Godalming, England, United Kingdom
Supporting the Financial Controller and business, including the month end accounting process, producing accurate and useful management information, maintenance of the bank accounts, supplier payments and processing and ensuring adequate controls around the cashbooks and other balance sheet accounts.
Taking on a larger role due to a Finance team restructuring included the purchase ledger responsibilities below, plus additionally sales ledger duties as follows; raising, issuing and booking all sales invoices to Sage accounting software contributing to the maintenance of an accurate record of our revenue pipeline posting daily cash receipts reconciling customer accounts managing credit control alongside support staff, being mindful of the value of our client relationships A key component of this role was building internal networks within our client practices so that providing up to date information to Finance was prioritised by all partners. This enabled management decisions to be made with confidence in the accuracy of our revenue forecast.
Working within a small finance team in a boutique executive search firm, my responsibilities included: booking invoices onto Sage accounting software reconciling to supplier statements processing staff expenses managing smart company credit cards making payments via online banking posting payments to Sage handling queries from and maintaining good relationships with our suppliers A significant achievement within this role was the roll out of smart company credit cards to all partners to improve the efficiency and timeliness of expense reporting. Keeping all partners engaged in maintaining their expense data in real time and providing quality information was an ongoing challenge.
I took a career break following the birth of my children. During this period I undertook various voluntary roles where my responsibilities permitted, including as treasurer of the school PTA and as a teaching assistant in an adult maths class.
Relocation to Pro’s London head office to take up this role involved; producing quarterly accounts complying with Lloyds accounting requirements daily monitoring of syndicate cash flow releasing and rolling over investments A notable success within this role was the development of Excel spreadsheets to automate tasks (using pivot tables, lookups and other formulae) and reduce manual repetition which enabled me to work on an additional Syndicate whilst a colleague was absent, in addition to my own workload.
This role involved a Bermudian based client, who was subject to tight scrutiny from its major creditors, it required; comprehensive monthly management accounts with extensive written commentary interim and annual statutory statements for external audit maintaining the general ledger and purchase ledger system using Sun and Great Plains.
This role consisted of; the production of quarterly and annual management accounts and annual FSA returns maintaining the general ledger system (Dynamics / Great Plains) answering client and external auditor queries in a timely and professional manner. Promotion to the role of Client Accountant from Assistant Client accountant meant both, taking on a larger client and working under minimal supervision.