Experience

Facit Homes

• United Kingdom
• Construction
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Financial Controller

  • Jul 2018 - Present



ApaTech

• Medical Equipment Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Finance Assistant

  • Jul 2004 - Jun 2018

  Keep financial records, sales/purchase, prepayments, accruals, payroll, and interpret financial data. Analyse debtor chasing adjustment, accounts management, and budget/forecasting as well as train members on monthly basis. Improve performance by coordinating with supply chain and other departments as well as ensure accurate order of information enter into system. Maintain accounts records by filling, retrieval, retention, storage, compilation, coding and updating financial policies and workflow processes. Investigate and update to VIP group plant controller for any missing banking discrepancies. Filled VAT Return, EC Sales Lists, and PAYE settlement agreement by skilfully preparing recognition scheme reports. Post payroll to journals and reconciliation of NI and Tax by coordinating with HR.Key Contributions:- Supervised claims for expenses and credit card statements also ensured the accuracy of item charged against receipts, account numbers, and entire costs, and compliance with financial procedures.- Offered training to other members of the finance department on issues of GL monitoring and other support that required.



Atlantico (UK)Ltd

• United Kingdom
• Consumer Services

• Office Administrator & Sales Co-ordinator

  • Sep 1997 - Jun 2004

  Prepared and formulated company accounts and customer approach strategies. Accountable for travel arrangements, visas, flights, hotels by coordinating with company appointed travel agents. Leveraged effective communication skills by advising and updating clients on new products and conditions. Ensured customers’ accounts established in accordance with fixed payment conditions, stationery department, and all related items maintained at satisfactory levels. Met company’s requirements by supervising order making and goods importing process. Key Contributions:- Targeted promotional activities via delivering spread sheets/PowerPoint presentations resulted in achieving sales and marketing goals and increasing brand exposure.- Ensured all phone calls have been dealt with gratification also provided strong compliance between customers, suppliers, and company.- Managed advanced computerised payroll as well as maintained record of Staff absence from the office and overall monthly employees’ salaries.



MUNDIBIZ - INTERNATIONAL TRADE, LDA

• Personal Assistant for the Import Department

  • Apr 1995 - Sep 1997

  took the position on 6th April 1995 as a Personal Assistant for the Import Department. The main objective of this position was the following: To ensure that all the suppliers were delivering on time all the samples and Orders requested by the clients.  Working as an intermediary between the suppliers and the clients, it was very important to establish a good communication among all and be always in close contact with the factories abroad and with customer’s constant demands and/or changes. This is vital to provide a good development of production without big confusions.  Ensure compliance between the suppliers and clients, supervising all the demands made by the clients. It was very important to follow up all the entire Orders process until the goods arrive to the clients. These were including direct contact with forwarder Agents, Shipping Companies, correspondence and filling Bank documents.  The job required a lot of communication with people at different levels throughout the world. It was very important to keep the customers satisfied which means quite often that the workplace is extremely busy and tight deadlines have to be met. Responsible for ensuring that all incoming mail and faxes were correctly distributed to the correct recipients. Issuing a complete report of the important matters during my employer’s absence and try to keep him up to date about everything



EUROWALK FOOTWEAR - O.F. JONSSON, LDA

• Personal Assistant and Interpreter

  • Jan 1994 - Dec 1994

  Worked for about 1 year as a Personal Assistant and Interpreter in the Export Department. My responsibilities were taking care of the national and foreign correspondence, prepare the despatches through truck, ship and Air freight(Forwarder Agents), attendance to clients in their visits to the Firm.Organising all the new clients file(best type of packing, calculating the Order volume, organising the transport and all the necessary documentation to be send together with the Order(for the E.E.C. countries and Overseas), Insurance and Letter of Credit(organising all the documentation required by the client in order to deliver to Bank). I took part in the “MOCCAP” Fair, in Porto.