Niamh Sands

self-motivated accounts assistant with excellent customer service skills with the ability to offer a strong work ethic and to make well thought out decisions. Able to be an essential member of a team who can follow instructions and also have a willingness to learn. An enthusiastic, vibrant person, who thrives on challenges, and is adaptable to any working environment.

Finance officer - Railway plant services

(2022-06)

• Maintain sage professional accounts software;
• Raise sales and enter purchase invoices onto sage accounting software
• Process month end journals and reconcile daily, monthly and yearly transactions
• Track bank deposits and payments and reconcile bank statements
• Prepare and process purchase invoices for payment, ensuring appropriate approval
• Manage debtors ensuring timely payment of invoices
• Payroll weekly & monthly
• Administration of uk & roi vat returns
• Cis returns
• Answering calls and dealing with queries from customer, staff, subcontractors and suppliers
• Admin duties for finance i.e. Filing, opening post and photocopying.
• Carry out the duty of other staff in their absence where deemed appropriate.
• Ensure filing of daily worksheets, weekly time sheets.
• Review insurance quotes and report back to managing director(s)s any savings identified.
• Maintenance of employee personnel files and holiday requests.

Accounts assistant - Rapid international ltd

(2022-02 - 2022-06)

• Intercompany reconciliations
• Proactively manage the debtor’s ledger, ensuring debts are collected within agreed credit terms
• Accurately receipt and allocate payments daily to the ledger
• Liaise with management and internal departments to resolve queries in a timely manner.
• Process new account set ups and credit checking
• Process month end statements
• Bank reconciliations
• Journal entries – fixed assets, prepayments, fx, payroll journals, accruals.
• Month end management reports
• Cash flow reports
• Nominal code analysis.
• Processing sales and purchasing invoices/credit notes.
• Monitor sales and purchasing ledgers

Accounts assistant - J w kane precision engineering (sam ni)

(2017-03 - 2022-02)

• Assisting with month end procedure.
• Bank reconciliations & closing of multi-currency banks.
• Journal entries.
• Nominal code analysis.
• Manage petty cash.
• Reconcile supplier statements.
• Monitoring & closing of accounts receivable & payable.
• Reconciling aged debtor & creditor reports.
• Processing invoices & credit notes onto erp system (syteline) & sage.
• Reconciling all invoices to purchase orders.
• Collect & file all relevant documents.
• Working with auditors for y/e audits.
• Sales analysis (daily/weekly/monthly/annually)
• Stock reports.
• Carrying out all tasks of a receptionist. E.g. Greeting & welcoming visitors, answering & screening calls.
• Along with working in the accounts department i assist my hr manager with her duties. These include:
• Organise and maintain personnel records.
• Prepare hr documents (employee contracts, offer letters, return to work forms etc)
• Assist payroll with documents (absence, holidays, sick days, work contract schedules)
• Working with auditors for grants for invest ni.
• Arrange travel for business trips and monitor expense claim forms.
• Minute taking in disciplinary hearings etc.
• Assisting with recruitment – shortlisting cvs, arranging interviews.

Waitress- supervisor - Yellow door portadown

(2014-09 - 2017-03)

• Ensuring company standards are adhered to at all times.
• Assisting management with the efficient day to day running of the restaurant.
• Ensuring an excellent standard of customer service is delivered daily.
• Dealing with customer complaints/queries in an efficient yet professional manner.
• Responsible for the opening/closing of the shop including all associated duties of a responsible key holder.
• Supervising, monitoring and motivating staff.
• Keeping abreast of menu and any promotions.
• Ability to handle cash and a cash register.
• Answering and connecting calls via switchboard system
• Support with staff training and development.
• Responsible for ensuring all health and safety regulations are adhered to at all times.
• Any other reasonable duties requested by the management team.

Supervisor - Seagoe hotel portadown / craigavon

(2008-08 - 2014-09)

By working in the hotel i have gained extensive experience throughout the whole hotel. I have experience in reception, housekeeping, kitchen porter, preparing desserts, helping out with weddings, functions, waitressing and bartender. The ability to work throughout as i am a hard reliable person who thrives on making others happy.

• Providing timely, accurate and friendly service to customers at all times.
• Greeting guests at reception promptly upon arrival.
• Taking orders and relay it to kitchen or bar staff as appropriate.
• Ensuring company standards are adhered to at all times.
• Ensure guest satisfaction and respond to any additional requests in a polite, professional and timely manner.
• Keeping abreast of menu and any promotions.
• Ability to handle cash and a cash register.
• Dealing with customer complaints.

Gcse’s ( 3as, 6bs, 1c) - drumcree college, portadown (2003 - 2008)

a levels: advanced gce in applied ict and btec national award in media - armagh college of higher education (2008 - 2011)

Adult access learning course - social science and humanities - southern regional college portadown (2011-09 - 2012-06)