Alison Thomson Email & Phone Number

London Area, United Kingdom

Day to day management of the Property Admin and Accounts Assistant roles in the Finance team, including guidance of team to perform all deliverables.Ensuring all Corporate and Property Fund related invoices are processed and paid in a timely manner by CHAPS or BACSUploading files into Webseries for release into BACS Daily liaison with Senior Fund Managers, internal clients and SuppliersEnsuring all team processes and procedures are currentLiasing with Risk & Audit teams and… Show more Day to day management of the Property Admin and Accounts Assistant roles in the Finance team, including guidance of team to perform all deliverables.Ensuring all Corporate and Property Fund related invoices are processed and paid in a timely manner by CHAPS or BACSUploading files into Webseries for release into BACS Daily liaison with Senior Fund Managers, internal clients and SuppliersEnsuring all team processes and procedures are currentLiasing with Risk & Audit teams and maintain current controls and proceduresPerforming staff appraisals and objective setting Show less

Management of AP Team - 4 Members of staff. Day to day running of AP team. Overseeing daily processes and guiding team to perform deliverables Inputting of invoices in Oracle and closing payments in system Performing payments in online banking systems to external Suppliers and Internal Employees Overseeing payments for Overseas offices including Paris, Nyon, Dubai Daily liaison with Treasury for accurate cash management One to one… Show more Management of AP Team - 4 Members of staff. Day to day running of AP team. Overseeing daily processes and guiding team to perform deliverables Inputting of invoices in Oracle and closing payments in system Performing payments in online banking systems to external Suppliers and Internal Employees Overseeing payments for Overseas offices including Paris, Nyon, Dubai Daily liaison with Treasury for accurate cash management One to one meetings with team to assess performances Show less

Accounts Payable Set-up and amendments of all Supplier and Staff expense accounts in Agresso Liaise with Business Units regarding invoicing and account queries including London, USA and Switzerland offices External Supplier queries - telephone and e-mail correspondence Posting of any necessary reversals or account adjustments Monthly reconciliation of Staff Debtor accounts Training of new members of staff on AP processes and procedures

Expense Management Corporate (Accounts Payable)Day to day running of Accounts Payable including staff management Monitoring of AP processes, ensuring SOX key controls are adhered to Supplier payments - Bi-Weekly Settlement of GBP & Currency payments Adhoc Chaps and Currency payment instructions Daily Sterling and Weekly Currency AP Nostro Cash Reconciliations Monthly Reconciliation of AP Control Accounts Monthly Calculation and Reconciliation of… Show more Expense Management Corporate (Accounts Payable)Day to day running of Accounts Payable including staff management Monitoring of AP processes, ensuring SOX key controls are adhered to Supplier payments - Bi-Weekly Settlement of GBP & Currency payments Adhoc Chaps and Currency payment instructions Daily Sterling and Weekly Currency AP Nostro Cash Reconciliations Monthly Reconciliation of AP Control Accounts Monthly Calculation and Reconciliation of Currency Sell-offs Co-ordinating month end and year end timetable closures with Finance Lodgement and journalising of cheque receipts Payment and invoice reversals in SAP Staff appraisals and objective setting Ad hoc Special Projects including working with IT to enhance system processes and requirements. Show less

Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein via Solo AssociatesAssist in the Procurement development programme Process re-engineering, including liasing with internal departments CPAT Support Investigation and clearance of SAP outstanding items, including GR/IR and Blocked Invoice Reports

Supervising one member of staff Monitoring the progress of invoices to ensure processing of payment in a timely manner. To ensure that documents are correctly coded and recorded and entered into the system. To provide accurate and complete reconciliations of the deparment's balance sheet accounts within 2 days of the start of each calendar month Daily review of Nostro reconciliations and Suspense Accounts - investigation where required. Daily reconciliation… Show more Supervising one member of staff Monitoring the progress of invoices to ensure processing of payment in a timely manner. To ensure that documents are correctly coded and recorded and entered into the system. To provide accurate and complete reconciliations of the deparment's balance sheet accounts within 2 days of the start of each calendar month Daily review of Nostro reconciliations and Suspense Accounts - investigation where required. Daily reconciliation of accruals and identifying any month end accruals to be made. Allocation tables to be updated monthly to ensure correct allocation of costs across the Bank Show less

Supervising and overseeing the day-to-day running of the Expense Accounting Department- five permanent staff plus temporary staff Processing of payments, finalising payruns and sending BACS transfers for Suppliers and Employees (approx 2500 per month) Processing of Chaps and Swift payments using MT100's, MT202's etc Posting parked documents created Bank-wide, and upload of documents into SAP Accounts Payable and General Ledger systems Monthly posting of… Show more Supervising and overseeing the day-to-day running of the Expense Accounting Department- five permanent staff plus temporary staff Processing of payments, finalising payruns and sending BACS transfers for Suppliers and Employees (approx 2500 per month) Processing of Chaps and Swift payments using MT100's, MT202's etc Posting parked documents created Bank-wide, and upload of documents into SAP Accounts Payable and General Ledger systems Monthly posting of accruals, prepayments and ensuring deadlines are met for month end. Collating Bank-wide at year end Review of monthly expenses - actuals v budgets Nostro Reconciliations (SAP/IBIS) and other SAP Suspense reconciliations Liasing, and where necessary attending meetings with other departments involving Expense Accounting Involvement in the interview and recruitment of new staff and appraisals of current staff Involved in the training of Budget Officers Involved in the User Acceptance Testing and implementation of SAP system Show less

Responsible for six staff at various levels Sole responsibility for US Dollar and Sterling bank reconciliations Daily raising of US$ and GBP manual cheques Control of company cash books Daily funding of all bank accounts Weekly processing of all employee reimbursements via BACS payment system Daily reconciliation of Accounts Payable Control A/Cs Monthly reconciliation of suspense accounts Exposure to accruals and prepayments … Show more Responsible for six staff at various levels Sole responsibility for US Dollar and Sterling bank reconciliations Daily raising of US$ and GBP manual cheques Control of company cash books Daily funding of all bank accounts Weekly processing of all employee reimbursements via BACS payment system Daily reconciliation of Accounts Payable Control A/Cs Monthly reconciliation of suspense accounts Exposure to accruals and prepayments Responsible for Sales Ledger invoicing, customer liaison, monthly reconciliation of All entries to the General Ledger System Show less

Logging of all incoming invoices and distribution to appropriate signatories Supplier statement reconciliations Supplier telephone liaison Batching and arranging transmit of data to Head Office database Reconciling report balancesSYSTEMS SKILLS: Lotus 123 - use of various releases ,