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Enfield, England, United Kingdom

• Utility bills and other related queries• Reconciling Landlord, Transport, Utility Supplier Invoices, Emergency Card Payments and raising purchase orders.• New Supply Requests• Hand Back Notifications• Working closely with colleagues from the Service Delivery Centre, Regions, and Client payment team.• Contributing to the monthly contract management reporting.• Ensuring full compliance with Enfield Council code of conduct, contractual terms, SLAs and council policies and procedures.

Enfield, England, United Kingdom

Member of the AASC Commercial Team reporting to the Head of commercial. Providing in depth analysis of complex data sets, helping the company to maximize revenue and minimize costs.

Hackney, England, United Kingdom

Enfield, United Kingdom

► Providing adhoc financial service support to clients (fund remittances, day-to-day financial management and account reconciliations) aimed at achieving high quality output and satisfying stakeholder quality needs. ► Developing and maintaining prospective and existing business relationships with key service providers, suppliers, and clients, and acting as point of reference for information and queries.► Performing complex technical strategic tasks (including the EU-wide procurement research and analysis) and making recommendations to clients. ► Collaborating with users and stakeholders to provide assistance with project planning and implementation scheduling, whilst ensuring timely and accurate completion of work activities.► Preparing and submitting quarterly VAT returns and yearly financial accounts to HMRC.Key Accomplishments:★ Achieved 30% reduction in time spent dealing with enquiries by making information readily available to client database through daily email bulletin with current rates.★ Increased customer satisfaction levels and referral rates at least 10% by implementing PDF remittance advise, which provided efficiency in payment confirmation and audit trail.★ Achieved 5% reduction in bad debt and ensured regulators confidence by implementing CRM (Customer Relationship Management) database to manage client data and interaction. ★ Achieved significant growth in client base from 50 in Year 1 to over 400 in Year 6 mostly from referrals and recommendations on timeliness, professionalism, promptness, and innovation.

Bristol, United Kingdom

► Supervised technical support tasks including data compilation, reconciliation, research and analysis, and made improvement recommendations for processes, procedures and systems. ► Carried out complex settlement and control tasks (same day payments, chaps and crest, auto credits, ATM visa UK and link settlements, standing order equalization, iSite client banking).► Developed and maintained contacts across business units, identified customer requirements, and provided high-quality and timely information and guidance on technical queries.► Monitored team members, and ensured accurate and prompt task completion and adherence to specified policies, processes, procedures and relevant external regulations as required. ► Collaborated with senior colleagues in developing administrative systems and processes.Key Accomplishment:★ Contributed to successfully integrating and transitioning newly acquired business unit with existing standards and processes, beating proposed deadline by two weeks.

United Kingdom

► Provided financial management support to regional subsidiaries with planning and managing budgets, reviewing overall financial performance, preparing and presenting financial reports, and monitoring income, cash flow and expenditure control.► Carried out risk analysis, KPI analysis, profit margin analysis, and budget variance analysis.► Prepared audit schedules, VAT reports, payroll reports, and provided advice on tax planning. ► Prepared aged creditors and debtor reconciliations, and proposed write-offs where required. ► Prepared accruals, fixed asset register, reconciliations, depreciation and prepayment journals. Key Accomplishment:★ Achieved £15,000 annual cost savings by implementing efficient work processes (including invoice processing system which prevented duplicate payments being made to suppliers); educating non-finance teams on financial management; and reviewing existing contracts.

► Contributed to key financial decisions by producing accurate financial and management reports, cash flow reports, revenue and operating expenses reports, budgets and variance analysis, sales and purchase ledger, payroll, billing, reconciliation, settlement and VAT reports. ► Served as first point of finance contact for Scandinavian, UK & Ireland entities. ► Provided assistance, guidance, and clarity on all branch (profit and loss) queries.► Processed expense and credit card claims; and adhered to creditor payment terms. Key Accomplishment:★ Contributed to establishing the company as number two records management and logistics company within 24 months of inception in the UK through efficient teamwork.

► Performed day-to-day management of existing and new client accounts for finance loans. ► Negotiated re-payment plans and ensured clients adhered to contract payment terms.► Ensured client payments were correctly allocated, monitored direct debit payment schemes, carried out reconciliations, and produced detailed reports.► Represented the company during civil Legal Action for unpaid Debt.Key Accomplishments:★ Achieved 20% reduction in customer queries by ensuring reduction of incorrect allocations.★ Achieved £15,000 legal costs savings, 25% less cases of court referrals, and overall customer satisfaction by effectively managing payment plans and improving direct debit data integrity.

Bachelor'S Degree, International Economics

A Levels, Grade C In Economics & Biology

Gcse /O Levels, 10 Gcses Including Grade B At Math & English

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Primary School

Master'S Degree, Accounting And Business/Management