Finance Assistant – AAT Finalist

• Ref: LCTQ030321
• Manchester
• Posted: 4 weeks ago
• Salary Expectation: £21,000

Availability/Notice Period: 1 Week

Education

• 2019 AAT Level 4 Student – 3 exams left to sit
• 2016 3 A Levels in Law, Maths & Physics – Eccles Sixth Form Centre
• 2014 11 GCSEs achieved – Fred Longworth High School

IT Systems

• Microsoft Word and Excel
• Sage 50 Accounts / Payroll
• PFF (system specific for Schools)

Career Summary

Current Employer – Charity

Position – Purchase Ledger Clerk (Temporary)

Dates – November 2020 – Present

Previous Employer – Civil Engineering Company

Position – Finance Assistant

Dates – 2017 – October 2020

• Worked within a team of 5 reporting to the Accounts Manager and Company Secretary
• Worked across a range of Financial and Management Accounting functions
• Purchase Ledger – worked across a Ledger of c 200 Suppliers
• Processed up to 30 Invoices per day for various works such as sewage, construction, and maintenance
• Calculated CIS and VAT invoices and processing deductions
• Responsible for Supplier Statement reconciliations twice Weekly
• Prepared and processed Payment run bi-weekly – up to £250k a time
• Assisted with preparation of Purchase Ledger for Month End
• Sales Ledger – worked end to end including Cash Allocation / Raising Sales Invoices / Credit Control
• Reconciliation of Statements and Debtor Ledger
• Responsible for Weekly Bank Reconciliations across 7 accounts and 9 accounts for Month End
• Assisted Accounts Manager with Monthly Forecast
• Updated and maintained the daily Cashflow
• Assisted with Month End – completing Balance Sheet Reconciliations, submitting VAT returns
• Responsible for processing Employee and expenses and Payroll Monthly
• Ad hoc duties as required