Assistant Accountant

Education/Qualification

• AAT level 2 Part-qualified – Oldham College

• BTEC Travel and Tourism – Oldham Sixth Form College
• GCSE – Saddleworth High School

Systems used

• Microsoft 365, Word and Excel – Pivot / Formulas
• Infor LX Accounting software
• Sage
• Salesforce

Career Summary

Most Recent Employer – Software Company

Position – Accounts Receivable / Credit Controller

Dates – September 2025 – present

Previous Employer – Heating Manufacturer

Position – Accounts Receivable / Credit Controller

Dates – October 2021 – August 2025

• Reported to the Accounting Manager – worked end to end elements of Financial and Management Accounts
• Check all currency bank accounts and post payments to customer accounts
• Attend a morning operations meeting on behalf of the finance team
• Answer all emails in a timely manner in both accounts and personal Inbox (high volume)
• Answering any telephone calls that come through to accounts
• Liaise with our Inter-companies daily (offices worldwide, head office is based in the US)
• Take orders off hold when a customer has paid an overdue balance and put customers on hold if Invoices have fallen overdue
• Process Invoices, Credit notes and Statements
• Speak daily with our external sales reps / account managers worldwide to discuss
• Upcoming projects and make sure we can get the customer a credit limit to cover the order, if not discuss a proposal
• Take card payments over the phone
• Chase overdue customer accounts and send reminder emails on Invoices due
• Update the debtors report – Open Invoices with credit terms and is over £1M of chasing monthly
• Report on what has fallen overdue at the end of the month which is usually only £80k past due on 1st of the month and never more than 1-5 Invoices on 60 + days overdue and by the end of the month no more than £15k overdue on past due
• Match off pre-payments throughout the month
• Audit Queries, yearly audit / Quarterly VAT Return
• Attend a yearly VAT exhibition held by Deloitte – to keep updated with any changes
• Input AR cash flow figures Quarterly
• Monthly 5s health and safety audit and report any issues
• Manage the social committee
• Cover AP payments if accounts payable is on annual leave
• Month-end Financials / Bank reconciliation
• Aged receivables report, this is a detailed spreadsheet that I send to the head office in the US
• Check all pre-payments are matched off / Debtors report – detailed report on any Invoices that are over 60 + days overdue, reasons why we haven’t received payment
• Run a report in Infor LX that puts in exchange rates so that our accounts show in Dollars to the US head office
• Confirm Inter-company balances for any recharges etc.
• All employee expenses, Some accounts payable posting Journals

Previous Employer – Security company

Position – Credit Controller

Dates – November 2015 – July 2019

• Effective collection of overdue accounts daily by phone and email
• Identify overdue accounts and ensure appropriate action is taken to resolve the accounts as quickly as possible
• Prompt and accurate allocation of customer payments
• Distribution of invoices and credit notes
• Monitor credit limits and request new limits as required
• Log all customer queries onto the system
• Input credit notes onto customer accounts
• Using sage, sage pay and Maximiser on a daily basis
• Take card payments at the trade counter
• Create new accounts/clients onto Maximizer
• Create and arrange returns effectively
• Attend Exhibitions when required
• Liaison with customers, sales and other internal departments to resolve credit issues and build effective working relationships
• Adding figures onto the daily cash flow spreadsheet
• Sending the daily sales/target chart to internal department managers
• Responding to customer queries over the phone and via emails promptly and effectively
• Cover sales order processing and other administration roles when required

Previous Employer – Hotel

Position – Assistant Manager / Events Administrator

Dates – October 2010 – October 2015

Previous Employer – Hairdressers

Position – Receptionist

Dates – July 2013 – November 2013