Assistant Accountant
About Candidate
Education/Qualification
- Ongoing – Association of Chartered Certified Accountants – Part-Qualified ACCA. Attempting Strategic Professional Exams
- 2003 Leicester College of Professional Studies – Diploma in Business Administration (DBA)/Sage Line 50
- 1999 Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan – Qualified Intermediate Stage (Basic Accountancy Course)
- 1994 St. Michaels Convent School – A-Levels (Physics, Chemistry, Maths)
Systems used
- Microsoft Word and Excel
- Sage
- Xero
- Netsuite
Career Summary
Most Recent Employer – Automobiles Company
Position – Assistant Accountant
Dates – July 2021 – July 2024
- Carried out vehicle consignment reconciliations ensuring all new vehicles are invoiced
- Performed daily general sales and purchase ledger reviews and acquiring missing invoices
- Monitored intercompany group balances for dealership and investigating discrepancies
- Ensured vehicles and fixed asset accounts were posted daily and reconciled
- Updated demo write-downs and finalising manufacturer bonus debt reconciliations
- Prepared weekly profit report on Kerridge/MS Excel and reporting to General Manager
- Supervised BACS runs while leading and supporting a team of two accounts assistants
- Completed monthly inventory checks matching physical and book stock for vehicles, DVLA trade plates and courtesy loan cars for Service and Bodyshop departments
Previous Employer – Vehicle Services
Position – Accounts Administrator
Dates – April 2018 – June 2021
- Daily VW OEM funding reconciliation, resolved queries and agreed balances for five dealerships
- Daily reconciliation of bank for five dealerships, resolved queries and reported to Accountant
- Aftersales reconciliations, performed journal postings and invoicing service plans
- Verified and approved daily settlements and cashback on the company portal
- Categorised year-end tax analysis for expenses under appropriate nominal accounts
- Reconciled and reviewed commissions on Kerridge using manufacturer statements
- Supported accountant with dealership inventory checks and cash budget forecasting
Previous Employer – Dealership and Trades
Position – Accounts Payable Supervisor
Dates – March 2015 – March 2018
- Reconciliation of supplier accounts using aged creditor report and preparing payment
- Managed five purchase ledger clerks and 50+ supplier accounts in a busy payable department
- Traced unauthorised invoices using standard report and chased respective managers for approval
- Checked for completeness of service provided on invoices and updated VSB appropriately
- Assisted accounts payable manager in weekly payment runs, printing reports and remittances
- Prepared individual urgent payments on Kerridge and submitted to manager for approval
Previous Employer – Fire and Security services
Position – Purchase Ledger Supervisor – Temporary
Dates – October 2013 – January 2015
- Managed, trained and motivated a team of four purchase ledger staff
- Invoice and expenses verification for suppliers and employees and posting on Sage 200
- Prepared fortnightly BACS on Sage 200 and updated journal postings
- Counter-checked UK and foreign CHAPS individual payments and foreign currency rates
- Performed UTC and Chubb supplier ledger month ends
- Authorised, set up and updated new domestic supplier accounts
Previous Employer – Supermarket
Position – Branch Accountant
Dates – May 2008 – August 2013
- Prepared management accounts on Sage Line 50 and performed balance sheet reconciliations
- Reconciled inter-company accounts using Nominal Activity and made appropriate adjustments
- Processed and reported VAT using sales/purchases data and quarterly submission to HMRC
- Accounted for accruals and prepayments and performed monthly bank reconciliation
- Payroll reconciliations, printing P60s and P46s for leavers and summary reports
- Allocated and monitored annual budgets for superstore income and expenses
- Trained and supervised three accounts assistants at different branches with regular supervision
Previous Employer – Food, Wholesale and Foodservices Retail Partners
Position – Accounts Assistant
Dates – May 2003 – March 2008
- Worked in a team of 5, coded and processed AP invoices on NetSuite
- Reconciled supplier statements and resolved discrepancies on supplier accounts
- Processed employee expenses for UK employees
- Assisted with BACS Runs, banking of cheques and processed appropriate entries
- Provided cover for bank reconciliations and setting up direct debits
- Recommended new simplified ways to process invoices for team to deliver results
- Prepared spreadsheets and identified overdue suppliers for the Finance Manager
Previous Employer – Professional Services Network
Position – Audit Trainee
Dates – June 1997 – December 2001
- Cash and bank: Verified cashbook and bank statements and prepared bank reconciliation. Sent balance confirmations letters to respective banks and matched with client’s record
- Long-term loans: Obtained client’s loan agreements, loan policies, interest rates, conversion rates (foreign loans) and current maturity for each loan
- Fixed assets: Performed fixed assets transaction validation and valuation by physically checking the assets, their related invoices and the necessary depreciation calculations
- Debtors and bad debts: Vouched sales invoices and traced total to general ledger, sent balance confirmations to customers and assessed allowance for bad debt provision. Reported back to audit manager
