Assistant Accountant

Education/Qualification

• 2020 University of Salford – BSc Honors in Accounting and Finance 2:1

Systems used

• Microsoft Word and Excel
• Sage
• QuickBooks

Career Summary

Current Employer – Property Development Company

Position – Assistant Management Accountant

Dates – February 2025 – Present

• Managed the full accounts payable process, including uploading invoices and maintaining strong working relationships with suppliers.
• Oversaw accounts receivable activities, working closely with internal stakeholders to ensure revenue was accurately recorded across various business units.
• Provided day-to-day support to the accounts payable function and offered guidance to the wider transactional team.
• Prepared monthly accruals to assist in the timely and accurate production of management accounts.
• Carried out month-end bank and control account reconciliations to ensure completeness and accuracy.
• Supported the year-end audit process by preparing comprehensive audit packs for external auditors.
• Produced management accounts for assets designated for sale, supporting key financial decisions.
• Completed VAT returns for multiple entities.
• Prepared and posted general journals, accruals, and reclassification entries.
• Coordinated and led meetings with senior stakeholders to provide financial insight and support business initiatives.
• Utilised a range of financial software and tools, including Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Dynamics, Sage, and Pleo, to streamline processes and maintain accurate financial records.

Previous Employer –Driving Course  

Position – Accounts Assistant

Dates – June 2024 – February 2025

• Managed accounts payable, including uploading supplier invoices and processing payments.
• Assisted in monitoring and updating daily refunds processed across different systems.
• Supported the financial controller by providing live updates on supplier payments for accurate cash flow forecasting.
• Handled chargebacks, collaborating with the resolutions team to resolve issues and achieve optimal outcomes.
• Assisted in month-end closure, ensuring all transactions were uploaded and reconciled in QuickBooks within 4 days.
• Prepared monthly cash and cash equivalent and creditor control account documents, ensuring alignment between the general ledger and bank statement balances.
• Generated supplier balance summaries for weekly meetings to track outstanding payments and financial performance.
• Collaborated with senior management to provide timely financial insights and help make informed business decisions.
• Utilised various software platforms such as Excel, Zendesk, Cockpit, Payl8r, Pleo, Stripe, and QuickBooks to streamline accounting processes and enhance efficiency

Previous Employer – Investment Company

Position – Accounts Assistant

Dates – November 2023 – February 2024

• Liaise with customer via email and telephone.
• Demonstrating my written and verbal communication skills to ensure we get what we need from the customers.
• Use past experience and auditing balance sheets profit & loss accounts.
• Budgeting
• Reconciling misallocated invoices
• Validating information such as invoices and bank statements against underlaying client records.
• Communicating affectively with senior members within the company

Previous Employer – Professional Services Network

Position – Accounts Assistant

Dates – April 2022 – October 2023

• Validating information such as invoices and bank statements against underlaying client records.
• Liaising with client stakeholders and other team members via phone, email and other Google enabled technologies.
• Gathering, analysing, and checking financial data (bank reconciliation, bank statements, fixed asset registers, movement schedules, additions & disposal listing and repair & maintenance listing) from a wide-range client portfolio, ranging from large FTSE-listed organisations to SMEs
• Inputting Audit evidence into the firm’s internal audit software and ensuring absolute accuracy and detail in documentation
• Communicating effectively with senior auditors and managers to present my findings and commentaries and my recommendations to the client based on the sufficiency of their data and controls
• Working towards extremely tight deadlines during the Audit ‘busy season’ in a high-pressured and dynamic practice environment 

Previous Employer – Accountants

Position – Accountant

Dates – July 2020 – April 2022

• Understanding the IRIS Software package which is used for Personal Tax & Business Tax
• Bank Reconciliation and Analysing/interoperating Clients Bank records
• Analysing Sales Invoices
• Able to accurately gather, interpret and analyse financial data
• Excellent organisational skills with demonstrated ability to effectively prioritise to meet strict deadlines
• Utilising Microsoft software Packages like Excel
• Answering office calls and face-to-face communication with clients
• Creating a schedule and applying for Job Retention schemes (Furlough) for clients

Previous Employer – Convenience Store

Position – Customer Assistant

Dates – August 2017 – June 2020

• Ability to speak to people on the phone and Face-To-Face
• Multitasking
• Sociability skills
• Knowing how to handle data
• Self-motivated
• Time management
• Money handling