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Birmingham, England, United Kingdom

Extensive experience in managing payments for the Erasmus Plus grant scheme. Capable of managing payment issues and liaising with partner organisation, British Council and building up good relationships with partner finance staff. Assisting with induction of new staff on the payment systems including preparation and presentation via Teams of a training.

Birmingham, United Kingdom

Finance Assistant responsible for cash flow forecasting, credit control and assisting on sales and purchase ledger duties. Solely responsible for raising invoices for MIPIM Cannes, a property investment project in the South of France including flights and exhibition passes. Responsible for credit control on this project and ensured all flight invoices paid.

Birmingham, West Midlands

Responsible for updating accounts on Sage including Sales and Purchase Ledger and bank reconciliations.Preparation of monthly payroll and journals

Birmingham, United Kingdom

Responsible for monitoring of the budgets for Open Days and Outreach budgets including Summer Schools, totalling £495,000. Undertook monthly and quarterly reconciliations using Boxi SAP accounts. Undertook budget forecasting and monthly budget reviews with each budget holder. Responsible for raising Purchase order Requests on Proactis procurement.

Stourbridge

Production of monthly management accounts and presentation of reports to monthly board meetings. Responsible for monthly payroll using Sage Line 50 (18 employees) and employer pension contributions. Minute taking of board meetings.Updating Sage Line 50 accounts including sales and purchase ledger, monthly bank reconciliations and reporting various funding.

Wolverhampton, United Kingdom

Responsible for the finances of this charity including production of management accounts and presentation to monthly board meetings. Accounts produced using Quickbooks pro 2015 and Excel spreadsheets. Regular cashflow forecast updates and monitoring reports on 15 different streams of funding. Researched and implemented a pension scheme for the charity.

Responsible for the finances of this charity including production of monthly management accounts and presentation to monthly board meetings. Accounts produced using Sage and Excel spreadsheets. Regular cash flow forecast updates and monitoring reports on funding from Wolverhampton City Council and Heantun Housing.

Fixed term contract.Undertook systems based audits for an Internal Audit Consortium hosted by the West Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust. Undertook a charitable funds audit for the Black Country Partnership NHS Trust

Aston, Birmingham

Temporary maternity cover contract, which was extended twice from 6 months to 9 months. Responsible for account reconciliations on Art Homes, a subsidiary company of Mercian Housing Association using Dream Financial software and journal entries. Reduced outstanding debtors balance from £550k to £10k within 6 months.

Chartered Institute Of Management Accountants (Cima), Accounting And Business/Management

Chartered Management Accountant

Ba Hons Business Studies, 2:1

BA Hons Business Studies degree (2:1)

Btec Hnc Business Studies

HNC BTEC Business Studies

Gce A Level Mathematics(B), Chemistry(D), Biology(E)

GCE A level mathematics (B), Chemistry(D), Biology(E), General Studies RSA Typewriting stage 1

Gce O Level History(A), Mathematics(B), English Language(B), Latin(B), Chemistry(C), Physics(C)

GCE O Level mathematics (B), History (A), Latin (B), Chemistry (C), Physics(C), English Language (B)