Gemma Dyer

Solely managed day-to-day finance operations, owning AP/AP processes, payroll, VAT/PAYE compliance and finance data preparation for cash-flow, budgets and deferred income to ensure accurate monthly reporting.

Prepared UK management accounts and month-end schedules, maintained asset finance and hire-purchase reconciliations, led audit deliverables and produced sustainability (Triple Bottom Line) reporting and accounting policies.

Delivered client management accounts, bookkeeping and complex VAT work (import/postponed VAT, margin scheme) for ~30 clients, performed reconciliations and Xero setups, and managed client-facing technical queries.

Owned group IFRS consolidated financial statements and SEC 20-F/6-K reporting, led month/quarter-end reporting, maintained SOX controls and developed the Accounting Policy Manual to resolve technical accounting issues.

Provided technical IFRS/UK GAAP advice, updated accounting policies and disclosures, and supported Expansion programme accounting and reporting to ensure compliance with standards and regulator requirements.

Managed Expansion programme financial control including capex/opex month-end processes, accruals/journals, recruiting and managing finance staff and ensuring controls for rapidly increasing spend.

Owned cash flow forecasting and reporting processes, produced explanations of cash movements and forecasts, and managed forecasting for AR financing impacts across periods and years.

Managed UK & Ireland statutory reporting, iXBRL tagging, corporate tax and VAT returns, internal controls and audit coordination while implementing FRS102 and converting US GAAP figures to UK GAAP.

Controlled preparation of statutory accounts and iXBRL tagging, supervised junior staff and managed offshore iXBRL team and CaseWare support to ensure file completion and client delivery.

Led audit teams and audit planning, prepared accounts for varied entities, trained and reviewed trainees' work, and managed client relationships and post-fraud systems reviews.

Completed the ACA exams with all first-time passes in November 2014 through Kaplan Financial.

Grade: 2:1 (equivalent)

Completed a Bachelor of Commerce in Accounting, awarded an equivalent 2:1 classification.

Activities and societies: Math SL 7/7; Geography HL 6/7; English HL 5/7; Chemistry HL 5/7; French SL 5/7; Physics SL 4/7

Completed the International Baccalaureate programme with Higher and Standard Level subject grades.

Attended secondary school prior to IB and university studies.