1. Name: Matthew Grahame Crouch
Location: 10 Cherry Tree Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN2 5QA
Mobile: 07984823066
Email: mattcrouch88@hotmail.co.uk
Personal Profile
Qualified AAT member and nearly part qualified ACCA member with five years financial experience
within a busy accounts department. Seeking a more challenging and advanced role in industry that
will provide continued study support towards my ACCA qualification. Ambitious and dedicated
individual with an enthusiastic and methodical approach to accounts work in general. Great at working
in a team and independently, used to meeting deadlines and can work on own initiative easily.
Looking to increase my skills in management accounting and further my career in the industry.
Education and Qualifications
2013 – Present
To date passed five of six ACCA fundamental papers at first sitting in which on completion will provide
part qualified status with a view to continue on to fully qualified ACCA status.
2010-2013
K College
Recently completed AAT level 4 in September 2013 focusing on subjects including Financial
Statements, Financial Performance, Budgeting, Credit Management and Personal Tax.
This course has helped me to develop abilities such as:
 An understanding of how to prepare financial accounts.
 A good knowledge of the financial statements.
 Managing cash flow and forecasting.
 Being able to liaise with shareholders/directors, picking out specific detail from
the financial statements and preparing budgets.
2012 – 2013
AAT Level 4 – K College – Passed 1st time
2011 – 2012
AAT Level 3 – K College – Passed 1st time
2010-2011
AAT Level 2 – K College – Passed 1st time
1999-2004
Beacon Community College
Passed 7 GCSE’s B-C grade including, Maths, English, Coordinated Science and Physical Education.
Employment
August 2016 – Present
International Controlled Atmosphere – Junior Management Account
Duties:
 Assisting with the completion monthly management accounts including aged debtor/creditor
analysis
 Assisting with the formatting on new management spreadsheets on excel
 Assisting with job costing analysis and profitability
 Completion of wage variance analysis
 Processing time sheets
 Fixed asset register & depreciation journals

2. March 2016 – July 2016
Biffa Municipal – Management Accounts Assistant
Duties:
 Variance analysis – Reviewing Statements of Profit & Loss for individual sites
 Accrual/Prepayments
 Payroll
 Managing a small purchase ledger team
 Stock journals
 One to one meetings with purchase ledger team
 Monthly meetings with regional managers
March 2014 – February 2016
ICON Relocation Limited – Management Accounts Assistant
ICON Relocation is in the Corporate Relocation sector and provides worldwide relocation services.
The company manages the relocation of corporate assignees and have been awarded the most
prestigious award within their sector for level of services provided.
Main areas of experience:
 Use of Quickbooks to a high level running detailed reports into excel for management
accounts purposes – This includes using excel formulas such as ‘vlookups’, ‘IF’ statements,
Pivot tables and conditional formatting
 Producing excel reports to provide for our clients management accounts
 Managing a team of three employees within the Finance team
 Reviewing processed purchase ledger bills to ensure correct coding is applied
 Creating new processes internally to improve coordination between departments
 Variance analysis on expense accounts and to budgets
 Intercompany accounts
 Bank reconciliations
 Control and maintenance of client accounts
 Creating excel reports for management accounts purposes
 Managing foreign exchange transactions
September 2012 – March 2014
The Natural Health Practice – Finance Administrator
Main areas of experience:
 Knowledge of SAGE, Quickbooks Excel
 Sales ledger and purchase ledger roles, consisting of inputting invoices, taking
invoices off hold, liaising with colleagues/suppliers/customers, credit controlling,
creating aged debtors reports, reconciling supplier/customer accounts, creating
payment runs, filing, recharging invoices, raising inter-company invoices,
analysing and reviewing due lists with management and dealing with queries.
 Regular use of internet banking, printing off statements, creating payments and
transfers, reviewing the bank account balances, bank reconciliations, company
credit card reconciliations
 Managing and reconciling V.A.T report to Patient Income reports monthly,
analysing data, liaising with colleagues regarding discrepancies and posting to
Quickbooks. Responsible for creating the procedure showing initiative and
understanding of the process.
 Maintaining and reconciling petty cash and processing expenses onto system

3.  Managing royalty statements received, updating royalty advance spreadsheets
and raising V.A.T invoices to publishers
 Responsible for posting payroll journals, petty cash journals and credit card
journals monthly
 Managing new trade customers including issuing of trade reference letters and
agreeing payment terms
 Maintaining and Posting prepayments and accruals for month end
 Assisting with month/year end accounts, reviewing and analysing financial
statements, updating the cash flow forecast,
 I am fortunate to work in a busy but small accounts department and so I have
learnt to work well in a team and become very flexible with helping others in my
team, especially during the month end process.
January 2011- August 2012
Regis Mutual Management Ltd – Apprenticeship Accountant
Main areas of experience:
 Processing all purchase and sales ledger invoices
 Credit control including chasing debtors, agreeing payment terms, creating and
issuing letters, liaising with colleagues/customers/suppliers and filing invoices
 Bank reconciliations
 Setting up BACS payments and raising creditor cheques
 SAGE Line 50
 Good customer service and phone manner.
References
Name: Elizabeth Lee
Company: Biffa Municipal
Job Title: Management Accountant
Contact email address: Elee1989@yahoo.com
Name: Anna Franklin
Company: ICON Relocation
Job Title: Finance Director
Contact email address: anna.franklin@iconrelocation.com