Accounts Assistant - Chadwell Heath Accountancy Firm - London
(2025-12)
Part-time role supporting statutory accounts preparation and tax compliance.
- Support the preparation of statutory accounts for sole traders, partnerships, and limited companies in line with UK accounting standards.
- Prepared VAT returns and bookkeeping for approximately 10–15 clients per month, ensuring on-time submissions and accurate records and timely submission to HMRC.
- Support self-assessment tax returns and basic corporation tax computations under senior accountant supervision.
- Liaise with clients to request financial information, clarify discrepancies, and provide clear explanations of accounting requirements.
- Supported month-end journals, accruals and prepayments, improving ledger accuracy ahead of reporting deadlines.
- Develop strong attention to detail while working across multiple client deadlines in a professional practice environment.
Financial Transaction Assistant - Ponder Ends Post Office - Enfield
(2024-01 - 2024-12)
Part-time internship role processing banking transactions and ensuring regulatory compliance.
- Processed core banking transactions (deposits, withdrawals, pensions, savings, foreign exchange).
- Ensured compliance with UK Post Office regulatory frameworks and financial controls.
- Maintained accurate financial records and balanced daily transactions with full reconciliation.
- Supported customer applications for financial and government services (passports, licences, insurance).
- Introduced a structured verification checklist, reducing reporting discrepancies and increasing reconciliation accuracy.
Customer Service Manager (Cash Operations & Compliance Support) - Entain Plc (FTSE-listed) - City of London
(2023-08)
FTSE-listed global company with £2bn+ annual revenue. Supporting cash flow monitoring, reconciliations, variance analysis, cost control, forecasting, and compliance.
- Supported cash flow monitoring, reconciliations, and variance analysis across retail operations.
- Assisted with cost control, forecasting, and operational financial planning.
- Maintained 100% compliance against UKGC/KYC/AML requirements, contributing to weekly MI checks and supported audit readiness through documented checks and evidence packs.
- Produced weekly KPI / cash performance reporting for operations leaders, explaining key variance drivers and actions and supported financial decision-making through strong stakeholder management.
- Owned daily cash controls and reconciliation checks across 27 retail locations, escalating exceptions and improving close accuracy.
- Achieved 100% green compliance score and improved accuracy of financial transactions and reconciliations.
Cost Accounting & Reporting Analyst - Timex and Fergasam (BD) Ltd - Chittagong
(2015-02 - 2022-12)
Multinational manufacturer with 10,000+ employees. Analysed sales, inventory, and costing; prepared cost reports and automated financial reporting.
- Analysed sales, inventory, and costing to identify margin risks and operational opportunities; delivered insights used in planning decisions.
- Prepared and monitored cost reports, purchase orders and shipping budgets, ensuring accurate reconciliation.
- Contributed to automation of financial reporting, reducing manual errors and improving reporting efficiency and supported budgeting and cost-control processes across the production division.
- Engaged with stakeholders across production, merchandising, and logistics to align financial reporting with operational priorities and ensure accurate forecasting inputs.
- Partnered with production and logistics teams to improve forecast inputs and explain cost movements during monthly reviews.
- Built dashboards and automated reporting templates that reduced manual work and improved reporting consistency across the production division.
- Successfully implemented sales initiatives that led to a 50% increase in sale within 10+ countries.
- Delivered 34% business growth through analytical insights; achieved 50% sales increase by aligning financial data with operational planning.
