David Anthony, FCMA 0285425
About David Anthony
David is a qualified CIMA Management Accountant with a current institutes practising certificate. David currently works for the following companies:
- LA Electrical Ltd (Finance Director and Company Secretary).
- Electrical contractor that specializes in both Commercial and Domestic wiring, fault finding, home automation, hot tubs, spa baths and PAT Testing.
- Quality Controls Technology Ltd - QCT (Finance Director and Company Secretary).
- QCT manufactures belt weighing equipment and speed monitoring alarms.
- Sludge Tek Limited (Company Secretary).
- Industrial Effluent Treatment.
- User Friendly Business Solutions Limited (Finance Director and Company Secretary).
- UFBS provides full management accounting services including wage preparation and consultancy services.
- UFBS recommend QuickBooks® Pro to our customers for their accounting needs.
- UFBS still have and are supporting and helping customers with all versions of QuickBooks from 2000 onwards.
- UFBS also provide a full suite of support and services for QuickBooks® Pro.
David's Specialization
David specializes in system implementation and design, with the emphasis on cost reduction using his experience gained while in his present role along with working experience previously gained from working in a range of varying industries.
David says: "In this age of increasing costs the key to fighting these are strong systems coupled with management controls. Proper well documented systems are your first step to gaining BS5750 or ISO9000 which all expanding businesses require."
These skills have been used to take one company from a small private company to part of a large listed plc. They have also encouraged David to invest in his own companies.
Consultancy Work
Between 11-May 1996 and 31-July 2001 David worked (via UFBS) as a consultant on a variety of different length interim management projects (the longest lasting fourteen months). The varied range of projects has help increase the range of skills he is able to offer to new assignments.
Varied Roles
David is always looking for new assignments to enable him to help develop and grow UFBS and to build long term business relationships with his customers.
David charges on either a fixed hourly rate fee, a fixed fee for the job or a percentage of the savings on cost saving exercises. In this way your commitment is controllable by yourselves. Iinitial consultations are always free so you do not take any risk or commitment.
Some of the roles David has taken on, include:
| Company | Nature Of Task |
|---|---|
| SCA Packaging | Helping to re-establish controls after the migration to SAP from a non year 2000 system. |
| East Midland Electricity (for Lucidus Ltd) | To work as part of a team of consultants whose role was to re-establish
procurement creditability. At the same time establish IT procurement projects
for opening up of the supply industry and be ready for Year 2000.
Once this was underway to help recruit and train new staff to replace the consultant's team. Documenting the system and setting up standard terms and conditions for IT supply. |
| Protake Limited | Complete a feasibility study for the purchase of a range of catering machines from the USA. |
| Peppercorns (New Zealand Natural Foods) | Review the computer system and suggest the updates required. Source and install system updates including new Windows fileserver and memory upgrades for existing equipment. Provide telephone support. |
| Capital Property Care Limited | Complete a feasibility study on setting up a 24 hour call centre for McDonald's service work. |
| Garden Leisure | Setup and install a Quest accounting software system. Upgrade computers and train the staff on how to use the system. Provide ongoing support. |
| Various private individuals | Advice on business setups and tax, VAT returns and payroll matters. |
| CF Taylor (Wokingham) | Setting up Sage 100 computer system for 5 companies including consolidation accounts. |
| Aquapal Limited | Work as part of a skeleton crew cleaning up the business and collecting in the outstanding Debtors after the company ceased trading. Then handing over the company to the official receiver. |
| Radiant Knowledge Systems Limited | Working on a company de-merger setting up new system looking after Dutch, French, USA and UK payrolls. Providing system documentation and liaising with various outside agencies. For VAT, PAYE, NI and Data Protection etc. |
| Wade McDonald Associates | Reconciling the balance sheet items and providing year-end journals. Providing advice to ways to reduce the growing audit costs. |
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Woosehill
Wokingham
Berkshire, RG41 3AU
ENGLAND
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