Experience

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  Samurai Sportswear

  • United Kingdom
  • Sporting Goods Manufacturing
  • 100 - 200 Employee

  • Finance Manager

    • Jul 2020 - Present

  • Credit Controller

    • Nov 2013 - May 2021

    In this position I am primarily responsible for the sales ledger and my duties include posting incoming payments in multiple currencies, assessing and opening new credit accounts,raising sales invoices, managing the aged debt and associated reporting and resolving queries. The company is invoice financed so my role includes daily uploads into the bank, reconciliations, drawing down funds, meeting the monthly collection target and ensuring customer accounts are maintained within the regulations. I am also called upon to provide data when the audit is carried out. More recently I have taken on the daily current account reconciliations and assisting with the purchase ledger as my colleague recently retired. This includes posting overhead and stock invoices and corporate card returns, making payments through online banking and raising invoice queries with suppliers. Other duties include preparing weekly stock takes and entering the counts as well as investigating any discrepancies, yearly customer reviews and helping with other areas of the business if required.

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  PaperlinX

  • Payments & Cashflow Co-Ordinator / Team Leader

    • May 2010 - Nov 2013

    In this role I was responsible for all supplier payments across 4 separate UK businesses and ensured they were made accurately and to terms. These payments totalled in excess of £700m per annum and related to over 300,000 documents processed by the Accounts Payable team. Payments were made in a variety of currencies and by different methods including BACS, CHAPS or Direct Bank transfer. I also completed forecasts and established funding requirements for the department on a weekly basis. This involved analysing the information on 3 separate accounts packages, and accurately calculating the value of payments required for the following 2 weeks. This required close working relationships with the Accounts Payable team, the Treasury Department based in Northampton and major suppliers, to ensure that the payments were in line with the forecasts, and that all necessary payments were made on time.Due to expansions and changes within the UK business, I became supported by 2 subordinates who I was responsible for training, supervising and their development.

  • Accounts Payable Clerk

    • Jun 2008 - May 2010

    I commenced my employment as an Accounts Payable Clerk, where I was responsible for processing large volumes of invoices, resolving invoice queries with both internal colleagues and external suppliers, allocating direct debit payments, clearing old ledger issues, working towards KPI targets and other projects as they arose.

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  Ceramic Tiles

  • Ipswich, United Kingdom

  • Sales Ledger Clerk / Assistant Accountant

    • Mar 2006 - Jun 2008
    • Ipswich, United Kingdom

    Initially I joined the company as a Sales Ledger Clerk, during this time I was responsible for the company banking and cash allocating, I implemented an effective system to chase up debts on a monthly basis, resolved queries and raised credit notes, enforced legal action where necessary, opened new accounts and reported to the Managing Director. In August 2007 I moved on the Purchase Ledger, verifying supplier invoices and statements and preparing payment runs and for the last 5 months of my employment here I covered the Assistant Accountant role whilst they were on maternity leave, where I was involved in reconciling the Nominal Ledger, processing Foreign invoices, chasing up credit notes, setting up multi-currency payments on the bank, reporting on rebates, preparing cash flow statements and calculating depreciation.

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  Suffolk Support Services

  • Ipswich, United Kingdom

  • Accounts Administrator

    • Jun 2005 - Mar 2006
    • Ipswich, United Kingdom

    I worked here temporarily as an accounts administrator, in this role I assisted many departments within the office, however I primarily helped the Purchase Ledger staff by registering invoices, helping with payment runs and sending out invoices for authorisation.