Accounts Assistant
About Candidate
Education/Qualification
- Current Level III AAT – Studying
- 2023 bachelor’s degree in accounting – The Manchester Metropolitan University
- 2020 GCSEs achieved including Maths and English – Bury College
Systems used
- Microsoft Word and Excel
- Quickbooks
- Navision
- Sage
Career Summary
Current Employer – Travel services company
Position – Accounts Assistant
Dates – March 2024 – Present
- Based in a team of five reporting to the Financial Controller and is responsible across a range of activities for both daily and monthly accounting functions
- At yearend collaborated with auditors across invoices, bank reconciliations and Credit Cards to demonstrate evidence of payment and provision
- Responsible across a range of activities to support the month end function
- Cashflow – supplies a weekly report to the Financial on Excel identifying paid and outstanding invoices to be carried over for cashflow purposes
- Expenses – reviews all mileage/ fuel / miscellaneous – ensures all on Sage and exports to Eque2 – presents document to the Financial Controller
- Has assisted with Balance Sheet reconciliations
- Treasury – reconciles expenses and credit cards weekly on to Sage 50 and exports to Eque 2 and posts receipts
- Monthly processes circa five hundred invoices across Sales and Purchase Ledgers on to Sage and transfers to Eque2
- Responsible for end-to-end Purchase Ledger – circa four hundred invoices per month – matching, batching, and coding invoices, processing payments and reconciliations – values up to £100,000
- Resolves invoice queries from suppliers and is responsible for supplier statement reconciliations
- Assists with month end procedures including prepayments, accruals, and bank reconciliations
- Raises required PO Numbers with the related job numbers
- Sales Ledger including – identifying deviations or variations from approved payments, reconciliations, and accurate recording of transactions
- Coding invoices with vendor and general ledger code numbers accurately
Reason for Leaving: Career Progression
Previous Employer – Construction Company
Position – Apprentice Accounts Assistant
Dates – September 2023 – March 2024
- Reported to the Finance Manager – worked as part of a team of nine
- Assisted across a range of Finance / Accounting tasks – and in support of the Assistant Accountant
- Raised circa three hundred Sales invoices per month with values up to £45,000
- Processed circa five hundred invoices per month with values up to circa £250,000
- Used Sage to prepare Sales Invoices – for Customers across UK / France / Germany / China
- Worked with Internal and External contacts – Query Management and Resolution
- Assisted with Posting Journals
- Assisted with Ledger Reconciliations and Supplier Statement Reconciliations
- Processing Client Records accurately using Sage, Quick Books and Excel daily
- Allocated Cash and Card Receipts
- Input Income and Expenses entries on Sage, Navision, and Excel
Previous Employer – Bank
Position – Customer Service Advisor
Dates – January 2023 – September 2023
- Delivering an excellent Customer experience ensuring all Halifax customers were dealt with efficiently and expertly
- Answered Customer enquiries and resolve Customer issues in an efficient and timely manner
- Provided information about products and services, taking orders, processing payments, addressing complaints, and troubleshooting technical issues
Previous Employer – Bank
Position – Fraud Investigator
Dates – January 2021 – December 2022
- Able to identify fraud patterns as an experienced individual and reported claims on fraud matters over the phone then documented this while gathering evidence from customers
- Running background checks; conducting extensive and confidential investigations of suspected fraud allegations
- Answered calls and asked appropriate questions
- Awarded certificate for best customer service for the month
Previous Employer – Broadcasting Company
Position – Advisor
Dates – January 2021 – June 2021
Previous Employer – Retail
Position – Crew Member
Dates – August 2017 – March 2019
