Catherine David Email & Phone Number

London, England, United Kingdom

London, United Kingdom

• Responsible for managing the payables function of the finance department. This involved overseeing the processing of invoices, supplier statement reconciliations, preparing payments runs, reviewing aged creditor reports, and processing employee expenses in line with company regulations.• Set up new vendors and handle all vendor payable and royalty queries.• Ensure vendors have the correct tax documentation. Assist and monitor completion of tax interviews.• Support Finance Assistant in clearing aged unallocated POs and ensuring PO approvals are completed on a weekly basis.• Work with other departments to improve current processes and set ups.• Assist the Management Accountant and Finance Assistant in processing and preparing royalty payments and statements.

London, United Kingdom

*Promoted*• Responsible for accounts payable team that handle invoices, expenses and customer affairs claims for UK and Northern Europe offices consisting of 7 countries; Ireland, Netherlands, Belgium, Norway, Sweden and Denmark known as satellite stations.• Supervise a team of 4 staff that manage the payable DMS (document management system) and all aspects of invoice processing including: account codes, processing errors, approvals, and invoice discrepancies. Prepare and process weekly multi-currency payment runs using Oracle Financial system.• Post transactions to journals, ledgers and other accounts. Monitor supplier accounts ensuring aged items are cleared and ensure payments are up to date. Reconcile AP transactions and prepare analysis of accounts and monthly reports. Raise adjustment journals to rectify accounting errors.• Assist Payables Manager in month end closing ensuring all transactions are posted and any discrepancies are resolved and cleared. Review trial balances for the whole region and follow up on any pending aged items.• Assist cash management team with weekly cash flow forecast, accruals and unreconciled items. • Review KPI results and implement any changes to ensure targets are met.• Provide support to all satellite Finance managers (FAM) on any payables issues.• Ensure work is within compliance to company rules.

London, United Kingdom

• Responsible for UK, Ireland, Portugal and Spain payables area (invoice management) and provide support to these regional FAMs (finance area managers)• Supervise two senior accounts assistants in making sure all invoices from our suppliers are paid. Invoices are rate verified, checked and approved.• Handle discrepancies; resolve accounting errors and marketing funds.• Improve and creatively change the process of invoice payments from start to finish – invoice capture, validation 1 and 2, approval workflow, payment.• Implement these changes effectively with constant correspondence with head office and team members to set up and test new modifications.• Test and evaluate the new validation 2 process for head office before launch of the new system.• Set up IE, ES and PT satellite stations AP functions – invoice capture, set up approval groups in N-ASA, mailbox facility, providing access to both GB staff and satellite station staff members.• Set up suppliers to electronically send invoices, set up mailbox creation.• In Dec 12 provide support in Istanbul to FAM for all payable functions as well as receivable items.

London, United Kingdom

*Promoted*• Supervise two senior accounts assistants in processing Counter Sales Returns received from Ticket desk counters and ensure that all monies and support documents are matched and accounted.• Verify the accuracy of all Agent Sales Returns, raise the relevant invoices and investigate and resolve any discrepancies.• Process BSP UK and BSP Ireland monthly reports. Raise the relevant invoices and investigate and resolve any discrepancies.

London, United Kingdom

Check for accuracy of the data by checking the following:Physical check of the audit couponsThat the manual bank deposit slips and credit card slips tally with the CSRAll other supporting documents are attachedThe correct parties are invoicedThe correct account codes and cost centres are debitedGenerate the finalised DSR daily, which updates the accounting system with all the accounting dataProduce all invoices and bank deposit slips and mail relevant invoicesProcess all refunds in COMET and raise payment vouchers and cheques, raise credit notes and process such refunds through the PDQ machineGenerate the finalised refund report to update the accounting system with refund dataDespatch daily the finalised DSR and refund report, along with all relevant documents to Head Office.

London, United Kingdom

• Working in the reservations team arranging flights, hotel and various travel tour packages for Asia. Handling marketing material for the company such as for various newspapers, distribution of leaflets and brochures & included material used for events such as World Travel Market, UK Dive Show and Barrio Fiesta. • Dealing with airline and hotel contracts to create fare lists for the reservation staff. Received all transactions made throughout the day, producing receipts and dealing with the end of day banking. • Making sure that daily reports are in order and all tickets that were issued were accounted for in CAPS (accounting system)