Candida Richards
Finance Assistant at St Paul's School- Claim this Profile
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Experience
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St Paul's School
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United Kingdom
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Primary and Secondary Education
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100 - 200 Employee
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Finance Assistant
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Sep 2018 - Present
• Dispatch bursary forms, collating appropriate documentation and prepare means-tested bursary assessments for review with the Finance Manager • Dealing with all aspects of the bursary assessments and liaising with the parents and teachers • Arranging sterling/foreign cash and reconciling trip accounts when completed • Reviewing and processing of all staff expense claims including dealing with staff queries on Concur • Detailed checking of batches of purchase invoices and identifying purchases / sales of fixed assets, prepayments and accruals for management accounts / year-end purposes • Updating defined benefit pension scheme cash book / sending copy bank statements to the Scheme Administrator / reviewing monthly investment manager reports and updating spreadsheets • Assisting with the budgets and creating manual journals to post • Assisting with ad hoc Finance Manager and Deputy Finance Director tasks as required Show less
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Winch Design
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United Kingdom
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Design Services
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100 - 200 Employee
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Accounts Assistant
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Oct 2017 - Sep 2018
• Project set-up in accounting system, liaising with PM regarding budget/phase set up • Client fee and expense billing • Post cash received and send notification to relevant parties, logging and reporting details weekly • Revenue recognition, tracking effort / revenue vs budget on a number of projects and making necessary adjustments when required • Deal efficiently with invoice and payment queries from suppliers • Set up merchandising project planner with the agreed fees for design, management & procurement of client goods • Maintain regular contact with the merchandisers and project managers to en-sure you are up to date with all projects • Reconcile all Merchandising bank accounts • Reconcile all costs at the end of each project to produce a full reconciliation for the client • Submit EC Sales and Intrastats monthly (polish, german,Italian & French) • Ensure all client correspondence is accurate and prepared for issue by HOF Show less
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EAST LIFESTYLE LIMITED
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Retail
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1 - 100 Employee
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Stock Controller
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May 2013 - Oct 2017
• Solely in charge of the stock role • Checking,approving and inputting all stock invoices accurately on Sun • High Volume invoice processing,using systems based 3-way matching • Raising credit notes and chasing debtors for payment • Supervise accounts assistant and delegate work • Paying multi-currency invoices by Bacs, Chaps, TT’s • Stock reconciliation and accruals for month end accounts • Checking and signing of Duty and Vat invoices • Completion of the Intrastat returns • Reconciliation of Aged debtors report in Excel to Sun • Raise wholesale invoices and chase for payment • Complete turnover statements for stores that have turnover rents in their lease • Assisting in the annual Audit process • Raising concession and royalty invoices weekly and maintaining the self billing concessions • Review concession invoices received from self billing customers, reconcile and accrue sales & commissions where applicable • Cash management, update cashflow daily • Ad hoc projects if time permits Show less
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EAST LTD
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WANDSWORTH
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Bank & Cash Controller
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Nov 2008 - May 2013
• Weekly pull through of sales from the Cims sales system to the finance system SUN • Upload bank statements into SUN that have been downloaded via internet banking and reconcile bank transactions • Preparation of till discrepancies report and investigating material differences • Reconciliation of Foreign currency banks (USD, EUR) • Completing the GST tax every quarter • Assisting Management accountant for month end reports accounts and ad hoc duties, Variance Analysis. • Weekly pull through of sales from the Cims sales system to the finance system SUN • Upload bank statements into SUN that have been downloaded via internet banking and reconcile bank transactions • Preparation of till discrepancies report and investigating material differences • Reconciliation of Foreign currency banks (USD, EUR) • Completing the GST tax every quarter • Assisting Management accountant for month end reports accounts and ad hoc duties, Variance Analysis.
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Accounts Payable Clerk
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Mar 2001 - Sep 2006
Answering telephone queries •Batching and coding of invoices •Quality control for scanned invoices •Inputting high quantity purchase ledger invoices •Reconciling statements and dealing with final demands •Checking employees expenses and paying weekly •Bacs & chaps payments for sub contractors and suppliers •Sabanes Oxley Audit Answering telephone queries •Batching and coding of invoices •Quality control for scanned invoices •Inputting high quantity purchase ledger invoices •Reconciling statements and dealing with final demands •Checking employees expenses and paying weekly •Bacs & chaps payments for sub contractors and suppliers •Sabanes Oxley Audit
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Receptionist /Administrator
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May 2000 - Feb 2001
Day to day running of reception •Arranging Taxi's, couriers •Answering telephone calls and routing to the appropriate person •Receipt and dispatch of goods and post •Assist with refreshments for meetings as required •To record and pass on requests from customers and visitors for action •Undertake other duties and ad hoc requests that may be reasonably expected •To ensure that effective communication is maintained at all times Day to day running of reception •Arranging Taxi's, couriers •Answering telephone calls and routing to the appropriate person •Receipt and dispatch of goods and post •Assist with refreshments for meetings as required •To record and pass on requests from customers and visitors for action •Undertake other duties and ad hoc requests that may be reasonably expected •To ensure that effective communication is maintained at all times
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Education
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Smt.Mehra's High School
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St Frances Xavier Girls High School