Amanda James

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ABOUT AMANDA JAMES

Personal Profile Experienced and innovative director with sophisticated client management, staff management and business administration skills. High personal integrity, and able to relate to people at all levels in a professional manner and develop effective personal relationships. Highly articulate, confident, appropriately assertive and a persuasive team-builder, able to motivate and communicate with others to achieve targets. Dependable and reliable in supporting and enabling team effort to produce genuine and long-term sustainable development. Tenacious and flexible approach to the mutually beneficial achievement of business plans and personal/professional development goals of staff and clients. Loyal, conscientious and hard working, committed to achieving both business and personal development goals.Experience and achievements Management of a client portfolio covering a wide range of industry groups, including manufacturing, motor retail, technology, wholesale, retail and music and UK subsidiary companies reporting under US GAAP/GAAS and Sarbanes-Oxley. Advising and liaising with clients and reviewing annual audit, financial reporting and strategic business issues with a solution focussed approach. Direct line manager responsibility and working closely with HR and business unit line managers to ensure efficient and effective processes in recruitment, induction, appraisal and development of staff and involvement in national forecasting process.