Alex Elliott

Alex Elliott has a diverse work experience in finance and accounting roles. They started their career as a Trainee Accountant at PJD Group, where they gained experience in bank reconciliations, sales ledger, and purchase ledger. They also handled responsibilities such as completing VAT reconciliations and payments, balance sheet reconciliations, and preparing forecasts using Sage WinForecast.

Afterwards, Alex worked as an Assistant Management Accountant at PJD Group, where they acted as the Management Accountant for the Industrial sector. Their responsibilities included preparing monthly management accounts, reconciling live jobs lists, ensuring timely invoicing, and attending production meetings to report on job status. They also analyzed variances between actual results and budget and prepared board reports for the Financial Director.

They then joined Palletways UK Ltd as an Assistant Management Accountant, where they prepared management accounts for different business units and maintained regular communication with Finance Managers and General Managers. Their role also involved reviewing accruals and prepayments, balance sheet reconciliations, credit checking new customers, and providing accurate information to senior management.

Next, Alex worked as a Management Accountant at Mobotec, where they were responsible for managing accounts for the US, UK, and EU contracts. They collaborated with project managers and the Managing Director to budget for long-term projects, including revenue, cost, and cash budgets.

Following that, Alex joined Grayton Engineering Ltd as a Management Accountant with full P&L responsibility for the company. They worked closely with the General Manager to set the annual budget, update monthly forecasts, review contract performance, and support other departments such as procurement and tendering.

Currently, they hold the position of Financial Controller at PJD Engineering, where they are responsible for financial management.

Alex Elliott earned a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree from Alliance Manchester Business School, which was completed between 2021 and 2023. Prior to that, they attended CIMA and AAT without completing any specific degree. Additionally, Alex Elliott studied at Thomas Alleynes Sixth Form from 2005 to 2007, but no degree information was provided.