Financial controller - The Window Company - Chelmsford
(2025-04)
Working closely with the Director of Finance in managing, primarily responsible for managing and improving all accounting operations.
- Managing day-to-day accounting operations, including billing, accounts receibables, accounts payables, trial balance, inventory accounting, payroll, CIS, revenue recognition and VAT.
- Prepare monthly financial statements, including commentary, variance analysis and KPI's.
- Management of cashflow, debts and debts collection.
- Data entry onto company system as required.
- Making sure accounting system is compliant with standards and statutory law and financial regulations.
- Ensuring all transactions are recorded, filed and reported properly.
- Documentation of business process and accounting policies to maintain internal control.
- Streamlining and improving all operations and accounting system.
- Support the business with financial strategy and decision-making process.
Senior Accountant - Litchfields Chartered Accountant - London
(2024-01 - 2025-04)
Successfully managed the accounting department for varies sizes businesses (purchase ledger department, receivables ledger department and payroll department, Investigated and resolved discrepancies in monthly bank accounts, reconciliation of the general ledger accounts and generate monthly/ quarterly financial reporting to detail company revenues expenses, providing best practice accounting advice)
- Develop and maintain financial reporting systems that accurately reflect the financial position of the business.
- Implementing processes to streamline operations and improve accuracy.
- Accounting advice.
- Prepare and file Self Assessments for Directors and self-employers.
- Prepare Accounts for limited companies, partnerships and self-employed
- Set up of payroll and pension scheme and payroll run process (weekly, monthly and annually.
- Quickly resolved payroll discrepancies and overpayments, maintaining balanced payroll accounts.
- Monitored emerging payroll software and system upgrades, identifying key updates to improve payment and processing procedures.
- Liaised with contractors and subcontractors to receive and process invoices promptly and accurately.
Service Charge Accountant - Gateway Property Management - Southend-On-Sea, Essex
(2023-09 - 2023-12)
- Prepare Service Charge budgets and distribute them in a timely manner to achieve KPI targets.
- Put budgets onto the database ensuring charges are applied correctly and apportionments agree.
- Prepare the monthly periodic report for the Corporate Department.
- Prepare the monthly Corporate KPI reports for the Service Charge Department.
- Raise periodic Service Charge demands, and recharge as required.
- Analysis of income and expenditure
- Accruals and prepayments where necessary
- Review and analysis of the Service Charge budget to actual expenditure and prior year performance.
Senior Accountant/ Payroll manager - FB Accountancy Services - Basildon, Essex
(2019-06 - 2023-08)
- Preparation of annual tax returns for self -employed and directors.
- Preparation of limited Company Accounts and partnerships.
- Preparation and filing of VAT returns for different businesses
- PAYE registration and pension scheme set up for varies businesses and compliance with Pension Regulator.
- Maintained excellent working knowledge of payroll legislation to ensure full, ongoing company compliance.
- Run weekly, monthly and annual payroll including pensions and File RTI to HMRC
- Processed journal entries, online transfers and payments.
- Monitored emerging payroll software and system upgrades, identifying key updates to improve payment and processing procedures.
- Liaised with contractors and subcontractors to receive and process invoices promptly and accurately.
Accountant Assistant - Accounting Help - London
(2015-08 - 2019-05)
- Performed bookkeeping/accounting duties, including bank reconciliation, accounts payable and receivable and reconciliations and general ledger accounts reconciliation
- Preparing and completing accurate VAT Return
- Production of monthly management accounts, cashflow and budgets
- Knowledge using Xero, Quickbooks, Kashflow and VT software for data entry
Waitress - La Figa (Restaurant) - London
(2014-08 - 2016-05)
- Prepared and served coffee, espresso drinks and cocktails to provide beverage varieties and options.
- Resolved customer complaints promptly, escalating larger operational concerns to management.
- Delivered friendly and fast service to process high-volume food and drink orders at peak times.
- Completed daily opening and closing checklists to maintain standards and ready dining rooms for service.
- Retained knowledge of current menu selections for accurate, reliable customer guidance.
- Demonstrated full knowledge of all menu items, contents and preparation methods to provide suggestions based on customer preference.
Supervisor - Mr Pretzels - Lewisham
(2011-11 - 2014-07)
- In charge of 4 staff when the manager is away
- Making sure all duties are carried out to high standard
- Cashing up and banking all payments at the end of the day
- Ordering stock and keeping the work place clean and tidy
Waitress - La Conchiglia - Italy
(2008-06 - 2008-08)
- Showing customers to their tables
- Taking customer orders and serving them
- Washing Kitchen appliances, work surfaces, floors and walls.
