ACCA Part Qualified Accounts Assistant

Education/Qualification

• 2021     Edge Hill University  – BSc Hons Accounting  2:1
• 2018     A Level achieved in Accounting / Level 3 Certificate in Sport – Bury College
• 2016     9 GCSEs achieved at grade A* – B including Maths and English – Mount St Joseph’s High School

Systems used

• Microsoft Word and Excel
• Sage
• Xero
• SAP
• Power BI
• Inhouse Systems

Career Summary

Most Recent Employer –  Multi-site care and supported living group | 8 supported living services & 2 care homes | £30m+ turnover

Position – Assistant Accountant (FTC)

Dates – July 2025 – February 2026

• Reported to Interim Finance Director
• Brought in to support month-end, maintain ledgers and take ownership of management accounts for one entity covering four services during a period of reporting improvement

Transactional & Ledger Responsibilities

• Managed full purchase ledger for multiple cost centres including invoice processing, supplier statement reconciliations and payment runs
• Performed bank and credit card reconciliations and resolved reconciling items
• Supported sales ledger and funding reconciliations using CareHQ, aligning income to occupancy and funding rates
• Recovered £200k of aged debt (3+ months) through detailed investigation and liaison with commissioners

Month-End & Management Accounts

• Prepared accruals, prepayments, journals and intercompany postings
• Reconciled key balance sheet control accounts (Net Pay, PAYE, pensions, accruals)
• Produced monthly management accounts for one entity (4 services) including:
• P&L preparation and nominal reviews
• Variance analysis vs budget and prior month
• Staffing cost analysis (agency vs permanent)
• Revenue analysis by funding type (NHS, Local Authority, private)
• Supporting schedules and commentary for Finance Director
• Presented variances to service managers, answering queries on spend and funding

Process Improvements & Achievements

• Reduced month-end timeline from 12 working days to 8 days by closing PL earlier and improving reconciliations
• Strengthened funding reconciliations between CareHQ and Xero
• Acted as finance contact during audit, preparing schedules and resolving queries

Previous Employer – Multi-Platform Retail

Position – Accounts Assistant (Contract) – placed via Recruitment Solutions (NW) Ltd

Dates – October 2024-May 2025

• Reported to the Head of Finance
• Worked across a range of Financial and Management Accounting tasks – including
  • Month End Tasks; Balance Sheet Reconciliations, Bank Reconciliations, Credit Card Recs and reconciling Overseas Supplier Statements
  • Set up purchase ledger approval process to streamline invoicing approval systems
  • Created procedure guides for temporary staff to use for all tasks
  • Negotiated Payment Plans with Overseas Suppliers
• Accruals and Prepayments, assisting Management Accountant with Month tasks
• Cashflow Forecasting for multiple entities in Group
• Responsible for managing Company Car and Van fleets

Previous Employer – Planning / Design – Consultants

Position – Accounts Assistant (Contract)

Dates – May 2024 – October 2024

• Reports to the Financial Controller – works as part of a team of 8 in Finance – there is also a team of Credit Controllers
• Works to Bimonthly process Employee Expenses – which feeds into Payment Run
• Purchase Ledger – works to process Invoices / Set Up PO’s – gains Authorisation for Payment – Reconciles for Month End
• Assists with a range of other Finance tasks including Bank and Credit Card Reconciliations
• Assist with Queries from Audit Team
• Ad hoc duties as required by the Finance / Credit Control Teams

Previous Employer – Dentist

Position – Accounts Assistant (FTC)

Dates – June 2023 – April 2024

• Reported to a Finance Team Leader – worked across a range of Financial / Management Accounting tasks – daily used Xero
• Assisted with preparation of data to be included in Balance Sheet Reconciliations / updated Profit and Loss Statements
• Assisted with preparation of Bank Reconciliations
• Assisted with resolution of Finance / Accounting queries from16 different Practices
• Assisted with maintaining Fixed Asset Register
• Assisted with preparation of a range of Month and Year End tasks
• Payroll – responsible for collation of Payroll data (self-employed)
• Liaised with the audit team to ensure all processes were up to date and competent

Previous Employer – Supermarket

Position – Accounts Receivable Finance Assistant

Dates – August 2021 – June 2023

• Assisted in preparation of Bank Reconciliations analysing and solving any discrepancies – high volume / requiring a high level of attention to detail
• Daily Allocated large amounts of Cash and Reconciled
• Aged Debt – updated using Power BI
• Responsible for sending out Statements – worked internally and externally across a range of Queries
• Daily used SAP for Invoices and Journals
• Assisted with preparation of Data for Month End

Previous Employer – Transport Company

Position – Finance Assistant – Voluntary

Dates – 2020 – July 2021

• Assisted in bank reconciliations analysing and solving any discrepancies
• Calculated written-off receivables
• Chased outstanding receivables
• Conducted regular business reviews of financial performance with other branches
• Helped departments to plan, manage and report their budget forecasts
• Regular monitoring of the transactions within the business and monitoring the performance via book-keeping
• Worked with SAGE to process invoices accurately and efficiently always maintaining a high standard