Gillian Marcano

An individual who enjoys a challenge, I am able to demonstrate enthusiasm to succeed. I am keen, conscientious, hard working and reliable person who has the ability to work well with others and on my own initiative. I enjoy working in Finance and i do my job well.

Accounts Role - Valimex Food Service Import/Export

(2025-09 - 2026-05)

• Process approx 500 or more invoices weekly and prepare weekly payment runs
• Supervise staff to prepare weekly payment runs
• Check, process and pay staff expenses
• Reconcile main current bank account daily
• Reconcile supplier statements
• Deal with supplier queries daily
• Liaise with directors for approval of payment run

Purchase Ledger/Finance Role - National Housing Federation

(2023-07 - 2025-09)

• Purchase Ledger invoice coding and processing
• Generate payment run and single payments and upload to the bank for approval
• Reconcile all banks at month end
• Run accruals for month end
• Manage accounts email
• Deal with finance queries
• Update all accounts spreadsheets

Various Finance Roles - Temporary Assignments

(2023-04 - 2023-07)

Purchase Ledger/Accounts - Maris Interiors LLP

(2022-06 - 2023-04)

• Purchase ledger Invoice processing
• Generate and upload payment run to the bank
• Reconcile supplier statements request copies of invoices
• Request missing PO from PM & TD
• Man the accounts email with over 100 emails a day
• Answer phone calls for the accounts department and help deal with any queries
• Checking timesheets match Purchase orders for 50+ contract staff to get paid via Hudsons payroll

Sales and Purchase Ledger - Fromental UK Ltd

(2020-03 - 2022-06)

• Sales Ledger Issue invoices to client post allocate payment to client account
• Purchase ledger post invoices to Dataflow post and allocate payments
• Reconcile 7 Bank accounts and Credit card account monthly
• Raise PO and match invoices to PO
• Check banks daily for funds received from clients and update sales immediately
• Liaising with suppliers and doing weekly payment runs
• Helping out with payroll on sagepay

Purchase Ledger - Preedy Glass

(2019-09 - 2020-02)

Temporary contract

• Purchase ledger role input invoices on system get approval from manager
• Make sure Purchase orders match invoices on system
• Do monthly payment run
• Send out invoices to customers as soon as they are raised
• Allocate payments to correct customer account
• Credit Control
• Month End procedures and reports to Directors
• Petty cash and Company Credit cards

Finance Role - Flexspace

(2018-02 - 2019-09)

Temporary contract

• Responsible for 15 sites around the UK
• Paying all suppliers and rates for the above sites
• Liaising with electricity, gas and water for meter readings and bills
• Doing weekly payment runs ensuring all supplies are paid on time
• Posting and allocating payments
• Ensuring all invoices are authorised for payment

Account Payable - Roland Mouret

(2017-10 - 2018-02)

4 month contract

• Sending out invoices for authorisation to Managers
• Inputting invoices/credit notes on Sun/Navision, Deal with any supplier Queries
• Compiling Payment run Weekly, Dealing with Staff Expenses, Responsible for Petty Cash and Foreign Currencies
• Processing Payments via HSBC, Posting Payments and allocating on Sun

Temporary Assignment - Westway Community Transport

(2017-09 - 2017-10)

• Posting Invoices and payments and allocating Dealing with Supplier Queries
• Posting Petty cash payments on system
• Filing and Photocopying
• Weekly payment run
• Enter staff hours on sagepay for payroll

Accounts Payable Supervisor - Cityfleet Networks Ltd

(2016-12 - 2017-09)

9 month contract

• Responsible for purchase ledger for 4 companies Comcab Liverpool/Aberdeen Flightlink and Westbus
• Responsible for purchase leger duties from start to finish
• Duties include month end procedures running reports and closing of periods
• Systems used Oracle, Sage 50 and Sage 200
• Dealing with accountants Queries supplier calls and emails

Finance Assistant - Salmon Limited

(2016-06 - 2016-10)

4 month Temp contract

• Responsible for the Completion of timesheets for 450+ contractors
• Checking and processing contractors invoices and expenses
• Inputting invoices on sage, code invoices and make sure invoices are authorised
• Prepare payment runs every fortnight
• Allocating invoices and payments on sage
• Dealing with Purchase ledger queries

Finance Assistant - M & A Coachworks

(2014-04 - 2015-05)

12 month contract

• Open daily post, Bank all Cheques and Cash daily, Post all PL Invoices on Opera, Petty Cash
• Directors and staff expenses, Weekly payment runs to PLParts Suppliers
• Deal with all PL Account queries. Payment by Bacs and cheques
• Post and Allocate payment on PL suppliers account to correct invoices, allocate SL payments
• Filing all SL Invoices in numerical order, Archive all PL invoices

Finance Assistant - Marigold Health Foods

(2010-01 - 2014-12)

• Booking in Delivery notes, matching and coding invoices. Get invoices signed off for payment, input invoices on Navision
• Reconciling Supplier Accounts and Company Credit card statement
• Compiling weekly international payment runs, deal with any supplier queries
• Deal with daily post, filing, photocopying, dealing with Auditors queries. Dealing with credit claims, damages and shortages

Full Time Mother - Career Break

(2005-01 - 2010-12)

Finance Assistant - General Dental Council

(2004-01 - 2005-12)

12 month contract

• Working in a team of 6
• Logging invoices onto Excel Spreadsheet
• Purchase/Sales Ledger
• Petty Cash
• Deal with general enquiries
• Process and pay staff expenses and payment runs

Accounts Payable Resale Clerk - Virgin Retail Ltd

(2002-01 - 2004-12)

• Liaise with RGIS to ensure invoices and credit notes are on code financial systems
• Ensure all suppliers statements are received on time
• All supplier statements to be reconciled to Coda and passed to manager by deadline
• Matching all credit notes to relevant claims
• Maintain accurate filing system manually and electronically

Retail Stock Accounts Assistant - Benjys Group Ltd

(2001-01 - 2002-12)

12 month contract

• Responsible for stock valuations, auditing and updating accounting system
• Processing and auditing inter-shop transfers
• Analysing invoice data to identify shops not following the correct procedures
• Allocating cash to the purchase ledger

Purchase Ledger Assistant - Action for blind people

(2000-01 - 2001-12)

12 month contract

• Inputting invoices and completing weekly BACS and cheque runs
• Reconciling supplier accounts and dealing with unpaid invoices and expenses
• Petty Cash

Purchase Ledger & Payroll Clerk - T & T Recruitment

(2000-01 - 2000-12)

6 month contract

• Working in Sales/Purchase ledger and Payroll
• Checking and inputting time sheets
• BACS runs and chasing unpaid debts

Purchase Ledger Clerk - Valentina UK Ltd

(1996-01 - 1999-12)

• Dealing with 100-150 incoming invoices per day
• Batching and coding invoices
• Processing expense claims for 30 buyers on a daily basis
• Monthly cheque runs of 200 cheques
• Assisting with monthly bank reconciliations for 7 Bank accounts

Fraud Officer - Department of Social Security

(1992-01 - 1996-12)

• Investigate fraudulent claims
• Liaise with Police, CID, Post office staff and other bodies to prevent fraudulent claims
• Following claimants on fraudulent operations
• Writing statements
• Drafting staff duties for 12 staff

BTEC - Secretarial & Business Studies - Hammersmith & West London College (1986-01 - 1987-12)

O'Level and CSE - Mathematics & English - Cardinal Newman RC (1980-01 - 1985-12)

Book Keeping and Accounts - Book Keeping and Accounts - City and Guilds (2008-01 - 2009-12)