Experience

Freeman Clarke

• United Kingdom
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Accountant

  • Mar 2018 - Present



Embassy of Luxembourg in the United Arab Emirates

• United Arab Emirates

• Head of Administration, Finance and Personnel followed by Head of the Consular section

  • Jan 2014 - Aug 2017

  • In charge of the Embassy’s cash flow forecasting, petty cash, budgeting and budget proposals, timely credit requests. • Executing Bank reconciliations for three different budgets (the Embassy, LTIO and Consular Section). • Managing accounts payable (cheques, wire transfers, petty cash). • Responsible for the entire HR function, UAE Foreign Ministry approval and residence visa applications. • Processing Payroll, End of Service payments, pension contributions and reconciliations, and maintaining holiday sheets. • In charge of changing Banks and creating new Bank accounts for the Embassy, LTIO and Consular section. • Fully managed the Embassy office and arranged various diplomatic events. • After my maternity leave I was the Head of the Consular section managing the visa and passport procedures as well as the certification and legalisation of documents. Show less



MACH

• United Arab Emirates

• Client Support Manager, Financial Clearing

  • Apr 2009 - Mar 2011

  •In charge of the daily support for all Mach services to MEA clients (DU, Asiacell Iraq, Wataniya Maldives, Wataniya Algeria, Nawras etc) which included financial clearing and data clearing •Dispatched and handled client issues via service tickets, phone calls and emails •Cash flow forecasting related to financial settlement on a monthly basis •Bank reconciliation – accurate allocation of funds received from roaming partners and transfer of allocated cash to clients •In charge of teaching financial clearing to Dubai employees, which was a new service to be provided from the Dubai office (previously it was only provided by the London office) I was chosen to undertake the training due to the fact that I worked for Mach in the London office and possessed the relevant knowledge and expertise •Led financial clearing training seminars organised by Mach (this was a charged service to Mach clients) •Managed the implementation of 4 new Mach clients for both financial and data clearing, which involved intensive training to the clients and system configuration •Credit control: chasing outstanding roaming bills on behalf of Tier 1 clients Show less



Tullow Oil

• United Kingdom
• Oil and Gas
• 700 & Above Employee

• Accountant

  • May 2007 - Apr 2009

  • Accurate coding and posting of different invoices relating to different oil fields/projects • Accurate coding and posting of travel invoices to relevant projects • Bank reconciliations • Amortisation of hedges • Cash flow forecasting for entire UK and North Africa business units • Processing CHAPS/cheque payments and payments via online banking • Processing expenses payments and checking petty cash • Booking of payroll journal and reconciliation of payroll account • Reconciliation of staff loans and expenses accounts • At month end coding and booking of intercompany charges • Creditor reconciliations on a monthly basis Show less



MACH

• London, United Kingdom

• Account Manager

  • May 2006 - May 2007

  • Take responsibility and accountability for all aspects of customer satisfaction for my clients Orascom Algerie, Orange Guadeloupe, SFR and Libertis Gabon • Work directly with clients on resolving issues • Producing invoices on behalf of clients • Bank reconciliation • Cash flow forecasting • Processing payments to roaming partners and clients • Credit control • Production of indicative reports, final net reports and management reports • Take responsibility and accountability for all aspects of customer satisfaction for my clients Orascom Algerie, Orange Guadeloupe, SFR and Libertis Gabon • Work directly with clients on resolving issues • Producing invoices on behalf of clients • Bank reconciliation • Cash flow forecasting • Processing payments to roaming partners and clients • Credit control • Production of indicative reports, final net reports and management reports



Le Méridien Hotels & Resorts

• Hospitality
• 700 & Above Employee

• Accounts Assistant

  • Jul 2003 - Apr 2006

  • Weekly cheques, wire transfers and BACS run processing • Processing of invoices in two separate entities and processing expense forms • Reconciliation of supplier accounts before month end • Restructuring work for Starwood • Worked on the Le Meridien SA France project • Tested SUN databases, processed test BACS runs to assist in the creation of new databases for Starwood • Cash flow forecasting and intra account transfers • Weekly cheques, wire transfers and BACS run processing • Processing of invoices in two separate entities and processing expense forms • Reconciliation of supplier accounts before month end • Restructuring work for Starwood • Worked on the Le Meridien SA France project • Tested SUN databases, processed test BACS runs to assist in the creation of new databases for Starwood • Cash flow forecasting and intra account transfers



PwC

• Professional Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Tax Advisor

  • Sep 2001 - Nov 2002

  •Calculating and undertaking research on corporate tax returns, personal income tax returns and VAT returns for organisations like Arcelor Mittal, Fidelity Investments, Shell and DuPont de Nemours •Calculating and undertaking research on corporate tax returns, personal income tax returns and VAT returns for organisations like Arcelor Mittal, Fidelity Investments, Shell and DuPont de Nemours