Finance Assistant

Education/Qualification

• Current – AAT Level 3 – 1 exam passed – self funded
• 2019     Level 3 Business and Administration – Damar Training
• 2018     Extended Diploma Performing Arts – Hopwood College
• 2016     9 GCSEs achieved at grade A – C including Maths and English

Systems used

• Microsoft Word and Excel – Intermediate including VLOOKUP’s / Pivot Tables
• Microsoft D365 / Access Dimensions
• Concur
• Various In-House Systems

Career Summary

Current Employer – International Clothing Distributor (T/O £40.35Million)

Position – Finance Assistant/ Purchase Ledger Clerk

Dates –September 2024 – Current

• Responsible for Performing Daily Banking/ Cash Book Reconciliations
• Processing of Supplier Invoices – Including Factory Invoices from the likes of UK/Bangladesh/Pakistan/India/Turkey/China.
• Weekly Payment Runs Dealing with Different Types of Payments/ TT/LC/Loans and processing using HSBC bank.
• Liaising with factories to open new LC’s
• Processing weekly cashflows of supplier payments into different departments.
• Monthly processing of credit cards and staff expenses.
• Monthly statement reconciliations
• Reconciliations at month end for GBP, Dollar, Euro and Loan accounts.
• The face of Finance – always happy to help out with the company’s social media accounts.
• General Purchase Ledger Clerk duties.

Previous Employer – Provider of Business Services, Supplies, Technology Solutions (T/O£153.19Million)

Position – Risk Lead

Dates – October 2023 – September 2024

• Works as the sole Risk Lead and reports to Financial Controller

• Receives daily alerts on Dunn and Bradstreet (D&B) to notify of any negative changes
• Sets up new Customer Accounts, which involves conducting a full Credit check
• Responsible for the upkeep and maintenance of all 8000+ Customer Accounts
• Notifies Account Managers and Credit Controllers of any Credit Reductions
• Deals with settling Debt for Customers’ Accounts that have gone into administration by liaising with administrators

Reason for Leaving; role not as described

Previous Employer – Supplier of CCTV Systems (T/O £25.22Million) Turnover

Position – Finance Assistant / Purchase Ledger (UK)

Dates – November 2020 – October 2023

• Worked in a team of 10 and reports to the Management Accountant
• Provided all necessary daily, weekly, and monthly reporting from the rental system as prescribed by the Management Accountant
• Reconciled and posted UK credit card statements using Concur
• Performed Month-End multi-currency Bank Reconciliations and Intercompany Reconciliations
• Ensured Purchase Ledger was closed by Month-End and applied any P+L corrections
• Completed Weekly / Monthly Reports including Aged Credit Reports / Credit on and Forecast Reports
• Assisted in processing UK Supplier Invoices – 40 per day

• Ensured that all Purchase Invoices are matched to Purchase Orders and delivery notes
• Coded each Invoice with the correct Supplier and Nominal Ledger Codes
• Assisted with the maintenance of Purchase Ledger Accounts
• Recommended UK payment runs on a Weekly basis to be approved by the Management Accountant and Finance Director
• Distributed the global daily Bank Balances email to the prescribed mailing list
• Set up payments for UK staff expenses via internet banking to be approved by the Management Accountant

Previous Employer – Construction Contractors (T/O£14.33Million)

Position – Finance / Purchase Ledger Assistant

Dates – August 2018 – October 2020

• Worked in a small team of 2 – reported to and worked closely with the company Bookkeeper
• Responsible for the Purchase Ledger function within the business
• Scan, match, batch, and coding of Purchase Ledger invoices – up to 30 per day with values up to £20,000
• Responsible for making Supplier payments – processed Credit Card and Cheque payments – up to £60,000 in value
• Matched PO numbers to Invoices and investigated any discrepancies
• Responsible for monthly Supplier Statement Reconciliations
• Recorded and maintained Supplier details and raised orders for them
• Set up new Suppliers on Purchase Ledger system
• Processed Subcontractor applications and chased invoices
• Dealt with and resolved Supplier invoice queries
• Processed monthly Credit Card and expenses returns
• Dealt with company Gas and Electric renewals
• Updated and sent Insurance details to current clients annually
• Posted Labour payments on a weekly basis through Subcontractor Accounting System
• Assisted with Audit preparation annually with the Bookkeeper
• Assisted with collation of information for numerous reports as and when required
• Answered and screened all incoming phone calls and emails
• Managed stationery stock and placed orders / raised POs as and when required
• Greeted visitors
• Organised company events and Charity fundraisers
• General ad hoc admin duties

Reason for leaving; Redundancy

Previous Employer – Company

Position – Sales Assistant

Dates – September 2017 – August 2018