Narinder Singh

Manage in-year budget changes by uploading updates to Business Central and support monthly FTE/staff cost forecasting with HR. Build FT&E forecast charts, consolidate directorate budgets, and produce monthly L&D and workforce plan reporting.

Produced directorate risk and opportunity reporting, including monthly transparency and learning & development reports, and supported in-year budget change applications. Reconciled Hyperion/Horizon reports containing actuals, forecasts and budget information and prepared annual financial performance reporting and finance board packs.

Prepared and posted monthly payroll journals, including corrections and additional payroll journals, and supported year-end accruals such as annual leave and apprenticeship levy calculations. Managed payroll documentation analysis by directorate and supported interim and final year-end payroll audit activity.

On secondment, supported finance business partnering by preparing and posting contingent labour and non-pay cost accruals, including professional/consultancy fees, and completing forecast updates and variance analysis. Prepared and presented finance slide packs and uploaded forecasts into Business Central for month end.

Produced weekly labour hour forecasts and stock movement reporting, and supported stock take activity by reconciling physical counts and posting journals to Business Central. Maintained weekly dashboards for stock counts and overtime hours and supported timesheet collation for labour analysis in Dynamics 365.

Performed rental income variance analysis and supported management account inputs through monthly stock report runs and LAD code checks. Maintained housing system reporting such as disposals, out of management, and handovers, and updated rent and service charges to ensure correct period and tenancy agreement accounting.

Completed monthly sales analysis and accrual posting, performed cost of sales and end-of-month P&L analysis with variance explanations, and supported inventory, accruals and fixed asset accounting. Assisted with statutory account preparation and worked on cash allocation, aged debt reporting and audit liaison activities.

Processed high-volume purchase ledger transactions and submitted CIS tax returns to HMRC while resolving customer queries related to outstanding payments. Supported supplier statement reconciliations, weekly payment runs (BACS and cheques), petty cash/procurement card processes, and audit reporting.

Managed accounts payable processing by registering invoices and credit notes in Microsoft Dynamics AX, matching invoices to purchase orders, and supporting supplier setup and query resolution. Ran weekly BACS/CHAPS/cheque and direct debit payments, produced supplier reconciliations, and generated daily MI using Excel.

Processed invoices by matching Goods Received Notes to invoices and handled invoice-related supplier queries. Supported credit control activities, including chasing credit notes and data entry/record keeping in Excel and Basware.

BA (Hons) in Accounting & Finance at Birmingham City University, with ACCA F1–F9 exemptions.

Grade: DDD (Distinction)

Completed a BTEC National Diploma in Business, achieving a DDD (Distinction, Distinction, Distinction).

Completed 11 GCSEs including Mathematics (B), Business Studies (C), English (C), and ICT (B).

ACCA Member and completed the following professional papers: P1 Corporate Governance, Risk and Ethics (Pass), P3 Business Analysis (Pass), SBR (Pass), AAA (Pass), and APM (Pass).