Colleen Whelan Email and Phone Number

• Responsible for providing effective financial assistance to enable strategic foresight and provide knowledgeable and accurate information to colleagues and senior management.• Providing assistance to the Finance Director in compiling financial reports and analyses, whilst working to strict deadlines• Processing invoices and ensuring they are paid within agreed payment terms• Resolution of Merchandise Accounts (Accounts Payable) queries• Processing corporate and regional cross charges• Liaise with supplier’s banks and other financial institutes regularly. Also, liaise and cooperate with internal and external auditors as required.• Calculating Duty declarations fortnightly, creating Vies and Intrastaat Reports• Liaising with Dachser on the VAT Return for Merchandise Accounts• Calculating mixed VAT and bag levy• Reconciling Month End accounts• Reconciling Year End accounts• Reviewing and correcting Inventory paperwork sent in from Area Managers• Charging all stores for direct deliveries on to their account card• Balancing direct deliveries prior to Warehouse Inventories• Investigating and processing store claims• Investigating and processing failed OPC memos• Maintaining all Store MDT’s and liaising with NIT with MDT issues• Accounts Receivable - Responsible for billings and collections. Including cash postings and transaction allocations

Credit Controller with specific aspect for Major Multiple Customers in the EMEA Region: Dunnes Stores, McDonalds, Burger-king and Subway. Maintaining specific accounts Contact Customers relating to overdue debts Chasing customers for backup of deductions on payments Answer queries customers may have on their account Collect payments from customers Investigate & Act upon credit requests due to customers Cash Allocation Post / email Copy Invoices/ Pod’s requested by customers

Oct 08 –Aug’09 Credit Controller with specific aspect for Major Multiple Customer- Dunnes Stores Maintaining specific accounts Contact Customers relating to overdue debts Chasing customers for backup of deductions on payments Answer queries customers may have on their account Collect payments from customers Investigate & Act upon credit requests due to customers Manage & act on Partial/ No Match reports Cash Allocation Reconcile accounts weekly Post / email Copy Invoices/ Pod’s requested by customers

Sept 05 to Oct 08 - Accounts Payable AdministratorDuties included but not limited to: Answering telephone calls from suppliers Inputting invoices Resolution of Accounts Payable Queries Account Reconciliations Ringing / emailing suppliers looking for Copy Invoices/ Pod’s Preparing Weekly Payment Runs to suppliers Setting up Supplier Accounts Opening Post & distributing post General Administration duties