Experience

VCL VINTNERS LIMITED

• United Kingdom
• Investment Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Management Accountant

  • Oct 2022 - Present

  Prepare monthly Management Accounts to board of directors with supporting commentary on performance outcomes and recommendations on areas of improvement. perform monthly variance analysis and present monthly financial & sales reports with insightful KPI analysis across the organisation in visually presented dashboard format. Perform weekly and monthly multi-currency bank account reconciliation Perform cost analysis and set up new nominals and cost centres and post various month end journals including Prepayments, Accruals, Payroll, Intercompany, Depreciation & Deferred revenue. Perform multiple balance sheet reconciliations and post all relevant month end journals including, debtors, creditors, Prepayments, accruals, stock, fixed assets and VAT. Set up and implement a range of macro workbooks to automate repetitive processes including analysis of large data sets, financial report analysis & bank uploads thus resulting in a reduction in time to complete tasks by an average 25% Designed and implemented an automated cashbook to maintain daily cash activity, reducing the time to update accounting software and complete bank reconciliation by almost 50% thereby reducing the number of days to close accounting periods. Make improvements to financial statements layouts in sage 200 adding new cost/revenue types and ensuring accurate cost/revenue are group to correct reporting categories resulting in improved financial reporting. Use a range of advanced excel tool including, power pivots, BI and a range of scenario-based tools including goal seek and solver to enhance decision making. Assist in the implementation of process improvement systems to enhance business performance. Assist in the annual budgeting and quarterly forecasting process. Submit monthly VAT Returns Support the annual audit process, preparing audit schedules as required. Show less



VGC Group

• United Kingdom
• Civil Engineering
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Accounts Assistant

  • Jul 2021 - Sep 2022

  Manage monthly Purchase ledger cycle on Dynamics Navision AX Manage the sub-contractors’ processes payable under the CIS Scheme Provide supervision level support to AP team members to achieve KPI’s Prepare weekly and monthly purchase ledger BACS and CHAPS Payments Prepare monthly aged creditor & debtors reports and action as required Report daily cash movements and post cash entries to general ledger Prepare the weekly and monthly cashflow forecast figures Assist with the preparation of monthly and quarterly management accounts Perform monthly balance sheet reconciliations including cash, intercompany, VAT, creditors & debtors, prepayment, accruals, TB and fixed assets. Post a range of journals including, intercompany recharges, prepayments, cost and WIP accruals, payroll, retentions and job, fixed assets & cost transfers Perform monthly C.O.S margin reports, calculate and post commissions journals Prepare quarterly VAT and monthly CIS returns for timely submission to HMRC Maintain fixed assets and calculate and post monthly depreciation journals Responsible for management of new lease payments & setting up new job G/L’s Prepare and distribute monthly cost reports for use by departmental managers Perform variance analysis on financial statements with informative commentary Contribute to implementation and testing of scenarios for the new P2P system Assist in the setup of workflow approval for budget holders Design and develop system user manuals and update company expenses policy Work with auditors – preparing schedules and providing relevant information Show less



Sweaty Betty

• United Kingdom
• Retail
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Accounts Assistant

  • Sep 2020 - Jul 2021

  Manage monthly Purchase ledger cycle on Dynamics Navision Business Central. Perform key monthly supplier statement reconciliations dealing with any queries Run aged reports and investigate old and problematic Accounts, clearing down debit balances and allocating payment to invoice to maintain tidy accounts Review the GRNI report on a monthly basis to ensure any older items are investigated and purchase invoices received and raised Assist accounts receivables with raising sales invoices and credit control Prepare weekly multi-currency BACS, CHAP and SEPA payments Manage company credit card and expenses and perform monthly reconciliations Perform multiple weekly and monthly bank reconciliations for 8 Accounts Assist auditors with preparation of schedules and system navigation Manage accounts inbox and resolve any queries that arise Show less



Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

• United Kingdom
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Finance Assistant

  • Jan 2020 - Sep 2020

  Process large volume of invoices and credit memos into SAP R3 Perform Supplier reconciliations and consult with suppliers where necessary Request missing invoices, assist and credit notes and assist with any supplier queries including overseas Suppliers. Set up new Suppliers on to the system whilst performing due diligent checks. Monitor, process & record expenses including staff, volunteer, hospitality & Corporate credit card expenses relative to company policy and legislation Assist internal staff on issues relating to expenses on claims submitted Calculate and process year end royalty journals Prepare BACs, CHAPS & expense payments Show less



dunhill

• United Kingdom
• Retail Luxury Goods and Jewelry
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Accounts Payable Assistant

  • May 2019 - Dec 2019

  Post Invoices and credit notes into SAP HANA Process intercompany invoices & prepare accrual and prepayment Journals Perform month end Intercompany account reconciliation and prepare journal Perform multiple monthly supplier statement reconciliations Review monthly GRNI report and ensure any discrepancies are investigated and purchase invoices received and raised Process monthly staff expenses using SAP Concur Prepare weekly BACs runs & ad hoc Priority payments Lead training of a new member of the accounts payable alongside the operational/procurement team on raising PO’s and G/L coding issues. Participate in project work involving the improvement in efficiency of end-to-end processes within the accounts payable function. Provide support with implementation of new PO system (Basware) Manage accounts inbox and resolve any supplier queries that come up Show less



Capita Ltd

• Parsons Green

• SENIOR ACCOUNTS PAYABLE SPECIALIST

  • Jan 2019 - Apr 2019

  Process high volume invoices into Sage 200 Match, Batch and code supplier invoices through a 3-way matching process Process expenses and run weekly payment and expense reports. Assist with raising purchase orders and requisitions for invoice processing. Perform Supplier account reconciliations and act on discrepancies accordingly Assist in weekly payment runs, prioritising payment urgency and submission of remittances to suppliers Manage Accounts payable mailboxes and other assist with other ad hoc duties Show less



Centaur Creative Media Inc

• United States
• Advertising Services

• Treasury Assistant

  • Aug 2018 - Dec 2018

  Download and upload daily bank statements on to Agresso financial Update bank schedules and daily cash tracker with cash movement and assist with cashflow forecasting. Communicate significant discrepancies of revenues within internal department and perform investigation of activity where required Responsibility for the management of Treasury & related email inbox Uphold strong working relationships with internal department within the organisation to ensure work is complete in a timely fashion. Action payment requests including corporation tax, bank interest, Loan payments, quarterly VAT, in addition to processing refund requests. Perform multi-currency bank reconciliation including (GBP, EURO, USD, AUD, CHF, YEN) Post receipt and payments including tax, loan interest, royalties & charges and other expenses including cross-currency journals. Allocate and post FX Settlements and Hedge payments to general ledger Investigate suspense account and ensure a zero balance at month end Download data cash & authorised.net (credit card) reports from salesforce and reconcile corporate credit cards accounts across multiple currencies Perform credit card Reconciliations and action related chargebacks Work with auditors providing banking transaction detail and collaboration of bank statements for preparation of supporting schedules Show less



Wimbledon

• United Kingdom
• Spectator Sports
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Treasury Assistant

  • Apr 2018 - Aug 2018

  Download and upload daily bank statements on to Agresso Financial Update the cashbook daily and post relevant journals to G/L Perform weekly bank reconciliations for 16 multi-currency bank accounts. Provide daily detail of cash movements to Finance Director Perform weekly multi-currency payments inclusive of BACs, Chaps, swift Offshore via intermediary and other overseas banking systems Liaise with business relationship manager to resolve banking discrepancies. Post a range of monthly journals including VAT, Corporation Tax, Interco, bank charges, Loan drawdowns, Debenture interest & FX adjustments. Post vendor & customer receipts and payments including direct debits to ledgers Carry out weekly cash management for multiple departments across the company Show less



TUI

• Germany
• Travel Arrangements
• 700 & Above Employee

• BANK & TREASURY ASSISTANT

  • Nov 2017 - Apr 2018

  Responsible for the management of the business treasury function Download Bank statements across 18 multi-currency accounts and upload to company cashbook Dynamics Navision Produce daily cash movement reports for Treasury Manager & F.D Submit funds transfer requests for approval to ensure available liquidity for payment runs, Loan Repayments, VAT & Corporation Taxes Complete daily cash fund updating and liaise with credit control & Accounts payable regarding cash shortfalls and surpluses. Post various journals including bank charges & Interests, intercompany transfers, FX settlements and VAT payment Produce various statement reports in Citi Bank & Barclays.net to carry-out Bank reconciliations. Perform multi-currency balance Sheet & credit card reconciliations. Complete intercompany fund transfers between accounts Investigate discrepancies and historical transactions within the cashbook reconciliation process and act on them accordingly. Create Pivot tables, set up Macros for uploading multiple journals resulting in an elimination of error risk, improved working processes and significant efficiency increases within working practice. Show less



GKN Freight Services

• United Kingdom
• Transportation, Logistics and Storage
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Accounts Payable Specialist

  • Feb 2017 - Sep 2017

  Match, Batch and code supplier invoices and credit notes on to Sage 200 Maintain tidy supplier accounts, while building key business relationships Set up new vendors, maintain accounts mailbox and handle vendor queries. Communicate, with internal departments over invoices and related queries. Perform weekly multi-currency BACs and Chaps payment runs on HSBC Net. Use Vlook ups & Pivot tables to manipulate, summarize and produce useful information to management and automate processing of complex invoices Provide supporting documentation and assistance as required for audits Monitor and produce weekly summary reports of suppliers Accounts. Assist with month end processes including running aged reports and actioning where required. Show less



david lloyds

• United Kingdom
• Health, Wellness & Fitness
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Personal Trainer

  • Nov 2010 - Dec 2014

  Direct customer interaction Providing personal training sessions and nutritional guidance in addition to running function exercise classes. Direct customer interaction Providing personal training sessions and nutritional guidance in addition to running function exercise classes.