iris accounts production and business tax system implementation and training of staff.


* OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS

Managed a portfolio of 200 IT contractor clients using Taxfile and IRIS integrated accounts production
and businress tax system. Provided complete packaged accountancy service from formation of
limited companies to submission of accounts and tax and statutory returns, taking care of day to day
acounting action and advice.

In charge of all audit work in the practice and provided training to students undertaking professional
accountancy studies.

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