CIMA Qualified
About Candidate
Education/Qualification
- Current CIMA – Management Level
- 2017 BSc (First Class Honours) in Business and Financial Management – The University of Salford
- Certificate of achievement in computerised Accounting (Sage)
- 2014 A Levels Textiles, Art, and Business Studies / AS Level in Maths
- 2012 9 GCSEs achieved at grades A – C including Maths and English
Systems used
- Microsoft Word and Excel – Intermediate
- Sage
- ISS
- Vantage and ERP Systems
Career Summary
Current Employer – Manufacture of fully Integrated Packaging and Bottling Line System
Position – Finance Assistant
Dates – July 2024 – Present
- Assisting with month-end and year-end processes
- Preparing and posting journal entries
- Posting depreciation
- Analysing and distributing overheads to department budget holders
- Controlling intercompany reconciliations, including making payments to subsidiaries as well as submitting monthly figures using the internal Business Planning and Consolidation Software
- Looking after the cash management including payment uploads, bank reconciliations and monitoring the weekly cash requirements
- Posting monthly accruals and prepayments
- Supporting with budget and forecast preparation
- Assisting with internal audits and compliance checks across the business
- Analysing employee expenses and correcting any general ledger and cost centre coding errors
- Posting daily bank transactions to SAP
- Producing monthly balance sheet reconciliations
Previous Employer – Furniture Store (TO £35m)
Position – Finance Assistant
Dates – September 2018 – June 2024
- Reports to the Finance Director
- Works in a role that covers aspects of Financial and Management Accounting – including.
- Collation of Data / Reports for Year End
- Quarterly VAT returns
- Preparation of Month End Close
- Purchase Ledger – end to end and Supplier Statements / Payment Runs
- Sales Ledger – Billings and Cash Receipts
- Preparation of Sales Reports and Sales Analysis for Sales Managers
- Preparation of Weekly Payroll / Payroll Journals and PAYE Control Accounts
- Petty Cash
- Working across ERP systems
Previous Employer – Swimming Association
Position – Assistant Accountant
Dates – October 2017 – September 2018
- Worked within a team of 3 reporting to the Finance Director
- Responsible for Accounts for 4 separate entities which can be up to 3000 Customers at any one time
- Responsible for processing up to 200 Invoices per week with values up to £8k
- Responsible for raising and issuing up to 30 Invoices per week to schools and sports clubs with values up to £10k
- Complete Bank Reconciliations across 4 Accounts – weekly
- Produce Profit and Loss report Monthly and pass to FD for Month End
- Complete Profit per hour report Monthly in preparation for Month End
- Produce Forecast reports for the Month and pass to FD
- Responsible for ad hoc reporting on various spend for each department
- Responsible for Monthly Expenses – reconciling all information and processing VAT
- Complete Payroll journals Monthly
- Maintain Financial Data on Payroll and Pension journal history
- Prepare Cash deposits weekly – this is done manually by logging a faster payment
- Responsible for raising and Aged Debt report Bi-Weekly and chasing outstanding monies
- Liaise daily with Customers and Suppliers regarding any invoice / payment queries
Previous Employer – Home and Garden Store
Position – Voluntary Work
Dates – Summer 2016
