Andrew Seymour
Group Management Accountant at Williams Motor Group
England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolAndrew Seymour is a Group Management Accountant with 18 years' experience blending financial leadership in fast-paced motor retail and hands-on recruitment entrepreneurship. He leads accounting teams to deliver timely, decision-ready MI, cashflow and margin protection while driving process modernisation and digital solutions across multi-site businesses. With a longstanding personal interest in IT—dating back to coding in TurboPascal—he has applied technical curiosity to database design, bespoke order-tracking systems and open-source contributions to notable projects like CodeIgniter and Spark. That mix of finance, operations and practical tech capability enables him to translate business requirements into pragmatic systems and controls. Known for resilience under pressure and a commitment to clear communication, he values openness, honesty and trust as the foundation for long-term client and team relationships. His career shows a pattern of stepping into transforming roles where process improvement and rapid deployment deliver measurable commercial results.
18 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Management Studies, 2:1, Bachelor's degree, Management Studies, 2:1 at University of NottinghamChemistry, Biology, Maths, Computing A-Levels, A,A,A,A, Chemistry, Biology, Maths, Computing A-Levels, A,A,A,A at Bolton School
French, German
Github Skills (13)
javas10
uid10
xmpp10
php10
php-framework10
spark10
front-end-development10
ui-design10
codeigniter10
java10
collaboration9
documentation9
cross-platform9
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
igniterealtime/Spark
May 2008 - Sep 2008
Cross-platform real-time collaboration client optimized for business and organizations.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:18 commits in 4 months
Contributions summary:Andrew primarily focused on enhancing the Spark client's user interface and chat functionalities, including group chat features. Their contributions involve UI improvements with color and layout changes, and adding options for users. They implemented preferences for group chat highlighting and notification behaviors. Furthermore, the user addressed a display issue related to long usernames and worked on integrating and developing the iTunes plugin.
openfirexmppcollaborationsparkxmpp-client
bcit-ci/CodeIgniter
Nov 2011 - Dec 2011
Open Source PHP Framework (originally from EllisLab)
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:8 commits in 1 month
Contributions summary:Andrew primarily contributed to the CodeIgniter framework's Cart library. Their work involved enhancing the library with new features like auto-incrementing quantities and a function to remove items. They also made changes to the user guide documentation and updated the changelog to reflect these modifications. The user also addressed spacing and syntax inconsistencies based on feedback.
php-frameworkphpphp7php8
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