Darren Tomkinson
Detail-oriented and analytical accountant with 7 years experience in financial reporting
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Detail-oriented and analytical accountant with 7 years experience in financial reporting, the accountancy cycle, budgeting, balance sheet reconciliation, and audit support. I have a proven ability to work accurately, meet deadlines and deliver reliable financial insights. Now an accomplished dealership accountant and currently managing 3 sets accounts across 2 sites, I am looking to further my career as a dealership accountant where I would be able to assist with the growth of the company by utilizing financial analysis and 18 years experience in the motor trade to assist with decision making.
Experience
Dealership Accountant - Lookers - 2 sites
(2019-01)
Manage the accounts cycle of 3 motor dealerships over 2 sites.
- Manage cashflow with weekly forecasts
- Forecasting & liaising with management team
- Credit control and debt management
- Payroll management
- Proficiency of dealership management system, rev 8 Kerridge
- Proficiency of Microsoft excel
- Prepare the dealership budget
- Analysis of the balance sheet & profit & loss
- Complete and reconcile stock take, Vehicles, Parts & fixed asset
- Compile and reconcile demo write downs each month, calculation of the monthly depreciation
- Compile and submit MID each week
- Completing tax analysis
- Allocate and reconcile warranty credits
- Provide training & support for sales admin & assistant accountant at the dealerships
- Efficiently liaising with dealerships
- Complete PSA information for employee gifts
- Process any queries from auditors
- Understanding of the quarterly vat return
- Entering banking on the Nominal Ledger into the various suspense accounts, using double entry journals, ensuring all suspense accounts are cleared down daily
- Ensuring dealerships are completing banking
- Resolution of queries with banking or suspense accounts
- Process and allocate any outstanding payments from sales ledger and purchase ledger
- Completion of transfers and cheque requests
- Resolution of dealership and customer payment queries
- Complete manufacturer composites
- Reconcile EMAC, Service plan, Warranty
- Complete funding and consigned stock reconciliation weekly
- Stock inventory
Assistant accountant - Lookers plc
(2018-01 - 2019-01)
Accounts assistant - Lookers plc
(2007-01 - 2018-01)
Education
AAT Level 4 - Accounting qualification (QCF) (2012-06)
AAT Level 3 - Diploma in accounting (2011-06)
AAT Level 2 - NVQ in accounting (2010-06)
BTEC National Diploma - Computing
GCSEs - Multiple subjects (2003-06)
