William Mcavoy Email & Phone Number

Self employed bookkeeper offering a wide range of bookkeeping, business management and office administration services.

Accounting DutiesWeekly bank statement reconciliation in Sage Line 50.Investigating reconciliation differencesQuarterly VAT reports and VAT reconciliation.Taking accounts to Trial Balance.Petty cash accounting and reconciliation.Other tasks as appropriate.Sales Ledger DutiesInput of customer invoicing and payments.Production of Daily Aged reports for internal/external review,Review, update and maintenance of credit control systems.Attending bi-monthly Credit Control review meeting.Contacting clients by telephone/e-mail for payment of outstanding invoices.Obtaining authorisation for credit notes and write-off outstanding invoices.Issue of reminder letters and e-mails to clients chasing payment.Review of client ledger balances for reduction and payment.Negotiation, resolution and securing of payment.Review of unpaid balances highlighted for Debt Recovery.Liaising with Debt Recovery on most effective and cost efficient methods for payment.Production of reports for Billing department & attendance at bi-monthly meetings.Other tasks as appropriate.Purchase Ledger DutiesInput of supplier invoicing and paymentsProduction of Daily Aged reports for internal/external review.Review, update and maintenance of invoice control systems.Attending monthly suppliers review meeting.Contacting suppliers by telephone/e-mailObtaining authorisation for credit notes and write-off outstanding invoices Issue of payment remits and e-mails to suppliers chasing payment.Cutting cheques and matching remit advice to suppliers invoicing.Negotiation, resolution and securing of credits and payment terms.Review of unpaid balances,Production of reports for M.D. & attendance at monthly meetings.Other tasks as appropriate.

Duties included delegation of work, VAT returns, ordering, invoicing (issuing, alterations, closing and monitoring), stock control, dealing with clients and suppliers by phone and in person, pricing, sales and supplier analysis (monthly), upkeep and development of databases and spreadsheets. I also dealt with a busy switchboard.

Duties included diary management, dealing with residents, relatives and staff on a wide range of issues, reception duties, stock control, some book keeping, minute taking, report generating, monthly in-house newsletter, filing and a range of other office duties. Here I attained the N.V.Q. Level 3 in Business Administration.

Trained for and achieved N.V.Q. Level 2 in Information Technology. This involved applying a wide range of computer related skills (spreadsheets, desk top publishing, databases, word-processing & internet) to a series of business problems and tasks.

Duities included the distillation of crude oil into its various fractions, up to a 550oC cut, analysis of fractions and the compiling of reports on samples. Here I used a wide range of equipment and was eventually in charge of the distillation lab. I was also instrumental in improving safety features and researched the method to reach the 550oC cut.