Transactions Manager

Education/Qualification

• AAT Qualified
• 2007 SZL-G College Chodziez Poland – A levels in English, Polish Language and Biology

Systems used

• Oracle Cloud system
• Excel – Reporting / Analysis and Accounting
• Dynamics NAV 2016
• Tradeshift
• Sage Line 50
• Iris Payroll Professional
• Xero
• Costpoint
• Power BI (basics)

Career Summary

Current Employer – Strategic Estate Management

Position – Accounts Payable Team Leader

Dates – November 2023 – Present

• Reports to the Senior Strategy Manager – Accounts Payable
• Responsible for the day-to-day management of a Team of 7 (it was 11) – works alongside 2 other AP Team Leaders
• Uses various Meetings / 1:1’s / Dashboard / KPI Data to ensure Weekly Compliance of workload – also responsible for Annual Appraisals
• Responsible for establishing / agreeing and following up Personal Development Plans – motivating and supporting individuals
• Recruitment and Training of new AP Assistants
• Works Internally and Externally with a range of Stakeholders
• Working across a range of continuous improvement Projects – including Tender and Demonstration process for a new IT System
• Responsible for leading a GRNI Project – being responsible for Monthly GRN Clearance
• Responsible for ensuring that Unaccounted Invoices are dealt with Weekly
• Responsible for delivery of Compliance of Invoices / Payments / Supplier SLAs in line with Company Policy
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• Reviewing Aged Accounts Weekly – works to resolve escalated issues – building and maintaining strong Supplier Relationships
• Assisting with Month End procedures / close
• Running Month End reports and Analysis (including KPIs)
• Liaising with External Auditors
• Liaising with other Departments in the business to ensure that invoices are processed and paid promptly and accounted correctly.
• Dealing with quarterly AOB processes

Reason for Leaving; the constant asks to deliver more / with no additional resources or renumeration

Previous Employer – Financial Management Consultants

Position – Accounts Payable Supervisor (2019 – 2023)

Dates – January 2018 – November 2023

• Responsible for the day-to-day management / review / appraisal etc of a team of 8 – 5 after Covid
• Worked to allocate Workload / Deadlines etc. – worked Internally and Externally to achieve
• Worked with team to ensure timely and accurate Weekly Payment processing for all EMEA entities
• Made Payments via BACS / CHAPS / Transfers across Sterling and FX across multiple Banking Platforms
• Prompt Query Management and Resolution
• Prepared Weekly Analysis and KPI Reporting – including Compliance
• Liaised with External Auditor

Position – Accounts Payable Specialist

Dates – January 2018 – January 2019

• Handled multiple EMEA Accounting Ledgers
• Auditing and processing employee’s Expense claims

Previous Employer –  Accountants  

Position – Bookkeeper

Dates – November 2016 – 2017

• Bookkeeping from Complete and Incomplete Records for SME’s and Limited
• Prepared Payroll
• Prepared VAT returns
• Assisted with Quarterly Management Accounts preparation
• Assisted with Year-End Accounts preparation

Previous Employer –  Accountants

Position – Bookkeeper

Dates – July 2012 – November 2016

Same duties as seen above