Accounts Assistant

Education/Qualification

• 2023     AAT Level 4

• AAT Level 3 -Advanced Diploma in Accounting
• 2011     KOTK Specialised School for Accounting
• 2009     Ballasa Balint High School – GCSEs equivalent, Mathematics and English

Systems used

• Microsoft Word and Excel
• Sage 50
• Opera
• SAP

Career Summary

Current Employer – Wholesaler – £2.8m T/O

Position – Accounts Clerk        

Dates – March 2022 – Present

• Working in a team of 4 reporting to the Finance Manager
• Daily bank reconciliation in Opera 3 accountancy program
• End to End Credit Control
• Bad debt prevention
• Processing circa 280 invoices per week
• Maintaining sales/purchase ledger and journals
• Raising cheques, matching and posting payments to suppliers
• Posting customers payments, cheques to Opera
• Posting credit card and PayPal receipts in the weblog
• Organising transports, raising purchase orders, checking freight forwarders invoices, ensuring the correct commodity code has been used
• Downloading Deferment and Postponed VAT statements, checking duty and VAT
• Contacting HMRC for incorrectly charged duty/VAT, putting claim if necessary
• Preparing and submitting VAT returns quarterly
• Preparing financial statements and reports
• Completing month end tasks, reconciling banks statements (EUR, GBP) including Credit cards, PayPal and Import Loans
• Accepting bills via HSBC Net and any relevant correspondence
• Checking all relevant contract for suppliers and insurances
• Balancing intercompany account

Previous Employer – Designs and Manufactures of Products(T/O – £2.4b)

Position – Finance Manager

Dates – June 2021 – February 2022

• Worked at an applied technologies company managing the financial aspects of the business
• Duties include using the BPC intercompany accounting system as well as MS Office
• Completed financial reports, leading the month end closing process
• Conducted monthly sales forecasts
• Processed expenses and reporting by SAP Concur for two companies
• Ensured the financial reports are prepared and delivered on time
• Ensured accurate calculation and distribution of salaries, shopfloor wages and other benefits to staff
• Balanced bank accounts for two companies daily including currency accounts
• Approved and entered purchase orders
• Balanced and prepared payment schedules for two companies and upload these to the bank

Previous Employer – Plastics Manufacturer(T/O – £7.7m)

Position – Finance Officer

Dates – 2014 – 2021

• Duties include Processing invoices and purchase ledgers
• Daily goods stock control in Sage 50 Accounts
• Goods in and out
• Maintained the general ledger and journals
• Prepared financial statements and reports
• Reconciled bank statements
• Kept accurate reports for all daily transactions
• Completed payroll period end routines
• FPS, RTI, NVR, EPS and check legislation settings
• Processed of new starters and leavers onto the payroll system
• Post salary journals to the accounts software
• Create pay elements, deductions, net payments and pensions schemes
• Gathered information on hours worked for each employee and emailing out payslips
• Prepared reports by compiling summaries of earnings, taxes, deductions, leave, disability and non-taxable wages
• Completed and understood the job retention scheme
• Expense processing and auditing claims

Previous Employer – Provider of Integrated Security

Position – Apprentice

Dates – 2011 – 2012

• Undertook an apprenticeship in maintenance and payroll
• SAP administration duties