Finance Assistant

• Jan 2018 - Present

• Administrating the corporate expenses policy using SAP Concur and Bank of America online portals.• Reviewing and approving expense claim submissions within SAP Concur new vendors and updating new vendor master data whilst complying with audit and ICFR policy.• Reviewing and preparing vendor payments online• Allocation of receipts to debtor invoices ensuring correct settlement discount applied and following up on allocation queries.• Placing accounts on ship block and releasing when appropriate.• Releasing credit held/ship blocked sales orders to shipping.• Ad-hoc concur expense reviews and approvals & setting up new users in SAP Concur expense and Bank of America.• Produce monthly & quarterly and yearly reporting of all internal audit documentation for Head Office in USA.• Organise and prioritise own workload. • Liaising with departments such as sales and warehouse to resolve outstanding queries as quickly as possible. • Investigating and resolving queries relating to non-payment of invoices, proof of delivery, pricing and quality. • Keeping sufficient records of all communications between customer and any other departments.Setting up and vetting new customers, implementations of new procedures, Setting and reviewing credit limits. All aspects of sales ledger including journal entries, month end reconciliations, cash allocations.

Credit Controller

• Sep 2016 - Jul 2017

• Establishing and maintaining a professional relationship with clients and customers and others internal departments within the organisation. Reduction of Debtor days from 89 -50 within 3 months resolving all queries including Proof of Delivery, Proof of return, Quality & Quantity issues face to face meeting with the Customers to negotiate the balance to be paid immediately.• Chasing all debt by telephone and email to reduce debtor days (6000 customer ledger) - break of 60% Export overseas/ 40% UK debt. • Manage all multi- currency accounts for international customers, including but not limited to invoicing, allocating payments subject to bank charges and exchange gains and losses. • Liaising with departments such as sales and warehouse to resolve outstanding queries as quickly as possible. • Investigating and resolving queries relating to non-payment of invoices, proof of delivery, pricing and quality. • Keeping sufficient records of all communications between customer and any other departments.• Negotiating repayment plans in line with the company’s policy. • Manage allocation of payments and credit notes in accordance with customer remittance.• Overseeing of banking and managing reconciliation of bank accounts for all currencies. • Completing all large corporate/ blue chip ledger reconciliations on a monthly basic. • Process and generate letters and monthly statements at the beginning of every month. • Organise and prioritise own workload.

International Client Service Controller

• Jul 2010 - Aug 2016

• Establishing and maintaining a professional relationship with clients and customers. Dealing with people at all levels. • Analysing sales ledgers to allow recommendations to be made regarding finance. • Deal with incoming client and customer communication and understand the nature of the inquiry in order that it can be resolved either by self or passed to the correct individual /department. • Verbal / written contact with customers to enable the collection of overdue balances. • Establish the validity of specified debts through contact with customers. • Identifying any service / security issues, dealing or referring where necessary • Produce accurate and timely documentation (e.g. standard reports) and maintain records by documentation / data input. • Establish and maintain effective relationships within your team, and other family groups, providing guidance and support. • Organise and prioritise own workload.

Senior Analyst and 2 further positions

• Aug 1998 - Mar 2010

Senior Data Integrity AnalystTeam Manager Credit Controller

Credit Controller

• Apr 1988 - Apr 1998