Assistant Accountant
CurrentKey Achievements - Initially held the position of accounts assistant advancing to Assistant Accountant/Purchase Ledger Controller in 2012, leading the on-going transition of the overhead sales ledger from multiple Excel sheets to a single Access database enabling better creation of mail merge invoices and improved linking of tables - Developing and implementing a new system for matching multiple payments to invoices with doc date and due date spanning both current and archived invoices- Enabling a more flexible payment response by devising an improved procedure for running payments due list and developing systems for flagging requests for payments and high priority accounts- Changing credit card payment records from each nominal code having a header separately summed to a single header summed in a pivot table, with the sheet automatically calculating net, VAT, gross and VAT splitResponsibilities - Playing a key role in processing all resale and overhead invoices using the in-house computer systems and creating month-end journals - Additionally responsible for processing all ledger BACS, cheque and Direct Debit payments onto the system - Ensuring accuracy and attention to detail when recording credit card payments onto an Excel sheet and generating and recording journal - Maintaining and updating accurate records of accruals and prepayments including adding self-calculating payment column to prepayments sheet based on contract length and number of payments remaining - Providing a prompt and appropriate response to any sales ledger related queries that may arise
