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Strong Bookkeeper with advanced Excel Skills
Fathiya Abdullahi
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Reading, United Kingdom
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A freelance Bookkeeper with over 10+ years working in accounting.
I am available to do one-off projects or on-going bookkeeping. I can help take away the stress of number crunching if it's not for you and help analyse your numbers, so you can spend the time running your business.
I have experience in the following:
Accounts Payables
Accounts Receivables
Credit Control
Management Accounts
Budgeting
VAT Returns- Including Making Tax Digital
EC Sales
I have advanced excel skills and have used the following financial accounting systems:
Xero
Quickbooks
Sage
PS Financials
SAP
Sun Systems
Why choose me:
I am reliable and enjoy what I do.
I can make sure you accounts are accurate
I can help you understand your numbers to allow you to make better decisions
I am always happy to help.
If you require any of the above services, please get in touch,
email or Telephone on 07737605851, for a quote.
I am available to do one-off projects or on-going bookkeeping. I can help take away the stress of number crunching if it's not for you and help analyse your numbers, so you can spend the time running your business.
I have experience in the following:
Accounts Payables
Accounts Receivables
Credit Control
Management Accounts
Budgeting
VAT Returns- Including Making Tax Digital
EC Sales
I have advanced excel skills and have used the following financial accounting systems:
Xero
Quickbooks
Sage
PS Financials
SAP
Sun Systems
Why choose me:
I am reliable and enjoy what I do.
I can make sure you accounts are accurate
I can help you understand your numbers to allow you to make better decisions
I am always happy to help.
If you require any of the above services, please get in touch,
email or Telephone on 07737605851, for a quote.
Markets
United Kingdom
Language
English
Good
French
Good
Available
My experience
2015 - ?
job
Financial and Systems Accountant
Anthem Schools Trust.
As Financial and systems account for the trust, I was responsible for overseeing the financial accounts for 16 Primary and Secondary schools. My duties included but were not limited to:
• Liaising with finance staff in schools to understand the processes and procedure, ensure coding is done correctly and make adjustments' where necessary.
• Liaising with Budget holders and non-finance staff on their actual spend and questioning overspend
• Reviewing Bank reconciliations are reconciled and up to date
• Reviewing Balance sheet- and making adjustment where necessary such as accruals and prepayment journals.
• Liaising with external payroll provider (EPM) with any payroll issues
• Payroll Reconciliations ensuring any discrepancies between the payroll submitted and actual payments are investigated- especially in the case of salary advances and third- party deductions.
• Uploading the bank on to PSF
• Preparing and reviewing the management accounts for secondaries - variances between actuals and year to date budget and writing commentary for senior managements review.
• Updating HCSS -budget system with the budgets and nominals for schools
• Posting Intracompany journals and reconciling the intracompany
• Review internal controls and make recommendations for best practice across the trust
• Assist with year-end duties; Maintain Fixed asset register and provide documents or support to external auditors
• Reviewing and streamlining processes and procedures and reviewing internal controls.
• Weekly cashflow monitoring
• Monthly VAT returns and being a point of contact for all schools' VAT queries.
Systems Duties involved:
• Setting up new users
• Setting Access levels for users
• Dealing with queries- such as document input, journal uploads, access level
• Setting up new cost centres, nominals and locations
• Training new & existing users on PSF Financials and other finance related queries.
• Closing/ Opening new periods including VAT periods
• Running reports
• Setting up new suppliers
• Liaising with finance staff in schools to understand the processes and procedure, ensure coding is done correctly and make adjustments' where necessary.
• Liaising with Budget holders and non-finance staff on their actual spend and questioning overspend
• Reviewing Bank reconciliations are reconciled and up to date
• Reviewing Balance sheet- and making adjustment where necessary such as accruals and prepayment journals.
• Liaising with external payroll provider (EPM) with any payroll issues
• Payroll Reconciliations ensuring any discrepancies between the payroll submitted and actual payments are investigated- especially in the case of salary advances and third- party deductions.
• Uploading the bank on to PSF
• Preparing and reviewing the management accounts for secondaries - variances between actuals and year to date budget and writing commentary for senior managements review.
• Updating HCSS -budget system with the budgets and nominals for schools
• Posting Intracompany journals and reconciling the intracompany
• Review internal controls and make recommendations for best practice across the trust
• Assist with year-end duties; Maintain Fixed asset register and provide documents or support to external auditors
• Reviewing and streamlining processes and procedures and reviewing internal controls.
• Weekly cashflow monitoring
• Monthly VAT returns and being a point of contact for all schools' VAT queries.
Systems Duties involved:
• Setting up new users
• Setting Access levels for users
• Dealing with queries- such as document input, journal uploads, access level
• Setting up new cost centres, nominals and locations
• Training new & existing users on PSF Financials and other finance related queries.
• Closing/ Opening new periods including VAT periods
• Running reports
• Setting up new suppliers
Writing, Training, Budget, Management, Finance, Cash Flow, Support, Monitoring, Accountant, Processes, UP
2012 - 2015
job
Retail/ Wholesale DRTV- Financial Accountant
Thane Direct UK ltd.
As Financial accountant I was responsible for overseeing the purchase, sales and credit control functions, my other duties included:
• Multi-currency Bank Reconciliations - USD, EUR and GBP, daily cash receipt reconciliations for sales
• Intercompany reconciliations- and ensure in agreement with other subs before month end. Liaising with international finance teams
• Ensure intercompany recharges are agreed and booked accordingly and on time with other subsidiaries and process exchange rate loss/gains
• Post month end Journals, including accruals, prepayments, fixed asset depreciation, bad debt provisions. GIT and closing stock.
• Ensure all balance sheet accounts are reconciled
• Prepare P&L and Balance sheet, and review variances between actual and budgets.
• Liaise with Department managers if there is a variance in the actual vs the budgets forecasted.
• Month end reports on bad debt and unbilled sales
• Prepare Quarterly Vat returns for UK and bi-monthly Irish vat Returns and submit EC Sales to HMRC
• Ensure all billings for Retail whole sale and DRTV sales are booked on time
• Chase outstanding wholesale debt
• Review Aged debtors and creditors, deal with queries that arise both external and internal.
• Prepare weekly cash flow and cash balances
• Prepare audit file for year end and liaise with auditors
• Supporting the transactional processing team and working along- side the Financial Controller
• Liaise with factoring client to ensure reconciliations and cash balances are in agreement for financing required.
• Multi-currency Bank Reconciliations - USD, EUR and GBP, daily cash receipt reconciliations for sales
• Intercompany reconciliations- and ensure in agreement with other subs before month end. Liaising with international finance teams
• Ensure intercompany recharges are agreed and booked accordingly and on time with other subsidiaries and process exchange rate loss/gains
• Post month end Journals, including accruals, prepayments, fixed asset depreciation, bad debt provisions. GIT and closing stock.
• Ensure all balance sheet accounts are reconciled
• Prepare P&L and Balance sheet, and review variances between actual and budgets.
• Liaise with Department managers if there is a variance in the actual vs the budgets forecasted.
• Month end reports on bad debt and unbilled sales
• Prepare Quarterly Vat returns for UK and bi-monthly Irish vat Returns and submit EC Sales to HMRC
• Ensure all billings for Retail whole sale and DRTV sales are booked on time
• Chase outstanding wholesale debt
• Review Aged debtors and creditors, deal with queries that arise both external and internal.
• Prepare weekly cash flow and cash balances
• Prepare audit file for year end and liaise with auditors
• Supporting the transactional processing team and working along- side the Financial Controller
• Liaise with factoring client to ensure reconciliations and cash balances are in agreement for financing required.
Git, Retail, Exchange, Audit, Sales, Finance, BEE, Accountant, International, Audit, Wholesale, Processing
2011 - 2012
job
Shelter- Charity Finance Officer
unknown.
Temporary Role
Duties included being a first point of contact for queries within the finance corporate team.
Day to day reconciliation of store receipts for over 50 stores. Bank reconciliations, and sales ledger reconciliations, were up to date.
Duties included being a first point of contact for queries within the finance corporate team.
Day to day reconciliation of store receipts for over 50 stores. Bank reconciliations, and sales ledger reconciliations, were up to date.
Sales, Finance, UP
2010 - 2011
job
Junior Accountant
Juicy Couture Ltd.
Responsible for all retail store receipt reconciliations
Multi -currency (GBP, USD and EUR) bank reconciliations: consisting of 8 Bank accounts, ensuring all direct debits are recorded and accounted for.
Supervise credit controller for Wholesale outstanding debt and ensure debt is collected on time, be reviewing aged debtors, and credit terms. Ensure wholesale billings are correctly done and on time.
Prepare journal entries for bank funding transfers done between bank accounts, and provision for obsolete stock Journal entries.
Prepare Payroll accrual Journals for our Europe offices
Balance Sheet Reconciliations, ensuring the any old items are cleared off or investigated, within the 90 days audit guidelines from our US office, and ensure SOX compliance.
P&L Reviews and Analysis, investigating any variances between budget and actual, and providing commentary reviews for budget holders in the management packs at month end.
Assist with General ledger reviews ensuring AP sub-ledger for VAT Input is correct and obtain the necessary invoices in assisting vat returns.
Month end close, includes Journal entries accruals and prepayments, Double entry bookkeeping.
Liaising with US Corporate AP, AR and cash management team, to ensure cash applied and invoices processed correctly.
Multi -currency (GBP, USD and EUR) bank reconciliations: consisting of 8 Bank accounts, ensuring all direct debits are recorded and accounted for.
Supervise credit controller for Wholesale outstanding debt and ensure debt is collected on time, be reviewing aged debtors, and credit terms. Ensure wholesale billings are correctly done and on time.
Prepare journal entries for bank funding transfers done between bank accounts, and provision for obsolete stock Journal entries.
Prepare Payroll accrual Journals for our Europe offices
Balance Sheet Reconciliations, ensuring the any old items are cleared off or investigated, within the 90 days audit guidelines from our US office, and ensure SOX compliance.
P&L Reviews and Analysis, investigating any variances between budget and actual, and providing commentary reviews for budget holders in the management packs at month end.
Assist with General ledger reviews ensuring AP sub-ledger for VAT Input is correct and obtain the necessary invoices in assisting vat returns.
Month end close, includes Journal entries accruals and prepayments, Double entry bookkeeping.
Liaising with US Corporate AP, AR and cash management team, to ensure cash applied and invoices processed correctly.
Retail, Budget, Audit, Management, Compliance, Cash management, Office, Accountant, Audit, Wholesale
2006 - 2009
job
Accounts Payable Clerk
Brinks Ltd.
Sole responsibility for Purchase Ledger and managing one other when required
matching, coding and batching of invoices on to JD Edwards and Sage Accpac, Processing 3rd Party & Inter-company invoices onto in-house system and cost variance analysis. Distributing invoices for approval and ensuring payments are made. Ensure that invoices have new supplier forms completed, Purchase orders, authorised by the correct signatories and ensure AP SOX procedures are me, and liaise with our audit teams in SOX testing., Reconciling statement, dealing with supplier queries. Issuing Purchase orders and responsible for maintaining petty cash and employee expenses. Creating CHAPS, Bacs runs, cheque runs and foreign payment. Dealing with multi-currency accounts. Allocating payments. Bank account reconciliations. running Month end reports and month end accruals. Ad-hoc duties included chasing customers for payments when Credit controller was absent. Raising approximately 50 Sales Ledger invoices per month on in- house systems for airline handling, ensuring rates are kept and send out to custom
matching, coding and batching of invoices on to JD Edwards and Sage Accpac, Processing 3rd Party & Inter-company invoices onto in-house system and cost variance analysis. Distributing invoices for approval and ensuring payments are made. Ensure that invoices have new supplier forms completed, Purchase orders, authorised by the correct signatories and ensure AP SOX procedures are me, and liaise with our audit teams in SOX testing., Reconciling statement, dealing with supplier queries. Issuing Purchase orders and responsible for maintaining petty cash and employee expenses. Creating CHAPS, Bacs runs, cheque runs and foreign payment. Dealing with multi-currency accounts. Allocating payments. Bank account reconciliations. running Month end reports and month end accruals. Ad-hoc duties included chasing customers for payments when Credit controller was absent. Raising approximately 50 Sales Ledger invoices per month on in- house systems for airline handling, ensuring rates are kept and send out to custom
Audit, Sales, Testing, Audit, Processing, ME
2003 - 2006
job
Telephone Interviewer
Kantar Operations (BMRB).
Experienced telephone interviewer, duties include interviewing clients for the purpose of market research, inputting data into the system and grading individuals. Each Task involves working towards achieving a strike rate dependent on length of survey
Research, Market research
2004 - 2005
job
Work Placement Part of Degree
Schenker Limited.
Duties included, reconciling statements, arranging payments for foreign suppliers, clearing accounts, inputting data & retrieving data, dealing with queries, printing invoices. Also working with inter-company accounts, responsible for 9 inter-company accounts, included reconciling accounts, producing reports, liaising with manager and directors. Overhead allocation, inputting expenses into general ledger and posting journals. Also working with credit control and arranging contra's with suppliers, dealing with queries, and year-end balance sheet reconciliations.
Manager
My education
2002
-
2006
Brunel University
BSc, Business & Management Accounting
BSc, Business & Management Accounting
2000
-
2002
n/a
Secondary, Biology (Minor in Ecology)
Secondary, Biology (Minor in Ecology)
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