Accountant / Credit Controller
Stafford Associates
Total years of experience :20 years, 1 Months
Stafford is an Educational firm, providing Distance Learning programs for over two decades. Stafford represents an extensive
list of degree and diploma courses offered by internationally recognised universities in the United Kingdom that are online
learning specialists.
Started working as an Accounts Assistant for over a year and then promoted to a credit controller post.
Major Duties and Responsibilities:
Collect payments of current debts to overdue debts in accordance to targets. Maintained an upward trend on Cash Collection and has improved overdue debt reduction.
Involved in chasing the initial payment from the new students and I have evidently proven a high possibility of persuading the accepted students to pay and register onto the course especially those who are planning to defer onto the next cohort.
Act as a student support and track the student’s progression and encourage them to enroll onto the next level especially the undergraduate students.
Provide administrative support especially to those students who are planning to quit from the course.
Directly involve in strategic planning to lower down percentage of inactive students from Undergraduate up to Post Graduate level.
Directly communicate with the finance, administrative and academic department of various UK universities.
Resolve queries in an accurate and timely manner. Building a good rapport with clients.
Maintain an average collection efficiency of 85%. Sustain client relationship to meet and exceed targeted collection efficiency.
Perform General Accounting tasks such as:
Processing and recording of accounts payable transactions and ensure that all invoices and staff reimbursements are paid accurately and in accordance with Finance policies and procedures.
Review and process Expense reports and receipts submitted by cardholders on monthly basis.
Perform the processing of functional and benefits expense allocations, monthly accruals, royalties and recording of adjusting and reclassification journal entries, if necessary.
Prepare reconciliations, including bank statements, employer’s benefit costs, accruals and prepaid expenses.
Oversees daily operational or administration duties of department including daily reports and processing of accounts. Compile statistics and reports for management review.
Major Duties and Responsibilities:
Ensure invoices and vouchers are processed timely and accurately. Maintain precise records and control reports using the Accounting system QUICKBOOKS.
Heavily involved in the reconciliation of unpaid and overpaid invoices to the customers.
Maintain close coordination with the Finance Department to ensure that Accounting transactions (bank reconciliation, Journal vouchers and payments) are timely and accurately posted in the General Ledger.
Handling vendor billing inquiries and reconcile vendor account balances (phone and email)
Assist the Finance Manager in handling overall Accounts Payable Operations.
Major Duties and Responsibilities:
Ensure daily recording in PEACHTREE all revenue & non-revenue data coming from outlets.
Reconciliation of AP Sub ledger to General Ledger
Provide regular financial reports to store managers for use in business decision making.
Ensure systematic processing of cheque requests and compliance to regulatory remittance requirements
Audit stores’ transactions on a monthly basis and once a month meeting with Store Administrative Assistants, regarding operational concerns
Provide quarterly evaluation and regular feedback to Store Administrator based on their performance
Maintain store records and workplace is within the standard.
Major Duties and Responsibilities:
• Handle Sales and Usages of Gift Certificates of all branches of Rustan Department Stores.
• In charge of various Gift Certificate adjustments made in the JDA system (in-house software)
• Prepare monthly reports related to GC sales and outstanding for usage.
• Reconciliation of actual balances of Gift Certificates recorded in the books based on the system generated.
• Prepare monthly reports such as GC Outstanding, RMA (Reserved Merchandise Agreement) and RMES (Reserved Merchandise Exchange Slip).
• Assist the Assistant Vice-President Financial Controller in preparing monthly reports such as Comparative Headcount in a monthly basis as well as updating the Actual Budget Expenses to be used in preparation in the Financial Package to be submitted to the top management.