Jonathan Ben-Haim

Versatile skillset and varied work history, including accounts administration, credit control and English teaching. Recently returned to London after residing and working in Hong Kong from 2022-2025.

Event Crew Work at Self Employed (2026-04 – Present)

• Contract work on behalf of two crewing companies.
• Assisting with setting up and de-rigging evenings, such as museum exhibition installations, music and retail events.
• Manual work, which involves ensuring scenic and commercial installations are adequately and time efficiently prepared or packed down.

Literacy and Phonics Teacher at Readership Literacy School (2023-02 – 2025-10)

• Taught children between 4-16 English phonics, reading technique improvement, advanced grammar, writing skills.
• Assessed abilities of children for level placement, and provided regular reports of progress to caregivers.
• Designed course materials and lesson plans, including creative writing tasks and material based on current events.

Online ESL Tutor (2022-08 – 2023-01)

• Provided high quality ESL English tutoring sessions to over 200 students of diverse age groups and backgrounds.
• Conducted proper research and prepared lesson plans to ensure adherence to comprehensiveness of coverage.
• Applied scaffolding or extension when necessary based on student needs utilising beneficial correction techniques.

Credit Controller and Financial Administrator at Criterion Asset Management (2016-01 – 2022-12)

• Played a key role within a major asset management company to manage matters related to invoicing and debt.
• Effectively communicated with tenants to ensure timely payments, arrange payment plans and settle disputes.
• Demonstrated high attention to detail to compile weekly/monthly financial figures for analysis using pivot tables.
• Managed Accounts Payable system for utility bills across a portfolio of 800 commercial units.

English Teaching & Tuition (2015-01 – 2016-12)

• Provided quality teaching for General and Business English to students of various age groups and backgrounds.
• Prepared advanced teaching materials and coached students to attain the targeted grades in IELTS/TOEFL examinations.
• Devised personalised teaching lesson plans in accordance with the changing needs of students.

Credit Controller at Interaction Worldwide (2014-01 – 2015-12)

• Performed daily banking, financial duties and batch payment reconciliation for a long-established holiday operator.
• Identified bookings with payment discrepancies and obtained funds from clients, using bespoke database and MS Excel.
• Prepared statements/invoices for client agents and corresponded with them regarding overdue payments/refunds.

English Tutor at Lexis Language School (2014-01 – 2014-12)

• Provided one-to-one tutoring sessions to English beginner students and developed positive rapports.
• Planned lesson content and objectives in advance in conjunction with course plans and text books as per student needs.

Credit Controller and Senior Administrator at Estates & Management Limited (2007-01 – 2013-12)

• Supported legal, funds reconciliation and financial operations for a leading property freeholder.
• Sourced accounts requiring further legal action and interacted with legal firms and tenants over escalated cases.

Trinity Cert TESOL Qualification – St George International School (2013-01 – 2013-12)

BA in History – University College London (UCL) (2004-01 – 2007-12)

3 A-Levels and 9 GCSEs - JFS School (1996-01 – 2003-12)