Emily Davidson

Director at Fat Willy's Pub (2024-11 – Present)

Career break to help husband set up business

Managed a team of 12 staff, including recruitment support, training, rotas, performance oversight, and day-to-day staffing decisions.
Handled weekly payroll, pension submissions, holiday tracking, and staff administration.
Conducted stock takes, managed supplier relationships, negotiated prices, and maintained optimal stock levels.
Managed ordering processes, ensuring accurate forecasting, cost control, and minimising waste.
Led the business's social media presence, creating content, planning promotions, and increasing customer engagement.
Contributed to operational decisions during the start-up phase, helping build efficient processes and ensuring compliance with licensing and health & safety requirements.
Supported high-level financial duties such as cashflow tracking, budgeting, and invoice management.

Financial Controller at Causeway Geotech Ltd (2014-04 – 2024-10)

Led the day-to-day financial operations including accounts payable/receivable, payroll oversight, bank reconciliations, and general ledger management.
Produced monthly management accounts, variance analysis, and board-level financial reports.
Managed budgeting and forecasting processes, working closely with department heads to support cost control and project profitability.
Oversaw cashflow management, and preparation of short- and long-term financial projections.
Handled ROI and UK tax compliance, including VAT returns, Intrastat, corporation tax preparation support, and liaison with external tax advisors.
Developed and implemented internal controls and financial procedures to improve accuracy, efficiency, and financial risk management.
Oversaw intercompany accounting between entities in America, Ireland, and England, ensuring accurate reconciliations, transfer pricing compliance, and timely settlement of balances
Oversaw TSS (Trader Support Service) processes, including import declarations, customs documentation, and cross-border trade compliance following Brexit changes
Supported commercial decision-making by providing financial modelling for tenders, project bids, and investment proposals.
Managed and mentored finance staff, ensuring high standards in reporting and operational performance.
Liaised with external auditors, banks, suppliers, and senior leadership to maintain strong financial governance and stakeholder relationships.

Accountant at Lissan Coal Company Ltd (2013-09 – 2014-04)

Accountant in a company with turnover in excess of £500million per year

Assisting with quarterly management accounts, including maintaining fixed asset register, bank, creditors and debtors reconciliations, foreign exchange adjustments, intercompany balances, accruals and prepayments
Daily bank reconciliations
Analysis of P&L
Monthly stock valuations and adjustments for the various sites
Weekly profit analysis of fuel stations
Monthly reconciliation of coal ships ensuring invoicing is correct
Monthly wages using brightpay, and sending PAYE to HMRC
UK and ROI VAT
Various returns including Intrastat, EC Sales and Renewable fuels returns
Liaising with external auditors

Maternity cover for financial controller (secondment from Moore Stephens) at Patrick Bradley Ltd (2012-04 – 2013-02)

Assistant accountant at Patrick Bradley Ltd (2013-03 – 2013-06)

Monthly bank reconciliations
Quarterly management accounts, including debtor and creditors reconciliations, maintaining the fixed asset register, posting appropriate depreciation journals and reconciling, stock reconciliations, wages reconciliation, calculating work in progress, and posting journals for retentions, accruals and prepayments
Weekly cash flow statements and determining when suppliers and subcontrators can be paid
Verifying subcontractors with HMRC and calculating CIS tax to be deducted
Credit insurance within the company and dealing with credit control
UK and Irish VAT returns and sending PAYE payments to HMRC
Various costings, including job costing and individual product costing
Analysing the costings for variances from budgeted costings
Preparing fuel usage reports and ordering diesel when needed
Analysing monthly performance indicators
Reporting to monthly management meetings
Statutory returns including Quarterly Construction Inquiry, Quarterly Sales Inquiry and Annual Business Inquiry returns
Liaising with external auditors

Trainee accountant at Moore Stephens Chartered Accountants (2009-09 – 2013-02)

Preparing year end accounts for sole traders, partnerships, companies and charities
Carrying out audits for larger companies
Tax returns
Statutory returns, such as Annual returns and other returns to Companies House
Contacting the bank, creditors and debtors of clients to confirm balances

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