Accounts Assistant

Education/Qualification

• 4 GCSEs including Mathematics and English
• Health and Safety Training / First Aid

Systems used

• Microsoft Word and Excel – Intermediate
• Sage Line 50 and 100
• Internal Systems

Career Summary

Current Employer – Vehicle and Equipment Hire

Position – Assistant Accountant

Dates – January 2009 – Present

• Working in a team of 6 – reporting to External Accountant (Used to be internal)
• Responsible for preparation of accounts through to trial balance – passes on to the external accountant/performing all bookkeeping and accounting tasks ensuring they are ready for review
• Responsible for managing accounts receivable processes by raising invoices/monitoring customer payments/maintaining effective credit control procedures- Processing high volume of invoices daily
• Accounts payable duties including processing supplier invoices/organising payment runs/reconciling supplier invoices/resolve any discrepancies- Processing 100’s of invoices daily
• Performs daily bank reconciliations/updates daily transactions on to the Cash Book
• Prepares and submits the monthly VAT returns
• Responsible for preparation and payment of staff’s monthly salaries
• Reconciles subcontractor’s invoices/pay’s every four weeks
• Responsible for reconciliation of company fuel cards monthly/Reconciliation of float accounts

Previous Employer – Financial Services(Various roles from 2003 – 2009)

Position – Accounts Assistant

Dates – 2006 – 2009

•  Managing accounts receivable processes by raising invoices, monitoring customer payments, and maintaining effective credit control procedures
• Accounts payable duties including processing supplier invoices, organising payment runs, reconciling supplier invoices and resolve any discrepancies
• Perform daily bank reconciliations and updating daily transactions on to the Cash Book

Position – Finance Underwriter

Dates – 2003 – 2006