Linkedin Profile of Mr Mansoor Ismail

Personal Details:

Address:            260, Greenlane Road, Leicester , LE5 4PA, United Kingdom

Mobile Tel:            07706605011  Home Tel: 01163190463

Secondary Email:        mansoor.ismail@accountant.com

Web Site:            http://uk.linkedin.com/in/mansoorismail

Primary Nationality:  British



SUMMARY:

A retired, professional Accountant and Business Projects Manager with 40 years of UK and international experience gained in various accountancy practices, industrial and commercial organisations.

Has a wealth of experience in NGO, large corporate organisations, small and expanding enterprises, managing audits and reporting, financial control, running small businesses, training and managing change, developing excellent customer service and management standards. Looking for a challenging role in a growing company.



EDUCATION:

Harper Adams University College, London, United Kingdom.          2011 - 2012

Professional Skills for International Development

Loughborough University, Loughborough, United Kingdom.            2005 - 2006

MBA. Business Administration. Modules: Business Economics, Decision Support Systems, Information Systems Strategy and Planning, Career Management and Development, Contemporary Management Issues, Creative Problem Solving.

Loughborough College,  1996 – 1997 - AAT

Blantyre Polytechnic,  1970 – 1972 - ACCA Intermediate. In house training with Coopers & Lybrand, Malawi. GCE "A" Levels in English , Mathematics, Accounts



EXPERIENCE:

Freelancer and Contractor -  City Accounting Services                                                                                         Sep 1978 – Present

Clients service in audit, accounting, taxation, IT and business support, business administration, training.

Achievements:

*  Writing and publishing training books. Subject matter expert with The Chartered Management Institute, contributed in training to management and accounting graduates.

*  Interim contracts with firms of Chartered Accountants, commercial and industrial organisations in many locations and countries. Specialising in Sage and various popular bespoke accounting, tax, VAT and payroll systems.

*  Contract services in financial and business analysis, IT and business support, IT training in CRM, projects management, help desk support, network and server administration, Microsoft technologies, IT technical sales and administration, ERP/clouds systems, business consultancy.

*  Financial Control with solid management accounting and general management experiences in  manufacturing and commercial companies of up to £ 80m turnover.

*  IT Project management of improving information systems, implementing new financial and management accounting and payroll systems, managing change and people, improving business performances.

*  Properties, facilitation, volunteering, teams and training management to develop 100s of team members in diverse cultures in several countries. Managing restoration, historical and religious properties, improving systems of security, maintenance and repairs and treasury management.

*  Setting up, developing and selling a series of own businesses in the UK and many countries abroad. Forming new limited companies and charity/ NGO groups, business planning, budgetary control.



Audit Senior - Cunnington Co                       Sep 1975 - Aug 78

Clients service in audits, financial and management accounting, taxation, company statutory and small business advisory.

Achievements:

Carried out audits for private companies, financial and management accounting and taxation for various small firms, payroll and VAT accounting, setting up systems of accounting and internal controls for manufacturing businesses.

 

Audit Clerk - Coopers Lybrand International        Aug 1970 - Aug 75

Clients service in audit, financial accounting, taxation, company statutory and business consultancy.

Achievements:

Carried out audits of international charity organisations and overseas subsidiaries in Malawi, prepared consolidated and published accounts, prepared management reports for boards of directors. 



SUMMARY OF SKILLS

Professional:

*    Accounting                                   ( 4 recent referees)

*    Auditing                                     ( 2 recent referees)

*    Management                                   ( 2 recent referees)

*    Financial Accounting                         ( 1 recent referee)

*    Management Accounting                        ( 1 recent referee)

*    Small Business                               ( 1 recent referee)

*    Business Development                         ( 1 recent referee)

*    Bookkeeping                                  ( 1 recent referee)

*    Customer Service                             ( 1 recent referee)

*    Financial Audits                             ( 1 recent referee)

IT Systems:

*  Sage Accounts Line 50. Line 100, Line 200, Line 500 ERP integrated

*  Cyborg and Pyramid HR and Payroll Systems, IRIS, CODA Financials

*  Cash Flow and Cash Management, Fixed Assets

*  Microsoft Technologies

*  MS Office 2010, MS Project Management

*  Cloud Remote Access and Online accounting systems

*  IT Technical services, PC Support, networking and security

*  E-book and E-Pub Writing software by Lulu Publishing

*  Siebel integrated CRM, Oracle project management, Oracle financials

*  SAP Purchases and documents management

Training and Community Projects:

*  Formed various groups of volunteering, social, academic, sports, business and community interests in several countries.

*  Initiated work experience training projects in Business Management  including Reading Groups to improve best practices.

*  Running series of market stalls, fairs and exhibition stalls, fund-raising accountant with Orphans in Need charity.

*  Lumosity Brain Training program, achieved 120 BPI with best performance in memory and problem-solving

*  The Certificate of attendance in Professional Coaching

*  Excellence in Customer Services using Siebel CRM and Oracle project management systems.

*  Team management award on completion of training course of Directors' Business Improvement plans and Project Management.

*  Audit training with Coopers & Lybrand International - 1970 – 1973.



Associations:

The Chartered Management Institute - http://www.managers.org , Since: Dec-2005

Loughborough University Alumni - www.lboro.ac.uk/alumni , Since: Jan-2009



Outside Interests:

Attending board meetings and seminars, walking and mountaineering groups, health and fitness coaching, volunteering, family life.