Finance Assistant

Education/Qualification

• 2011 – GCSEs including Maths and English

Systems used

• Microsoft Word and Excel – Intermediate including VLOOKUP’s / Pivot Tables
• Sage
• MoorePay
• Bespoke Systems / Business Central
• Access

Career Summary

Current Employer – Suppliers

Position – Purchase Ledger Clerk

Dates – April 2024 – August 2025

• Reported to the Office Manager – works in a Purchase Ledger team of 2 people and a wider Finance team of 8 people
• Works end to end Purchase Ledger on Stock Invoices
• Customers include Coke Cola / Danone / Nestle and AB Bev – works to build relationships via Email and Telephone and occasionally TEAMS meetings
• Daily works to process Supplier Invoices and Credit Notes – these can be large / multi lined and complex Invoices
• Extensive Query Management and Resolution – working with Internal and External Stakeholders to resolve
• Responsible for ongoing Reconciliation of Supplier Statements – including for Month End
• Weekly runs GRI Reports
• Prepares Aged Credit Report for Month End
• Responsible for maintaining accurate Financial Records
• Ad hoc duties

Previous Employer – CCTV Company

Position – Purchase Ledger Clerk

Dates – November 2023 – April 2024

•  Reporting to Financial Controller
• Matching Invoices to Purchase Orders
• Responsible for Query Management and Resolution – Quantities / Prices etc
• Assist with processing Expenses
• Prepares BACS Payment Run to Suppliers
• Assist with Supplier Statement Reconciliations
• Update of Excel and Access

Previous Employer – Network Provider

Position – Sub-Contractor Administrator

Dates – February 2023 – August 2023

• Reported to Line Manager across a team of 8
• Assisted / Prepared Weekly Revenue, Subcontract Costs for Profit and Loss Reporting
• Monthly Reporting and Cost Allocation
• Processed and Posted Invoices Daily – Dealt with around 300 Invoices Weekly – Values between £30,000 – £200,000
• Reconciled / Checked all Invoices for Missed Information etc
•  Checked / Reconciled for Miss Information 
• Daily Spreadsheet Work – Inputted Figures / Reconciled against Invoices Received
• Retention Management – Held Percentage until Payment Received / Added to System
• Sub-Contract Management – Issued and Collated Onboarding Documentation / Checked all information Signed / Dealt with Email Queries
• Submitted Subcontractor Payments for Internal Authorisation
• General Admin Duties – Paperwork / Filling and Scanning

Previous Employer – Trade Centre

Position – Payroll

Dates – July 2022 – December 2022

• Responsible for Payroll across 550+ Employees across a time frame of 7 Working Days
• Inputted all New Starters / Leavers / Payments & Deductions to be Processed – Manual Calculations Monthly
• Calculated / Inputted Pensions Payments, Tax Codes & Statutory Payments Monthly – along with any Court Orders in Place
• Submitted Payments to Aegon our Pension Provider & HMRC
• Dealt with all Pay & HMRC Queries
• Assisted Accounts Department across Running Monthly Reports / Reconciled Figures on the Accounts

Previous Employer – Recruitment service

Position – Account Manager

Dates – September 2021 – April 2022

• Account Manager based at Hermes Depot – supplied around 150 -300 Employees per Week – Processed Payroll for the Site / Managed T&A System in place
• Oversaw the team across KPIS / Targets set by Hermes including People Recruited Weekly Hours Supplier to the Site on each Shift/Total for the Week
• Maintained Relationships with the Client / Attended Weekly Meetings with Resource
• Ad Hoc Duties

Previous Employer – Resourcing

Position – Data Administrator 

Dates – June 2018 – September 2021

• Reported to Team Leader – Assisted with Management of a team cross 150-300 Employees per day
• Worked Closely with JD Sports – Reported Weekly Business Performance including Hours Fulfilled, Attrition %
• Reported all Hours worked on Site to Head Office – Ensured Staff were paid
• Set Deadlines – Managed Workloads / Found Ways and Gathered Data

Previous Employer -Utilities

Position – Planner/Data Management (Contract)

Dates – March 2016 – November 2017

“Extensive Contract Provided over 2.7 million Homes across with the Northwest – First point of contact for all Customer Queries”

• Input and validated engineer job data, ensuring accurate billing to secure company revenue.
• Enhanced customer communication processes and adapted quickly to bespoke systems.

Previous Employer – Business Services

Position – Customer Service Advisor

Dates – February 2015 – March 2016