Experience

Aurora Academies Trust
• United Kingdom
• Education
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Finance Manager (Systems)

  • Aug 2022 - Present

Epsom & Ewell Borough Council
• United Kingdom
• Government Administration
• 100 - 200 Employee
• Accountant (Systems)

  • Jan 2020 - Jul 2022

Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
• United Kingdom
• Wellness and Fitness Services
• 700 & Above Employee
• Financial and Systems Accountant

  • Aug 2018 - Jan 2020

Imperial War Museums
• United Kingdom
• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
• 300 - 400 Employee
• Assistant (Systems) Accountant

  • Jun 2017 - Aug 2018


Diabetes UK

• United Kingdom
• Non-profit Organizations
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Finance Assistant

  • Aug 2016 - Mar 2017

  1.Recording, inputting, banking, and reconciling of incoming cheques, cash and charity cheques/vouchers as well as recording and inputting of all standing orders remittances to the department in an accurate and timely manner. 2.Download on a weekly basis the payment reports from the Mydonate BT website. The report must be manipulated into a format for inputting into CIS, which creates into batches and then posted. 3.Manage and process the Staff’s Barclay credit card expenses. This requires relationship building with each member of staff and supporting them to ensure that the returns are sent to finance by the due date. This task also requires to validate the expenses for coding and calculation accuracy and upload to the accounting system via journal upload. Income processing – Scanning documentation and processing income received by the charity onto CIS in an accurate and timely manner. Cheques and cash – Checking that cheques and cash received by the post room is accurately recorded and resolving discrepancies where required. Completing paying in slips accurately and banking on a regular basis. Bank statements –Downloading bank statements on a daily basis so that income received directly in the bank accounts can be processed. Credit cards – Processing monthly credit card returns. Checking that the return agrees to the statement, that expenditure is supported by valid VAT receipts, and ensuring that VAT has been correctly allocated. Liaising with staff to resolve queries and ensuring that all returns are received within the agreed timetable. Credit control – Actively chasing debt through telephone, email and letters, running regular debtors reports, monitoring debtors and ensuring aged debt is kept to a minimum, and ensuring payments are allocated correctly. Administration – Ensuring that documentation is carefully filed and archived as required and information/reports distributed as required.



TEDxSurrey

• United Kingdom
• Non-profit Organizations

• Treasurer

  • May 2015 - May 2016

  Elected to take over the treasurer role of the TEDxSurrey society. TEDxSurrey is a nonprofit and a global movement devoted to ideas worth spreading to communities around the globe through independently –organised TED-like events. As a treasurer on the executive committee of the TEDxSurrey, I am responsible for running the society’s accounts including: Planning budgets for the year as well as helping the executive members planning events and giving regular updates on the accounts to the committee.  Keeping track of the funds, managing expenses and income. Responsible for securing revenue through union grants, including signing all forms of payments and money requests. Keeping executive committee informed of the TedxSurrey society's financial position.



Sightsavers

• United Kingdom
• Non-profit Organizations
• 700 & Above Employee

• Finance System Intern

  • Jul 2014 - Jul 2015

  Sightsavers International is one of the world’s leading charities working to prevent and cure blindness in developing countries and providing education and training for children and adults who are irreversibly blind and disabled. Sightsavers work with partners in more than 30 countries to eliminate avoidable blindness, and support people with visual impairments to live independently. The finance system intern is the main point of contact for all system support, administration and updates. Chief amongst these is to: Assist the Senior Accountant System in ensuring the operation of all systems are performing efficiently. Undertake finance system maintenance and administration procedures, including analysis code setup, exchange rate weekly and monthly update, period end processes and system interface monitoring. Provide first line financial support and training to all users of finance systems (Sun System, Advanced Inquiry, Sun’s vision) across all departments in Sightsavers International, overseas offices and through responding to helpdesk queries. Monitor data integrity across the finance systems, undertaking periodic transaction, chart of accounts set up and reference data clean-up activities. A confident communicator as required to support colleagues across different levels of the organisation and to work remotely with colleagues based overseas (Africa, Asia, and Europe). Review invoices prior to processing. Oversee input of orders and invoices into Proactis. Post journal entries. Investigating any miscellaneous between credits and debits on the ledger. Rectifying and processing staff’s expense claim, credit card claim and travel advance. Providing introductory user training and financial analytical reporting. Provide efficient project reporting to management and key stakeholders as well as for other departments. Provide ad-hoc support to the finance team.