Experience

Michael J Lonsdale

• United Kingdom
• Construction
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Accounts Payable Assistant

  • Jul 2022 - Present

  - Responsible for reviewing daily supplier statement reconciliations, ensuring accuracy and resolving discrepancies promptly. - Manage customer payment processes, ensuring that all vendors are paid accurately and in a timely manner. - Regularly update cash flow forecasts, providing critical financial insights to the Finance Director and Board of Directors. - Set up new suppliers, including establishing contracts and negotiating terms to meet the company’s needs. - Review the submitted KYC information and documents to ensure their authenticity and accuracy whilst cross-referencing information with government databases. - Manage the inbox, ensuring timely response to emails and prioritising important communications. - Serve as the first point of contact for suppliers, building strong business relationships and addressing enquiries in a timely manner. Show less



Lucid Group

• United Kingdom
• Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Senior Accounts Payable

  • Apr 2021 - Present

  - Responsible for processing invoices, credit notes and payments whilst ensuring that the vendor details are accurate. - Maintaining Supplier accounts ensuring all ledger entries are fully reconciled. - Processing high volumes of invoices from receipt of invoice, including coding invoices, obtaining approval, and entering the invoices into the accounting system for both project related and overhead expenditure invoices. - Prepares batch payment runs for both vendors and employee expenses, wire transfers and ACH transaction through HSBC online banking. - Reconciliation of vendor statements to ensure receipt of invoices, and to eliminate late payments. - Assist with gathering support for weekly KPI reporting to line manager. - Posting of journals across entities and cost centres. - Review and approval of all employee expenses and credit card claims, including verification of receipts, whilst ensuring all appropriate supporting documentation has been obtained. - Reconciliation of Bank Accounts, including mixed currency accounts, ensuring all entries are correctly posted and reconciled for month end. - Processing of credit card statements by downloading from MiVision HSBC banking portal, for all entities, and uploading into the finance accounting system (CMAP). - Create and update vendor records, and manage ongoing vendor relations by building effective partnerships with both internal and external customers. - Research and resolve a variety of internal and external inquiries concerning account status, including communicating the resolution of discrepancies to appropriate persons. Show less



Financial Accounts Assistant

• Hospedia Limited – Hospital Equipment Supplier

  • Aug 2018 - Mar 2021

  - Responsible for processing invoices, credit notes and payments whilst ensuring that the vendor details are accurate. - Reconciling vendor and supplier statements against invoices to ensure that they balance for financial reporting purposes. - Liaise with suppliers to resolve any invoice queries in timely manner. Prepare and analyse the weekly payment run, following it up with email remittances to suppliers. - Administer payments using online banking BACS/CHAPS and International methods. - Maintaining and reconciling the petty cash on a monthly basis. - Responsible for updating and reporting the weekly cash flow forecast to the Finance Manager. - Responsible for downloading and saving daily/monthly bank statements for reconciliation purposes. - Responsible for providing a clean aged creditors report to the Financial Controller on a monthly basis. - Support both internal and external auditors with any queries in relation to supplier invoices, credit notes or payments. Show less



Equinix UK Ltd

• Slough, United Kingdom

• Accounts Payable Analyst

  • Nov 2017 - Aug 2018

  • Working in a high volume multi-currency environment • Process daily invoices - ensuring that they are dealt with in a timely manner, in order to comply with monthly schedule and supplier payment terms • Matching supplier invoices to Purchase Orders (PO’s) and goods receipt • Follow up with approvers if PO`s are not raised or receipted • Coding and matching invoices without purchase orders • Uploading multi-cost centre invoices onto the system • Dealing with queries as they arise from suppliers • Second line query escalation - resolving more complex and challenging issues • Proactively manage and resolve aged invoice queries • Liaise with AP Manager on goods received and not invoiced • Verify supplier bank details • Reconcile supplier accounts • Provide cover to the Accounts Payable team as required and support and train new team members Show less



AGI World Ltd

• Slough, United Kingdom

• Accounts Assistant / Cashier

  • Jun 2009 - Oct 2017

  • Maintain cashbooks and reconcile bank accounts • Maintain the Petty Cash floats (Multi currencies) and reconcile at the month end • Allocate and transfer funds of cash receipts received in the UK belonging to other AGI divisions • Provide managers with a daily summarise of bank balances • Update weekly cash flow forecast files to be reviewed by Finance manager • Maintain Bankline information for Suppliers/cash expenses/standing orders and direct debits • Manage company credit card spend, processing of new accounts revise spend limits • Work effectively to tight deadlines • VAT Returns Show less



Open Text UK Ltd

• Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire

• Billing Analyst / GL Accountant

  • Apr 2007 - Feb 2009

  Billing Analyst Apr 2007 – Mar 2008 • Review Purchase Orders and check against Contracts • Resolve internal and external queries in an accurate and timely way • Validate customer records on Great Plains system to ensure accurate billing and reporting information • Monthly analysis of invoices to confirm accuracy prior to billing • Review and process professional services orders ensuring adherence to revenue recognition criteria and company policies and procedures prior to customer invoicing • Coordinate and complete month-end closing processes for Services Support department to ensure adherence to published closing schedules • Oversaw continuous improvement initiatives for revenue booking and reporting processes improving accuracy and timescales • Assisted with other administrative aspects of the services processes as required to ensure invoices were accurate before issuing to clients GL Accountant Apr 2008 – Feb 2009 • Managing Intercompany invoicing and posting of Royalties, Management fees and Facility Allocations globally • Resolving Intercompany issues at month end by telephone conference and ensuring account reconciliation deadlines are consistently met • Ensuring Quarter end intercompany account settlement and GL journals are posted • Daily management and resolution of all Intercompany queries • Handling payment administration utilising online banking & BACS Software for BACS, CHAPS & International payments • Maintaining cashbooks for 12 bank accounts and reconciling bank accounts Show less



Slough Borough Council

• United Kingdom
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Account Payable Officer

  • Jan 2007 - Mar 2007

  • Processed high volume invoices, ensuring accuracy • Reconciled Supplier Statements • Dealt with Supplier queries and assisted with payment runs • Processed high volume invoices, ensuring accuracy • Reconciled Supplier Statements • Dealt with Supplier queries and assisted with payment runs



Kabira Technologies Ltd

• Slough, United Kingdom

• Accounts Assistant

  • Oct 2006 - Dec 2006

  • Processed and coded supplier invoices plus employee expenses - entered on Sage • Central point of contact for the resolution of supplier and customer account queries • Handled difficult customers diplomatically and building effective ongoing working relationships • Processed and coded supplier invoices plus employee expenses - entered on Sage • Central point of contact for the resolution of supplier and customer account queries • Handled difficult customers diplomatically and building effective ongoing working relationships



PPG

• United States
• Paint, Coating, and Adhesive Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• General Ledger Clerk

  • Oct 2001 - Sep 2005

  • Prepared monthly cost statements for the business unit• Carried out analytical review of the results for the month and provided management information• Carried out balance sheet reconciliations including AR & AP Sub-Ledger reconciliations• Ad hoc projects included converting manual Intrastat submission process to electronic• Main point of support for UK Accounts Payable team

• Accounts Payable Clerk

  • Mar 2001 - Sep 2005

  • Recognised by clients and senior management for excellent service and results• Worked in a high volume multi currency environment• Daily processing of appropriately authorised and coded invoices• Matched supplier invoices to Purchase Orders and goods receipts• Processed multicurrency employee expenses• Liaised with AP Manager on goods received not invoiced (GRNI)• Developed a more effective relationship with other departments through increased on-site visits and regular meetings to resolve issues Show less