Overview
Work history
Education
Skills
Certification
HOBBIES
OTHER INFORMATION
REFERENCES
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Alice Johnstone

Northwood

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work history

Finance Assistant

Howden Group Holdings
, City of London
2023.10 - 2026.02
  • Prepared monthly financial declarations for five insurers.
  • Compiled monthly renewal reports to assist team operations.
  • Generated reports on outstanding debts to facilitate resolution.
  • Drafted letters to collect overdue premiums.
  • Processed incoming survey fee invoices to maintain accurate records.
  • Submitted London Premium Advice Notes (LPANS) in compliance with regulations.
  • Addressed internal and external queries to ensure clarity and support.

Administrative Assistant

Marish Academy Trust, Slough
Slough
2019.11 - 2022.08
  • Updating the database systems - Pupil Asset, Parent Pay
  • Keeping on top of debts that had accumulated on Parent Pay.
  • Carrying out the Admissions process from start to finish, communicating with the local council and parents
  • Filing paperwork in the correct places and identifying it clearly
  • Prioritising any work that senior leaders had set to be completed by a certain time
  • Managing the daily attendance of the pupils, calculating the daily, weekly, and termly attendance percentages for senior leaders
  • Ensuring that all safeguarding policies were being effectively used.
  • Answering telephone enquiries
  • Communicating professionally and effectively with all staff and parents

Travelled the World

2019.02 - 2019.07
  • I travelled solo to Japan, Australia, New Zealand, USA and Canada.

Human Resources Administrative Assistant

Dunnhumby, Hammersmith
Hammersmith
2018.07 - 2019.01

Employment during Gap Year.

  • General administration and office support for partnering HR teams supporting the day-today recruitment effort
  • Arranging interviews with hiring managers and candidates
  • Teaching staff to efficiently use CRM systems (Taleo and Oracle)
  • Organising and supporting Graduate Programme Assessment days
  • Implementing recruitment projects to optimise recruitment efficiency and turnaround times
  • Telephone screening of candidates
  • Ensuring candidates had all the necessary documentation, references, DBS checks, and other checks including being fully compliant with required UK legislation
  • Ensuring confidentially of all candidate documentation and being GDPR compliant
  • Updating and maintaining database systems (Taleo and Oracle)

Education

St Helen's School
Northwood
2004.09 - 6 2016

St Helen's School
Northwood
2004.09 - 6 2016

Skills

  • Excellent attention to detail
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Excellent numeracy skills
  • Excellent knowledge of different work environments
  • Organised
  • Self-starter
  • Dependable
  • Client focused
  • MS Office 365
  • Risk Manager
  • Knowledge of accounting principles

Certification

Oct 2024 - Present Level 7 Accountancy Apprenticeship - ACCA

HOBBIES

Road Cycling, Running, Swimming, Travelling

OTHER INFORMATION

  • Completed the Duke of Edinburgh Awards, Bronze, Silver and Gold
  • Completed the London Marathon 2021 and 2025

REFERENCES

References available upon request

Timeline

Finance Assistant

Howden Group Holdings
2023.10 - 2026.02

Administrative Assistant

Marish Academy Trust, Slough
2019.11 - 2022.08

Travelled the World

2019.02 - 2019.07

Human Resources Administrative Assistant

Dunnhumby, Hammersmith
2018.07 - 2019.01

St Helen's School
2004.09 - 6 2016

St Helen's School
2004.09 - 6 2016
Alice Johnstone