As part of the Power Generation department, I assisted the power plant Operations Manager with administrative duties such as managing training and skills’ records, liaising with the power plant technicians and raising and closing purchase orders.

As Receptionist/Accounts Assistant for a Healthcare chemicals company, my role included manning the switchboard, greeting staff and visitors, ordering stationery and assisting Accounts Payable with checking invoices for payment.

As well as staying at home to raise my son for 4 years, I did some voluntary work for the National Childbirth Trust, which involved helping run quarterly events for new parents and attending monthly committee meetings and I also volunteered weekly at my local Sue Ryder charity shop, sorting donations and serving customers.

Working for a global oil company within the HR Learning and Events Management department, my role focused on the development and implementation of process improvement courses with all areas of the global business. Highlights include: • Managing in-house learning courses, specialising in Lean / Six Sigma;• Sourcing of venues across EMEA, Asia Pacific and North America;• Complex diary management across multiple businesses and time zones;• Management of external resource from specialist 3rd party consultants;• Continuous budget management and subsequent financial analysis of events to global management standards; and• Arranged for the training of over 1,500 staff, working with a core team of around 15 internal and external consultants.

Having returned from travelling, I worked in temporary roles at Mencap and London Underground whilst looking for a full time position, gaining further experience in the following: • Diary management, arranging meetings, copy typing, creating and maintaining complex spreadsheets, PowerPoint presentations, travel booking, collating expenses, arranging catering, managing stationery and recruitment assistance.

Employed by a multi-national verification and certification agency within the Government Services & International Trade division, I maintained overall responsibility for three South American and African government contracts, involving :- • Pricing research and analysis of export invoices;• Multi-lingual liaison with importers, exporters and local customs; and• Verification to ensure correct payment of Customs’ Duties.

Working within the accounts payable team, I had responsibility for the settlement of tour invoices within Europe. • Using my language skills to query and subsequent authorisation of payments to hotels and restaurants;• Reviewing multi-language hotelling contracts, validating and approving charge tariffs and making multi-currency payments; and• Maintaining accurate records on forex rates and produced ongoing management reporting of costs.