Beenish Ateeq

Finance professional with over three years' experience across accounts payable, accounts receivable, credit control, supplier invoices, sales invoices, payment runs, bank reconciliations, month-end procedures, journals, accruals, prepayments, and VAT returns, alongside general finance admin and bookkeeping. Worked across an accountancy practice, an SME, and an insurance business, supporting multiple entities and managing finance queries. Seeking a permanent, part-time role.

Works well both as part of a team and independently, managing own workload reliably under deadline pressure.

Assistant Accountant - Key Dissect Ltd

(2026-01)

• Own the full Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable cycle, preparing and processing supplier payment runs via BACS and reviewing employee expenses
• Manage day-to-day bookkeeping and bank reconciliations in Xero; connected it to Dext, cutting manual data entry by around 80%
• Complete quarterly VAT returns under MTD and support the preparation of annual accounts and tax filings, liaising with external accountants
• Maintain organised, audit-ready records, supporting management accounts preparation up to trial balance level, and produce reports covering variances and KPIs
• Manage the finance inbox, resolving finance queries and supporting continuous improvement of finance processes and procedures
• Currently transitioning into Power BI, building on existing Excel reporting to support more automated management information

Accounts Assistant - Insurance Claim Accommodation Bureau

(2023-09 - 2025-07)

Management Reporting, AP & AR

• Processed 100+ weekly remittances plus supplier and sales invoices and credit notes in Sage 200, working to consistent weekly deadlines
• Reconciled supplier statements independently and chased discrepancies and outstanding balances to keep accounts accurate
• Acted as the main point of contact for finance-related queries across hundreds of supplier and client accounts, responding within one business day and resolving discrepancies under weekly deadline pressure — recognised with a year-end bonus for how these relationships were handled
• Assisted with monthly management accounts, including month-end tasks, balance sheet reconciliations and credit card reconciliations, alongside building weekly AP/AR and aged debtor reports in Excel
• Prepared client-facing financial reports covering amounts paid, outstanding balances and budget vs actual, and issued these directly to clients

Accounts Assistant Trainee - Future Connect Accountants

(2022-10 - 2023-08)

Accountancy practice — mixed portfolio of sole trader, partnership, and limited company clients

• Handled bookkeeping, invoicing, and journal postings across a mixed portfolio of clients using Xero, QuickBooks, and Sage 50, working across multiple client accounts in parallel
• Managed MTD VAT returns and liaised directly with HMRC
• Reconciled bank statements and petty cash, and supported year-end preparation across the client portfolio
• Prepared and processed BACS payment runs for supplier invoices across the client portfolio

BSc (Hons) - Applied Accounting - Oxford Brookes University