Sam - University of Leeds

I'm a final year Economics student at the University of Leeds and a trainee chartered accountant and tax advisor, with over a years big 4 experience.

Work Experience

Assistant Tax Advisor

I have over a years experience working in a big four firm, working with clients including multinational investment banks. My roles included helping with tax audits, tax compliance and the coordination of offshore colleagues.

President of Leeds Economics Society

My role involves the coordination of committee members, planning of events and working together with academic for the benefits of Economics students at the university.

Technology Sales Consultant

Four years experience as a technology sales, specialising in the sale of Apple products. The role involved the meeting of 14 key performance indicators and working with B2B customers.

Fashion Business

I run my own clothing shoes business, turning over £30k in year one. I both purchased and sell the items myself, including the tracking of all sales and completing the relevant legal accounts and tax compliances.

I have formerly run an events business. My roles involved the designing of marketing and promotional material and photography.

Skills

Sales and business experience: Experience in sales and the need for the maintenance of margins, whilst keeping the customers needs in mind

Office: Proficient to a high level in the full suite. In particular Excel with knowledge of complex formulae and VBA.

Final Cut Pro X: Proficient in video editing, colour grading and audio mixing

Task Area:
Administration
Business development
Content writing
Customer service
Data analysis
Graphic design
Marketing
Market research
Social media
Software development
Translation
UX testing
Video editing
Web design
Software Capabilities:
Buffer
Canva
Excel
Google sheets
LinkedIn
Mailchimp
Photoshop / Illustrator
PowerPoint
SquareSpace
Wordpress
Industry Interests:
Education
Future Tech
Property
Arts / Culture
Investment / Finance
Health / Wellbeing
Policy / Law
Sports / Outdoors
Startups / Entrepreneurship
Travel / Cuisine
NGOs / Activism
Environment / Sustainability