*** The AAT Forum team 2007/08 ***

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edited June 8 in Student general

I started a similar thread to this last year which had a great response and blew away some of the mysteriousness that surrounds many of the regular and not so regular faces on here.

http://forums.aat.org.uk/forums/posts/list/13328.page

However, that was last year and times change quick - some have moved on from these Forums since then while new people have joined. Many of us are still sad enough to spend many hours a day on here, helping where and when we can or generally just having a natter and being silly - just see the Off Topic forum for ample evidence of the latter! However, rather than simply re-bumping the old thread back, I think it would be a better idea to start a new one for this season!

Same format as last year, a very simple template that can be quickly copied, edited and pasted for anyone new who wishes to participate or for anyone else who wants to update their old details.

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First name;

Age (be honest!);

Location;

Level of accountancy experience;

Time spent in accountancy;

Current role;

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So to kick off, here I am!

First name; Robert

Age (be honest!); 40 in November '07!

Location; Studying technician level in Worthing, West Sussex. Only PEV/PCR outstanding but now deferred until June 2008 and going back all the time.

Level of accountancy experience and expertise; Fair Γ’β‚¬β€œ I know what IÒ€ℒm doing as long as itÒ€ℒs not too technical!
Time spent in accountancy; 3 years, started at Foundation having had no previous accounting background whatsoeverÒ€¦ experienced a mid-life crisis which led to a sudden career change

Current role; Financial Controller for a glazing manufacturer. Responsibile for both sales and purchase ledgers, credit control and collection, CIS tax, some PAYE, journals and banking, P&L and balance sheet, VAT returns etc. Also producing management accounts and reports for the directors and external accountants. Pretty much the whole spectrum up to a certain expertise level. Also responsible for many employee personnel and legal issues, IT, the management of our company health and safety policy, purchasing or acquiring services for the company.

Thanks all!

Robert

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  • System
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    I didn't do the last one but I'll do this one I think!!

    First name: Steve
    Age: 25 cough cough I mean 32 (I have a cold)
    Location: manchester - currently studying for my diploma in international financial reporting standards with ACCA.

    Level of accountancy experience: FMAAT ACCA. Edit:I misread what you had to do with this one!! I started in industry at the age of 16 where I made lots of tea and coffee and did lots of filing!! Had a few knockbacks in various firms but found my current firm in 1999, trained and qualified with them and stayed there ever since and I don't think I'll leave.

    Time spent in accountancy: too long

    Current role: audit senior for a small but growing to medium sized firm in Manchester. Responsible for large portfolio of clients with the largest turnover being approx £20m. Recently my role has moved into technical compliance/practice assurance i.e. making sure accounts/audits are done in accordance with accounting/audit standards. As a result I have been the author of a number of articles published both on here and other websites which helps the trainees in our firm.


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    I strongly advise you to consider removing that last post, justly. The help and advice given on here by the many different contributors who take part is given freely despite it often being very time consuming. Mocking such advice when it's given is therefore a definite 'no no' and if you intend carrying on with your current course of action, you'll find that when you next ask for help, it's likely no-one will answer you.

    If you wish to carry on with the spirit of this thread in particular then please tell us some details of who you are, where you are from and what you do. However, if you're just going to use it as a launch pad to mock other very highly respected posters, I suggest you go away for a while and reconsider your own status as a future forum member.

    Robert
  • System
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    i have removed it but it wasnot intended as insult to contributors i also rely on contributors to help me.my english is 2nd language but i remove my post in case people read it wrongly.
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    Hi All,
    Don't class my self as a regular contributor but do try and help when I can as I always turn to the forums for when I need help :lol:

    Also didn't do this first time around, so it's just to let you guys know I'm still alive and kicking :lol:

    First name: Sharon

    Age: 43

    Location: Norfolk

    Level of accountancy experience: Not bad, have worked in accountancy (career change from retail management) for the last 11 years starting as accounts assistant working up to management accountant which has been achieved with experience and AAT.
    Passed AAT in 2005 and am now studying ATT for my sins!

    Current role: Last year I took the very deep plunge from a full time reasonably well paid job to become a MIP working from home. Scary as hell but have not looked back and only wished I had done it sooner.
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    I'm being lazy and copying my original response:

    Baggybooks aka Helen

    44

    Dorset

    Worked in accountancy since I left school - began as a junior clerk. Became a Management Accountant with the Granada group. Helped train new accountancy staff and set up new systems. I have also worked as an audit manager (which I hated!).

    Am currently a Company Secretary/Accountant. I oversee a team of five. I am responsible for producing the financial statements on a quarterly and annual basis.

    I also deal with the legal side of things and personnel matters - which means life is never dull!

    Yes, I know I'm a year older - but who's counting?
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    Neil

    29

    Cheltenham, Gloucestershire

    AAT Qualified/MAAT, Currently studying for the last paper of CIMA Managerial (intermediate) Stage.

    6 years

    Assistant Accountant for a retail operations and supply chain company. Work involves over seeing sales and purchase ledger, stock accounting, general management accounts and analysis, payroll and VAT.
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    :lol::lol::lol::lol: I like copy and paste, and I have even upped my age by 1

    First name; Claudia

    Age (be honest!); 42

    Location; Norfolk

    Level of accountancy experience; MAAT MIP about to start ATT (well if I ever fill in the form!)

    Time spent in accountancy; 10 years give or take

    Current role; self employed doing all and sundry for various sole traders, partnerships, ltd co's etc - really I suppose a jack of all trades.


    Claudia

    PS - for all those that wondered, yes I am still alive, but so very very busy at the moment.
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    :lol::lol::lol::lol: I can cut, paste and update!

    First Name: Farmer (Peter)

    Age (be honest) 55

    Location: S.Yorks

    Level of experience:
    6 years in '70's(including RAF)
    & 3.5 years current

    Still Studying Technician level

    Currently working in a practice and specializing in VAT. Also preparing accounts from incomplete records i.e carrier bags full of you know what! Also finalizing accounts and doing SA/CT returns, credit control,involved in offshore bank accounts and companies plus Foundations and..(still).... general dogsbody.
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    Here's my copy n paste :)

    First name; Dean

    Age (be honest!); 25

    Location; Devon

    Level of accountancy experience; MAAT MIP, ATT (part-qualified) (due to complete Nov 07).

    Time spent in accountancy; 8 years

    Current role; Self employed, preparing accounts for sole traders, partnerships and Limited companies. Dealing with tax related matters covering, Income Tax, Corporation Tax, CGT, Payroll, VAT etc.

    Regards

    Dean
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    First name; Frank

    Age (be honest!); 39

    Location; Bristol

    Level of accountancy experience; 19 years of various government finance regimes. Qualified MAAT in 2003, after doing Foundation in 1998, Intermediate in 2001 and Technician in 2002. I haven't felt the urge to do CIMA (etc) as I am pretty much studied-out. I have to do training, CPD etc so that's enough time out from the "day job".

    Time spent in accountancy; (see above: about 19 years in various finance roles in the civil service - which has seen some changes, I can tell you! )Started as assistant to a management accountant working on setting up commercial-style/business accounts in the early 1990s... then about 6 years ago, started using the new "resource accounting and budgeting" through Oracle GL and other applications.

    Current role; Project finance officer, which involves a range of work, from investment appraisals/business cases, to Treasury-related submissions and expenditure planning, monthly budgeting/budget-management, producing end-year/end-month audit packs (Financial Statements and evidence for balances and movements across the BS, OCS, GL, CFS etc), risk planning, management information reporting, ... I'm jack of all trades and master of none!

    I haven't been much around much either, extremely busy on the domestic front with the likelihood fo a new arrival in the family soon!!! :O
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    First name; Jackie

    Age (be honest!); Oh dear. :oops: 49

    Location; Staffordshire/Cheshire border

    Level of accountancy experience; Did AAT Foundation and Intermediate in 2006/07 and now doing PEV,PCR and DFS all in December.

    Time spent in accountancy;I have done book keeping for family businesses since I was 16 and saw the introduction of VAT. :roll:

    Current role; I do the accounts for my husbands business and my own embroidery business.

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    Oooh can I join in please?? :lol:

    First name; Kelly

    Age (be honest!); 30

    Location; Runcorn, Cheshire

    Level of accountancy experience; Erm, none! Just signed up to AAT Certificate, really want a good future for my husband and children so thought I best start somewhere! Hoping to find a part time junior accounts role within the next year to get my foot on the ladder


    Time spent in accountancy; same again not a lot!

    Current role; Customer service - luckily for me (but not them!) our accounts dept have re-located to Poland and I have been given debits/credits as part of my job for the last 3 months so getting a little bit of experience there!
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    First Name- Kelly

    Age - 25 in December

    Location- Birmingham

    Level of accountancy experience - Currently at Technician stage for the AAT with only PTC and DFS to do in December and getting round to finally finishing the project :) hoping to then study my ACCA asap depending if I pass my exams in Decemeber.

    Current Role- I work for a big company but in a small department where I deal with consolidated spreadsheets and downloading them onto journals and charge out to units in there correct periods. Am hoping to find a more accounts role and abit more varied but will have to see!!
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    First name; Emma

    Age (be honest!);25

    Location; Darlington

    Level of accountancy experience; currently stucying toward at Technician level.

    Time spent in accountancy; 3yrs in current job, did a home study book keeping course before that.
    Current role; working in an accountants in middlesbrough, as an account assistant. hoping to complete AAT next july. Would like to go self employed as a book keeper after that. Don't know about further study!?!



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