Profile
A versatile, analytical and hardworking all round Finance Officer with a practical hand on approach, who always attains to achieve the best results. Posses excellent negotiation and problem solving skills and swiftly identifies the root of problems and develops an effective solution with meticulous attention to detail and within agreed deadline.
Work History
Mar.2014- Present
East Thames Group
Cashbook Officer – Stratford
• East Thames Group cash book posting
• East Living cash book posting
• East Potential cash book posting
• East Regeneration cash book posting
• Managing incoming cheques / Journal creation & Posting
• Managing Triathlon Completions, DPS & rent Income
• Liaised with systems accountants for budget codes Linking , creation & translations
Accounts Payable Officer – Stratford
• Using Open Accounts V6.0 / DB Scanner
• Processing high volume of invoice’s within ETG inter-companies
• Excel Data upload in excess of 2,000 excel rows
• Sundry one off payments via BACS & Cheques
• Dealing with Supplier Queries and reconciliation
• Reclaimed 20K+ in overpayments / Assisted with IT issues on DB Scanner
• Dealing with invalid purchase orders and suspended budget codes
Finance Income Officer – Stratford
• Using Orchard Housing Live Interface Version 2010A07
• Processing Excel Import entries in excess of 4,500 excel rows
• Manual HB and rent Processing / Tenant rent refunds
• Processing Standing Orders, Bank Giro’s, Housing Benefit and All Pay
• Data manipulations from PDF to Excel/ Running VCPL & Reports
• Balance transfers via tenant & leaseholder accounts/ Assisting Customer AC Managers
• Daily PDQ payment processing / Bad Debt write off & Write back
• HB Allocation Setup / Rent Daily banking/ Rent and service charge account adjustments
• Suspense account transfers & reconciliation/ Journal transfer
Mar.2013-Dec.2013
Single Homeless Project
Finance Officer – Grays Inn Rd
• Used TAS Books V3 Accounting System
• Processed high volume of Purchase & Sales Invoices
• Excel- V Lookup & Data Import – Integrated with TAS Books
• Manage full payment run & allocations on Cashbook/ Cheque printing
• Bank & Subsidiary account reconciliation / Thorough authorisation checks
• Banking- Deposit & Withdrawals cheques and petty cash for all offices
• Assisted with finance interface process/ Assisted with Implementing E-Payments
• Single handily implemented new invoice delivery process which improved payment terms and budget control/ Various account management
Jan.2013- Feb.2013
A2 Dominion
Finance Income Officer – Capital House
• Used Universal Housing Interface and Omni page Software
• Processed Excel Import entries in excess of 1,000 per day
• Processed Standing Orders, Bank Giro’s, Housing Benefit and All Pay
• Data manipulations from PDF to Excel- Character recognitions Software
• Balance transfers via tenant & leaseholder accounts
Jun. 2012 – Jan. 2013
Genesis Housing Association
Finance Officer – Capital House
• Used Agresso Business World / Integrated with Northgate
• Processed high volume invoices for inter companies
• Dealt with staff & supplier queries / Finance post / Group Email
• Prepared Cheque run / CHAPS / BACS payment
• Checked invoice authorisation / Posting & Registering invoices for budget holders
• Tenant & Housing Benefit refunds / Sundry payments
• Liaised with Cash Book Dept. for returned payments
• Liaised with Procurement Dept. for set up of new supplier accounts
• Reconciled Subsidiary accounts/ Prepared cashbook posting
• Assisted in implementing purchase orders on Agresso internally & externally
• Dealt with utility bills – Monarch reports / Dealt with bailiffs
Feb. 2012- May. 2012
The Prostate Cancer Charity
Finance Assistant – Cambridge House
• Used Focal Point -Integrated with Verify & Access accounting software
• Used Access Dimension 2.5c accounting software
• Used Verify- Read soft Optical software / Verify Software update
• Processed all backlogged Invoices / staff expense & credit cards
• Focal point- Changing out of office authorisation
• Running various financial reports / Created new supplier accounts
• Matched & Split electronic purchase order’s via focal point
• Suggested payment run / Bank deposits- Daily banking & cheques
• Dealt with supplier & staff queries
• Handled and posted Gift Aid CAF credit cards & voucher
Jun. 2011 – Jan. 2012
The Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea
Finance Assistant – Olympia
• JD Edwards One World Accounting Software
• Microsoft Dynamics GP 10.0 Accounting Software
• Civica Electronic filling-PDF /Hummingbird Search engine
• Academy Live V15- Accounts Payable Interface
• Adobe Acrobat Pro 9 (Advanced) / MS Office ( Word, Excel, Pro and PowerPoint)
• Processed high volume of Invoices / Rent adjustments and refunds
• Managed new supplier Process /Handling external queries
• Electronic coding / Authorisation checks / Monitoring
• Managed enquires – Internal Departments/Managers
• Handled incoming petty cash and cheques
• Liaised with systems analysts & IT for interface problems & queries
Dec. 2010- Jun. 2011
Media Trust (Sky Channel 539)
Accounts Assistant – White City
• Used Access Dimensions 2.5a Accounting Software / Parallels Desktop
• Managed Train line Account / Corporate suppliers queries
• Bank reconciliation / Journal entry / Credit card reconciliation for all depts.
• Logged payment run / Posting cheques/ Banking
• Petty Cash – Dealing with staff and film director’s expenses.
• Coded Invoices/ Filled invoices /Processed invoices for inter companies
• Liaised with department managers for budget and invoice queries
Sep. 2010- Nov. 2010
East End Homes
Receptionist & Finance Admin – Canary Wharf
• Used Open Accounts V 6.0 Financial Accounting Software
• Coded invoices/ Filled Invoices & Authorisation checks
• Processed purchase ledger Invoices & producing Sales invoices
• Receptionist Cover / Car Park Auditing in the local estate
• Dealt with Tenants and Leaseholders repairs and queries.
• Used Orchard Software to check resident’s queries and rent arrears
• Handling complaints and queries/ Community engagement
• Assisted housing officer in tenant transfer & Leasehold auditing
• Designed a warning poster now used in East End Home buildings
• Maintenance- Sent contractors to properties to deal with repairs
Education & Training
Sep.2010- Oct.2010 Love & Tate, London Wall
• Pitman Award
• Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook / Numeric Data Entry and Touch Typing
• Customer Care and Effective Business Communication/ Assertiveness
Sept,2008- Jun.2009 Barking College, Essex
• AAT- Association of Accounting Technicians-Foundation
• SAGE Line 50 – Accounting Software
• Unit 4 – Management control / Unit 3 – Preparing ledger’s & Initial Trial Balance
• Unit 1 – Recording Income and Receipts /Unit 2 – Making and Recording Payments
• Unit 22 – Maintenance of a healthy, safe & productive working environment
Sept. 2003- Jun.2008 St. Paul’s Way School, Mile End
• 6 GCSE’s at grade B – C
• The Duke of Edinburgh Award
• First Aid- St John Ambulance
• London Fire Brigade-Piloting a B-Tec scheme
• BLAME – Actor in a film ( Working with Todd Carty from EastEnders )
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