Candidate Summary:
A motivated and diligent finance professional with 10 years of experience in accounting processes and regulations. They have a consistent track record of identifying process improvements to drive quality, accuracy, and efficiency. They also have strong management accounting, financial reporting, bookkeeping, and team management skills. They have experience in various roles including Senior Management Accountant, Management Accountant, Assistant Accountant, Senior Bookkeeper and Bookkeeper.
Employment:
Senior Management Accountant
2023 – Present
Managed the month-end and year-end closing processes, collaborated with other departments to gather financial data and ensure accuracy, developed and implemented financial policies, procedures, and controls. They also assisted with financial audits and accounting standards and regulations compliance, mentored and supervised junior accounting staff, and provided support to the financial controller and finance director in their responsibilities and tasks.
Management Accountant
2019 – 2023
Prepared operating and property companies’ monthly management accounts balance sheet reconciliations, P&Ls, fixed asset registers. They also prepared monthly intercompany reconciliations and consolidations between all of the Group’s companies and assisted with year-end statutory accounts and dealing with the external audit team. They also administered all companies’ confirmation statements filings to Companies House and prepared and maintained the Group’s cashflow forecast.
Assistant Accountant
2017 – 2019
Maintained general, sales, and purchase ledgers on schedule and verified information against documentation. They also reconciled bank statements and resolved any discrepancies, reconciled all expenses and accounts, including company credit cards, expenses, and petty cash accounts, and assisted in the month and year-end accounts preparations including journals, accruals, prepayments, deferred income, and intercompany balances reconciliation.
Senior Bookkeeper
2014 – 2017
The candidate efficiently maintained sales ledger, supervised purchase ledger operation, maintained cash books, produced monthly bank reconciliations, reconciled intercompany accounts, prepared accounts up to trial balance, prepared monthly reports for managing director.
Bookkeeper
2013 – 2014
The candidate efficiently operated sales ledger, processed sales invoices, posted and allocated receipts, reconciled self-billing remittance advices, timely and effectively collected customer payments and debts, resolved customer queries, managed relationships with customers, ensuring service levels were continuously met.
Education:
Bachelor of Economics in Financial Economics and has completed several courses including ACCA, AAT Level 4 Diploma in Accounting, AAT Level 4 Certificate in Taxation and Ethics, Level 2 Award in Computerised Accounts, and Bookkeeping.
Skills:
Management accounting, Financial reporting, Bookkeeping, SAGE accounting, Income and expenditure forecasting, Effective time management, Team management and development, Strong attention to detail, High level of accuracy.
