Finance Assistant - Thalia Waste Management
(2025-04 - 2026-07)
Temporary Contract
- Process vendor invoices and credit notes on SAP using OCR DocuWare platform
- Reconcile supplier statements
- Assist with the creation of payment proposals, payment runs and posting vendor payments
- Resolve invoice and vendor queries
- Support the Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable functions with any additional queries
- Provide general transactional support as required
Accounts Payable Clerk - Costa Coffee (Coca-Cola Company)
(2022-07 - 2024-06)
Temporary Contract
- Matching purchase orders with invoices
- Processing UK and International invoices
- Reconciling statements
- Dealing with queries for internal and external stakeholders
- Providing daily purchase ledger reporting to management
Accounts Payable Clerk - Jordans Dorset Ryvita
(2022-01 - 2022-07)
Temporary Contract
- Receive and process supplier invoices Expenses on MFG and Web 3 according to the procedures in place
- Manage the inherent complexities in dealing with suppliers worldwide and the various currencies
- Liaise with other members of the business to investigate and resolve queries
- Complete reporting and KPI's as and when required
- Manage Return to Vendor credit process
- Scan and file invoices in the correct place according to invoice progress status
- Reconciliation of supplier statements on a timely basis
- Completion of payment runs for GBP & other currencies
Accounts Payable Clerk - Takeda Pharmaceutical Company
(2021-09 - 2021-12)
Temporary Contract
- Processing of UK, Foreign currency invoices and Intercompany invoices on the SAP system, including the 3-way match process (PO/GRNI/Invoice) for stock related invoices
- Posting of PO and non-PO invoices in Ariba
- Monitoring payment deadlines and controlling the execution of payments
- Replying to internal and external queries within agreed SLAs
- Performing internal controls
- Effective communication with clients and colleagues
- Producing weekly age creditor reports to management
- Reconciling supplier statements
Accounts Payable Clerk - Volkswagen Financial Services
(2021-04 - 2021-08)
Temporary Contract
- Processing of UK, Foreign currency invoices and Intercompany invoices on the SAP system, including the 3-way match process (PO/GRNI/Invoice) for stock related invoices
- Processing of employee expenses using the Concur System and checking/updating the relevant information for P11D purposes
- Preparing and Processing 2 payment runs via BACS and producing payment reports
- Dealing with supplier queries and building relationships to ensure smooth running of operations
- Reconciling supplier statements on a monthly basis
Accounts Payable Clerk - F.R Cawleys Ltd
(2014-11 - 2020-08)
Permanent. Reason for leaving - Redundancy
- Coding and Processing over 1400 invoices on a monthly basis
- Supplier statement reconciliations on a regular basis
- Processing all Staff expenses to meet strict payroll deadlines
- Preparing and Processing 2 payment runs via BACS and producing payment reports
- Assisting with answering calls for Credit Control
- Dealing with supplier queries and building relationships to ensure smooth running of operations
- Assisting the Management Accountant with month end reports
- Supply Auditors with Year End Purchase Ledger information
- Integration of New systems Opera, Sun Systems, Kissflow. Attending Training courses and carrying out testing on each system
- Uploading payment files to Santander's SCF payment portal. This is done to strict deadlines on a weekly basis
Accounts Assistant - Magna Seating (UK Ltd) - Southampton
(2012-08 - 2014-10)
Permanent. Reason for leaving - Redundancy: Ford relocated transit production to Turkey and as a result the Southampton site closed July 2013.
- Processing of UK, Foreign currency invoices and Intercompany invoices on the ERP system, including the 3 way match process (PO/GRNI/Invoice) for stock related invoices
- Processing of employee expenses and checking/updating the relevant information for P11D purposes
- Monthly analysis of Debtors & Creditors aging reports to ensure all items matched and posted correctly
- Preparing the electronic BACS payment run for both suppliers & employees and dealing with any supplier questions/issues which may arise
- Reconciling supplier statements on a monthly basis
- Posting banking entries and completion of bank reconciliation on a weekly basis
- Covering Sales Ledger when required - cash allocation
- Completion of the Intrastat reporting for monthly arrivals
- Purchase Orders processing, raising the PO's getting them approved and sending to suppliers on a timely basis
- Processing Defective Material Returns and raising related debit notes on supplier accounts
- Preparing accruals and prepayments journals on a monthly basis
- Posting the GL journals on a monthly basis
- Assisting the Chief Accountant with month end procedures
- Petty cash reconciliation on a monthly basis
- Inter-company reconciliations and balance confirmations with group companies
- Support Financial Controller in preparation of Controller Model files for year end
Finance Administrator - Urban Saints - Luton
(2012-04 - 2012-07)
Temporary 4 month contract
- Processing of all invoices and expenses
- Bank Reconciliations on monthly basis
- Petty cash monthly reconciliations
- Posting journals on a monthly basis
- Weekly Internet payments and BACS run for suppliers and employees
- Monthly analysis of Debtors and Creditors aging reports to ensure all items matched and posted correctly
Purchase Ledger Clerk - Arjo Huntleigh Healthcare - Luton
(2011-11 - 2011-12)
Temporary contract
- Performing all Purchase Ledger duties
Finance Administrator - Care UK - Cosgrove Way, Luton
(2009-12 - 2011-11)
Permanent. Reason for leaving: Redundancy (Lost NHS contract)
- Answering and dealing with queries on the phone
- Checking the post, performing general and clerical duties
- Invoice processing & raising invoices
- Dealing with invoice & HR queries, keeping records of annual leave, sickness, working hours and overtime
- Liaising with HR for payroll queries
- Approving invoices using the Agresso software and making sure they are approved before the due date
- Creating spread sheets, processing doctors invoices and making sure the invoices are accurate using the Adastra software to check the clocking in times
- Controlling petty cash, keeping petrol receipts up-to-date and dealing with the expenses
- Making sure the doctors reports, payrolls and spread sheets are completed by a given deadline and sent to the head office at the end of the month
Accounts Receivable/Credit Control - Tui - Wigmore Lane, Luton
(2009-09 - 2009-11)
Temporary - 3 month contract
- Performing all Credit Control Duties including debt chasing, cash collection & credit card payments
Sales Ledger/Purchase Ledger Clerk - Hain Celestial UK Ltd - Luton
(2000-07 - 2009-07)
Permanent. Reason for leaving: Redundancy (Lost contract with M&S - accounts centralised into London)
- Dealing with customer & supplier queries
- Matching & coding purchase ledger Invoices
- Reconciling supplier statement
- Dealing with weekly BACS run
- Inputting sales orders onto the system and raising sales invoices
- Allocating cash & bank reconciliation
- Responsible for distribution of all incoming departmental mail
- Matching GRN with invoices and checking the 3 way match for stock related invoices
- Covering credit control, chasing payments, allocation of payments
- To create manual cheques / automated payments whilst ensuring the necessary authorisation and procedures necessary
- Daily labour variance
- To assist with month end reconciliation and post of journals
Senior accounts Payable Clerk - Trico Products Ltd - Dunstable
(1997-06 - 2000-05)
Permanent. Reason for leaving: Redundancy (Accounts centralised in Europe)
- Responsible for distribution of all incoming departmental mail
- Recording and inputting new invoices and reconciling them against the goods received notes
- Dealing with approximately 200 invoices a day and an average of 400 accounts
- Liaising with suppliers and dealing with their queries
- Reconciling suppliers credit notes with debit notes due & payable
- Updating client database
- Raising payment runs via cheque on a weekly & monthly basis
- Responsible for credit control
- Following up outstanding accounts
Senior Account Payable Clerk - Thomas De La Rue Ltd - Dunstable
(1993-11 - 1997-05)
Permanent. Reason for leaving: Redundancy (Company relocated to High-Wycombe)
- Reconciling stock records to the nominal ledger for month end analysis
- Cover for both sales & bought ledger
