Accounts Officer
TRADES ACCOUNTANTS & CO
Total years of experience :4 years, 11 months
Accounts Officer June 2013- Present
TRADES ACCOUNTANTS & CO
* Prepare journal entries
* Assist with accounts receivable and accounts payable
* Weekly account/bank reconciliation
* Dealing with clients queries and issues promptly and efficiently
* Reconcile and maintain balance sheet accounts
* Monthly Petty Cash and expense reconciliation
* Producing ADR and ACR report on a weekly basis.
* Assist with Credit control
* Assist with preparation of monthly financial reports
* Assist with the year end audit and reporting
* Be the point of contact for the accounts team in the absence of the finance manager
Group Assistant Accountant/Credit Controller January 2011- May 2013
DRIVEN WORLDWIDE (HEAD OFFICE)
* Co-ordinating and managing processes in Palmtree, our in house reservations platform
* Ensuring timely production of purchase and sales invoices
* Processing and keying in purchase and sales invoices into SUN system
* Weekly payment run and supplier statement reconciliation
* BACs payment and ad hoc payments
* Processing and keying in the bank payment and receipt on a daily basis
* Weekly bank reconciliation with multi-currency
* Monthly Petty Cash and expense reconciliation
* Producing ADR and ACR report on a weekly basis.
* Credit control for the three offices (Americas, APAC and EMEA)
* Dealing with clients queries and issues promptly and efficiently
* Responsible for KPI analysis and evaluation of costs & margins
* Preparation of weekly contra sheet for inter-company transactions
* Assist with the UK VAT Returns & US Sales Tax Returns
* Deputising for the Group Financial Controller in her absence
* Preparation of various report for senior managers
* Assisting on the monthly management accounts
* Assisting in the year end audit and reporting
* Ad hoc duties
Assistant Accountant January 2009 - Dec 2010
THAMES HR SOLUTION
* Assist the finance manager with the debtors books and credit control management of all companies in the group.
* Checking invoices have been authorised by the relevant budget holders at their relevant delegation level
* Balance sheet reconciliations and expense account analysis
* Coding invoices using multiple cost centres and department codes
* Booking purchase invoices into Sage Line 200
* Dealing with all supplier invoice queries and payment disputes as well as reconciling supplier statements
* Checking daily balance reports to ensure accounts are not overdrawn
* Booking journal entries, including recurring, reversing entries, prepayments and setting up journal templates
* Reviewing and monitoring completeness for invoices and support with administrative correspondence
* Book-keeping and accounts needs, including the preparation of monthly and annual accounts
* Be the point of contact for the accounts team in the absence of the finance manager
* Ad-hoc duties
Greenwich University 2006 - 2009 BA Honours degree in Accounting and Finance with very high 2:1
John Ruskin College 2004 - 2006 A-level Business: A A-level ICT: B Personal Development Skills Level 2 and 3: Pass
Selhurst High School 1999 - 2004 10 GCSEs including Maths (A), English (B), Science - (B)