AAT Part Qualified

Education/Qualification

• 2024    Wigan and Leigh College – AAT Level 2 Certificate in Accounting
• 2024    Wigan and Leigh College – AAT Level 3 Diploma in Accounting
• 2023    Advance Performance – Leadership Development Training Programme
• 2004    The Park School – 5 GCSEs Achieved, including Mathematics and English

Systems used

• Excel – Lookups / Pivots / Sums
• MS Dynamics AX, MSD Cloud Based, MS Dynamics – Navision
• Subsystems: Coupa / Concur / Maximo / Tradex
• SAP
• Word & Outlook

About

• Has worked with MS Dynamics AX, MSD Cloud Based, MS Dynamics – Navision
• Familiar with General Ledger processing, Bank reconciliations, Cash postings, Costs Reporting
• Worked with Dashboards and Excel
• Trained team members
• At MJ Murphy supported new Service Centre – installation of MSD 365 – UAT, analysing, checking imports and reconciliations

Career Summary

Current Employer –Small Marketing Company in Knutsford

Position – Accountant – Assignment

Dates – April 2025 – ongoing

• Reports to the Finance Manager and is working through aged information – outstanding invoices / misallocations / unpaid bills

Previous Employer – Facilities Management Business (multi-million-pound turnover)

Position – RTR Accountant

Dates – February 2023 – February 2025

• Reported to the RTR Team Leader and based in a team of sixteen staff
• Posting monthly cost apportionment journals, investigating and resolving any discrepancies
• Calculating and posting monthly accruals
• Monthly Balance Sheet reconciliations, investigating and resolving any discrepancies
• Managing and analysing large data sets using Excel, Vlookups, Pivot Tables and Macros
• Reporting spends and costs to relevant Business Units, to assist with budget management and financial position reporting
• Continuous improvement, recommending changes to make processes leaner
• Testing and implementing changes according to business change procedures
• Writing, reviewing, and updating Standard Operating Procedures
• Preparing and posting Cashbook entries
• Daily, weekly, and monthly bank reconciliations according to the relevant schedule per account
• Testing, onboarding, and implementing new bank accounts and Balance Sheets, as well as providing training to the wider team
• Investigating issues relating to both BAU and project processes, RCA, and risk analysis

Previous Employer – Facilities Management Business

Position – Senior PTP Cash & Payments Associate

Dates – October 2020 – February 2023

• Reported to the Cash and Payments Team Leader
• Worked on the unallocated cash Project Team, as well as assisting with the management of the BAU Payments Team

• Management of resource and distribution of workload to the Cash and Payments Team
• Led daily team calls and regular training sessions
• Provided support and guidance to the Cash and Payments Team, and other internal departments
• First POC on the escalation route for cash and payments issues
• Reviewed paperwork for Bacs and manual payments
• Investigated issues – RCA, and risk analysis
• Wrote, reviewed, and updated Standard Operating Procedures, Process Mapping, and other internal business policies
• Regular reporting and analysis on debit balances, unallocated cash and PTP debit items
• Collated and verified data for the monthly and quarterly write-off exercises
• Liaised with other departments to support the Finance Improvement Programme
• Ensured the business adhered to payments policies and controls
• Manual bank transaction postings such as direct debit payments, failed payments, and supplier refunds
• Investigated and resolved payment queries, including debit balances, unallocated payments/refunds, and bank ledger corrections

Previous Employer – Construction (t/o circa £1.4bn)

Position – Accounts Payable Specialist

Dates – April 2018 – June 2020

• Worked in the Payments Team, raising and processing payments
• Assisted in the implementation of new finance software
• Processed regular supplier and subcontractor BACs payments according to strict deadlines
• Processed manual one-off payments, urgent payments, HMRC payments, pension payments and payroll advance payments
• Processed credit card/virtual card payments where appropriate
• Investigated and rectified discrepancies between payment proposals and aged creditors reports
• Manual bank transaction postings such as direct debit payments, failed payments, and supplier refunds
• Regular reporting on aged creditors and payment volumes
• Statement reconciliations against supplier statements and ledgers

Previous Employer – Business to Business Service

Position – Various roles

Dates – October 2015 – April 2018

Position – Accounts Payable Helpdesk Team Leader

Dates – February 2018 – April 2018

• Managed and supervised the Accounts Payable Helpdesk, which is the first port of call for supplier queries/issues
• Assessed and prioritised team workload based on team capacity and skillset
• Ensured the team could respond to email queries within one working day
• Provided support and motivation to the team
• Prioritised client queries from the designated hotline inboxes
• Dealt with escalations
• Collated and recorded data for weekly KPI reporting
• Reviewed and updated Standard Operating Procedures and Process Mapping
• Authorised payment terms and processing credit applications
• Maintained good working relationships with other colleagues within Head Office and sites

Position – Accounts Payable Clerk

Dates – October 2015 – February 2018

• Part of a busy Accounts Payable Team as both a Query Clerk and Invoice Processor
• Frequently outperformed invoice logging targets whilst being responsible for own accounts / awarded employee of the month April 2016 & June 2017
• Providing cover for the Team Leader and other colleagues
• Provided training, support, and assistance to new and existing colleagues within the team
• Used Excel to reconcile large accounts with Vlookups and Pivot Tables
• Used SAP frequently to perform a variety of tasks including resolving invoice queries, prepared payments, and reconciling accounts