Personal Profile A well-trained, confident, reliable and effective communicator with significant experience in accounts and administration with good organisational abilities. Capable of working on own initiative and keen to take responsibility and make decisions. Punctual and methodical and capable of handling a variety of tasks efficiently.
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Key Experience
all aspects of accountancy (invoicing, sales and purchase ledger, customer service and supplier liaison, bank reconciliation, calculations, wages and contributions, credit control, revenues and expenses, V.A.T., handling petty cash) and administration cost estimating and producing quotations, processing expenses. Introduction and maintenance of systems and procedures, maintaining files and dealing with enquiries, English-Croatian language interpretation. Computer literate, experience of MS Office packages (Word, Excel, Outlook, Lotus notes). Comfortable in use of Internet and Intranet. Accounting packages: Sage Line 50, Sage Financial Controller Line 500, IBS (ASW), MFG, Sun system (Job-shop/Magic Runtime, Enterprise exchequer), Great Plains (Dynamics), other
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Career History
December 2005 – present position holding : Senior Accounts Controller - permanent
Milsom Industrial Designs Limited Bath. Industrial design, Technical authoring, illustrations, recruitment, T/O £5m
three limited companies the above, Milsom Industrial Design Yeovil Ltd and Milsom Industrial Design Weymouth Ltd
General Accounting – Nominal Ledger, Journals, Accruals/Prepayments, Bank Reconciliation,
Month end reconciliations, VAT calculations and Returns, Intrastat, Profit and Loss account, Balance Sheet,
Cashflow projections, Call-downs from Barclays Inv.Financing to maintain healthy cashflow
Sales ledger (only Bath Office) Achievements
Invoicing based on the completions of jobs/orders Introduction of systems and procedures
Credit notes, Report preparation for Barclays Invoice to increase efficiency and accuracy
Factoring. Cash allocation upon receipt of payments companies’ purchase ledgers (multi company
Journals (inter-companies recharges) environment) and sales Ledger.
Clearing a backlog on Purchase & Sales Ledgers.
Purchase ledgers (all three companies) Resolving outstanding invoices and payments
Self-billing Invoices; with minimal write offs and claiming refunds
Coding and processing accordingly; on overpayments to suppliers.
Reconciliations; Journals; Petty Cash;
Contras between Purchase & Sales Ledger;
Inter-company accounts; Cheque/BACS payment Credit control sales ledger
expenses (including company credit card); Resolving queries and establishing the actual debt;
accruals and prepayments; debt collection by telephone; fax & letter
fixed assets register maintenance; working closely with Barclays Bank
Payroll – producing payroll generated by timesheets, calculation of NIC and PAYE based on Tax coding provided,
Keeping the employees’ details and Tax coding up to date, Issuing P45, P11D, P60, P35 where appropriate.
all aspects of administration. Reporting to Directors
July 2005 - November 2005 Travel around Central America (Belize, Guatemala, Mexico, Honduras, San Salvador)
November 2004 – July 2005 position held : Purchase Ledger Accountant/Credit Controller - permanent
LIVE ORGANISATION Ltd Camberley. Brokers T/O £40m
Purchase ledger high volume Achievements
Approval for received invoices; Introduction of systems and procedures
Self-billing Agreements & Invoices; to reconcile and monitor estate agents’
Coding and processing accordingly; invoices and process them on the correct
Reconciliations; Journals; Petty Cash; companies’ purchase ledger (multi company
Contras between Purchase & Sales Ledger; environment). Clearing nine month backlog.
Inter-company accounts; Re-gaining suppliers’ (predominantly
Cheque/BACS payment (Natwest Payaway); estate agents’) trust and confidence.
expenses (including company credit card); These enabled efficient and accurate invoice
fixed assets register maintenance; allocation, with positive impact on inter-company
accruals and prepayments; recharges and reporting results.
reporting in different formats as required. Re-establishing the new accounts team with
suppliers as a competent, trustworthy and
Credit control for high volume sales ledger reliable with ultimate view and emphasis on
Resolving queries and establishing the actual debt; timely and truthful payment.
debt collection by telephone; fax & letter; Building a good relationship with solicitors
working towards monthly targets; (sales ledger) enabling collection of very old debt.
liaison with other departments; Successful negotiation and collection of the highest and oldest debt.
all aspects of administration. Reporting to the Finance Director
October 2002 – October 2004 position held : Accounts Assistant - permanent
WILLIAM LEVENE Ltd Farnborough. Manufacture kitchen utensils T/O £20m
Sales Ledger high volume Achievements
High Vol. Accounts receivable; Petty Cash; Acquisition of two different accounts packages
cashbooks for Sterling, Dollar and Euro; and distribution systems within a few weeks
Credit card receipts reconciliation; to a highly confident level and competence
Weekly reports for invoice discounting Bank; during merger of the two companies.
Credit check for new customers (worldwide); Introduction of returns systems on all levels
Set-up cr. limit upon insurance company reports; enabling precise tracking of each return against
Sales Commissions & Royalties; original delivery, different type of returns that
Credit control by telephone, e-mail, fax & letter; provided easy reporting as to faulty and other
Resolving and investigating queries; type of returns. Ultimately having the positive
processing credits, customer care; impact on sales ledger and credit control.
Resolved outstanding debit notes (£1m).
Cover for Purchase Ledger-Accounts Payable Introduction of system for self-billing clients
BACS payments (Lloyds TSB system); as to reconcile their payment to dispatched
in US Dollar, Hong Kong Dollar, goods, allowing for settlement and trade
Euro, Sterling, Danish Krona; discounts, VAT difference and other issues.
liaison with other departments, and all aspects of administration, reporting to the Credit Manager
August 2001 - September 2002 position held : Assistant Accountant - permanent
HEATHWAY Ltd. Milton Keynes. Manufacture fibre-optic towers T/O £7m
Purchase Ledger Achievements
Covering all aspects of it; Resolved a backlog of suppliers’ invoices.
Reconciliation; payments; Introduction of weekly creditors report
cheque run; expenses; enabling timely payment and improving
progressing suppliers purchase orders; time scheduling for the manufacturing
team whilst keeping healthy cashflow.
Sales Ledger This enabled better service from suppliers
small volume (nature of the business); and benefited to the company performance
Ensuring stage payments met schedules; in customer care.
Issuing invoices for funds received.
liaison with other departments, and all aspects of administration. Reporting to the Financial Director of the company.
April 2001 - June 2001 position held : Accounts Assistant - temporary
H G ENGINEERING Ltd. Houghton Regis. CNC Precision engineering T/O £2m
Purchase Ledger Achievements
Coding & processing invoices; I gained valuable work experience in the
payments, cheque run; UK market environment applying already
expenses. gained skills and knowledge in native Croatia
whilst building better Curriculum that is more
Sales Ledger acceptable and better understood in the UK
Raising invoices; environment.
credit control;
and general administration. Reporting to the company Accountant.
February 2001 – April 2001 position held : Accounts Assistant - temporary
TICKETS.COM Ltd. Milton Keynes. Software development
Sales & purchase ledger
monthly reconciliation; expenses;
maintenance of month end schedules;
reconciliation of inter-company accounts;
preparation of monthly reports;
maintenance of balance sheet;
currency translation;
US and Dutch format reporting package;
inter-company elimination journals;
reporting to the Accountant.
February 1999 – November 1999 position held: Office Manager / Book-keeper - permanent
LORUM d.o.o. Osijek. Import & distribution for retail
Administration Achievements All aspects of the administration; Fluent running of the office (administration)
import documentation including freight, without any fines being applied to the company.
inspections, declarations for imports; Organised import of food a product (in absence of the
co-ordinating with the warehouse; owner/MD) during Dioxine affair within European
correspondence; English-Croatian translations; food market. Ensuring the correct Health, Sanitary
placing and processing purchase orders and food tests are preformed by the licensed
to maintain stock levels & stationary requirements; authority and findings and reports are presented to
calculations (imports) to determine sales prices; the relevant Import and Customs entities.
payroll and contributions; V.A.T;
handling petty cash;
sales; taking and processing customer orders;
foreign currency exchange ;
Purchase Ledger
Coding & processing invoices;
Payments; cheque run;
Expenses;
Sales Ledger
Invoicing; credit control
in order to maintain healthy cash flow;
liaison with Government bodies. Reporting to the owner/MD.
January 1996 – January 1999 position held: Office Manager/Book-keeper - permanent
TEHNOMOBIL SECURITY d.o.o. Osijek. Security systems
Administration Achievements
including producing project documentation; Introduction of computerised accounting
cost estimating and producing quotations; package and creation of cashbook and
projecting budgets; planning for the engineering transfer from manual to electronic Store
operations team; English language interpretation; records cards. This enabled accurate and instant
taking and processing customer orders; stock control and increased efficiency in
placing and processing purchase orders for billing and insight in Debtors and Creditors
different sites under the company contracts; books providing accurate and swift information.
Legal and financial responsibility for all events Pivotal role in the company, with full liability and
at the warehouse, incl. handling external audits; responsibility for the contents under penalty.
stocktaking; inventory; V.A.T.; bank reconciliation; Due to my attitude and diligence in duties
calculations (production costs); undertaken no such penalty occurred.
payroll and contributions; handling petty cash;
sales; foreign currency exchange.
Purchase Ledger
Coding & processing invoices;
Payments; cheque run;
Expenses;
Sales Ledger
Invoicing; credit control in order
to maintain healthy cash flow;
liaison with Government bodies. Reporting to the owner/MD.
February – December 1995 position held: Assistant Accountant/Office Manager - temporary
CONTURO-PROM d.o.o. Osijek. Import & distribution to retailers
Administration Achievements
general administration & correspondence; Swift acquisition of new skills and
English language interpretation; understanding of basic book-keeping
taking and processing customer orders; requirements, business environment
placing and processing purchase orders; and different documents.
handling petty cash;
Purchase Ledger
Processing invoices;
Payments; cheque run;
Expenses;
Sales Ledger
Invoicing; credit control via telephone;
liaison with Government bodies. Reporting to the owner/MD.
1993-1995 Position held: Administrator - permanent
CROATIAN ARMY (Logistic base)
Administration
Producing engineering drawings;
payroll and general administration and correspondence;
English language interpretation;
reporting to the Logistic’s Officer.
1993 Position held: Social reconstruction volunteer located in Croatia – summer job
UNOV (United Nations Office at Vienna)
Administration
Organising the clearance of debris from the sites;
English language interpretation;
working with persons affected by war events;
reporting to Program Development Officer.
