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Angela Jayne Stannard

Colchester,Essex

Summary

A dedicated professional with extensive experience in managing accounting systems and performing bank reconciliations. Demonstrates exceptional organisational and communication skills, effectively managing independent workloads and executing financial and administrative duties. Proficient in purchase and sales ledger operations, aiming to leverage expertise in a dynamic financial environment.

Overview

26
26
years of professional experience

Work History

Personal Banker

Santander
Colchester, Essex
02.2022 - 05.2025
  • Company Overview: Helping our customers at the moments that matter most and championing businesses to help them grow sustainably. Life in the branch is busy, fast-moving, challenging and always at the heart of the action, acting as a friendly face and voice of Santander.
  • Listening to, understanding and anticipating customers financial needs.
  • Presenting options and solutions across a range of products and services.
  • Developing meaningful relationships with customers and working with colleagues to look after their day-to-day and long-term needs.
  • Opening accounts, moving monies and making sure specialist advice is accessed.
  • Monitor and control access to the banks vault, recording all the transactions and maintaining an accurate inventory, whilst reporting any discrepancies or security breaches immediately.
  • Final authorisation of CHAPs, international and faster payments clearance to other colleagues.
  • Helping our customers at the moments that matter most and championing businesses to help them grow sustainably. Life in the branch is busy, fast-moving, challenging and always at the heart of the action, acting as a friendly face and voice of Santander.

Office Manager

Passmore Weeks & Richardson TA Xeinadin
Colchester, Essex
09.2014 - 02.2022
  • I managed the front of house operations, clerical functions and completed the daily reconciliation of all monies relating to the company.
  • Liaising with clients by phone, email or face to face, scheduling meetings and deal with queries or complaints as they arise.
  • Preparing letters, reports and invoices, managing the office budgets and ensuring the GDPR rules and regulations are meet.
  • Reconciling banks accounts, scheduling payment runs, inputting all bills and invoices to the accounting system.
  • Manage relationships with service providers and landlords while negotiating prices and confirming contracts.

Finance Assistant

Colchester NHS Trust Hospital
Colchester, Essex
07.2014 - 08.2014
  • Working within the finance department as a Finance Assistant to recharge specific expenses and costs to Addenbrooke’s Hospital.
  • Other key responsibilities were to upload journals, prepare accruals and prepayments with regards to the Hospitals maintenance contracts and agency workers.

Accounts Assistant

African Cargo Services Limited
Colchester, Essex
06.2011 - 06.2014
  • Company Overview: Being a leading freight forwarder African Cargo Services Limited specialises in the provision of a door-to-door logistics service to the mining and metal trading sectors for both import and export cargoes.
  • As an Accounts Assistant I supported and assisted the Directors with all aspects of the department.
  • Maintaining the contract/payment details and issue remittances and statements.
  • Reconciling supplier accounts and produce an accurate debtor report.
  • Reconciliations, purchase ledger and sales ledger duties.
  • Managing cash flow, monthly cheque and petty cash run.
  • Create reports for the Financial Director.
  • Allocate payments and receipts to the relevant ledgers or accounts.
  • Ensuring compliance and administrative policies are adhered to.
  • Assisting with the Health and Safety Policies and Procedures.
  • Scheduling BACS and CHAPS payments against expected income.
  • Being a leading freight forwarder African Cargo Services Limited specialises in the provision of a door-to-door logistics service to the mining and metal trading sectors for both import and export cargoes.

Accounts Assistant

Linklaters LLP
Colchester, Essex
05.1999 - 01.2010
  • Company Overview: A leading global law firm, undertaking the most important and challenging assignments for the world’s leading companies, financial institutions and governments. Achieving the client’s objectives by solving their most complex and important legal issues. There are 31 offices in 21 countries and has a total of 7139 staff.
  • As a senior member of a Reconciliation team, I managed and motivated a high-performance team of 3, trained the staff and created a procedure booklet.
  • I was the first point of contact with regards to queries of an Accounting Services nature from London, Dubai and New York branches.
  • Familiar and productive relationships were created, and this enabled improvements to be made and best practise to be adhered to.
  • My interpersonal and communication skills are excellent; this shines through when dealing with Partners, internal departments and external clients to ensure smooth transfer of information.
  • The ability to work as an individual or as part of a team and not be afraid to influence or interact with senior colleagues was a must.
  • To prepare and present all finance training and promote the practices of the company.
  • Monthly reconciliation of the Sterling, US Dollar, Euro and Yen bank accounts across a variety of offices.
  • Analyse and check the staff expenses for any wrongdoing and VAT correctness.
  • Review payment proposals and check for accuracy of input of VAT and SAR implications.
  • Investigating monies that had been received into the bank account and any items that were left on the ledger.
  • Preventing any necessary harm due relating to fraud or money laundering.
  • Provision of finance support and reports to all departments necessary.
  • Purchase / Sales Ledger and Financial Administration.
  • Maintain the VAT potential account by contacting clients and suppliers.
  • Arrangement of immediate cheques and banking remittances from customers.
  • During my tenure with Linklaters, I was involved in the implementation of SAP and its continual support and maintenance.
  • This involvement led to several project-based assignment secondments to other departments within the firm such as: Tax and Partnership - To assist with Partner payments and processing.
  • Cashiers - Dealing with incoming payments relating to client bills and interbank transfers. Making sure that Linklaters adhered to tight Solicitors Accounts Rules.
  • Stockholm Office - To train, set best work practice and fire fight.
  • Outsourcing - Involvement of the outsourcing of the finance department.
  • A leading global law firm, undertaking the most important and challenging assignments for the world’s leading companies, financial institutions and governments. Achieving the client’s objectives by solving their most complex and important legal issues. There are 31 offices in 21 countries and has a total of 7139 staff.

Education

GCSE’s - 8 GCSE’s Grade C and above

Thomas Lord Audley School
Colchester
09/1989 - 06/1994

GNVQ B-TEC - Business and Management (Advanced Level 3)

Colchester Institute
09/1996 - 06/1998

Skills

  • Manage Accounting Systems
  • Bank Reconciliations
  • Capable of Managing Independent Workloads
  • Financial and Administrative Duties
  • Excellent Organisational and Communication Skills
  • Extensive Purchase / Sales Ledger Experience

Custom

AAT, Association of Accounting Technicians Qualified 2004 - NVQ Level 4 (MAAT)

Timeline

Personal Banker

Santander
02.2022 - 05.2025

Office Manager

Passmore Weeks & Richardson TA Xeinadin
09.2014 - 02.2022

Finance Assistant

Colchester NHS Trust Hospital
07.2014 - 08.2014

Accounts Assistant

African Cargo Services Limited
06.2011 - 06.2014

Accounts Assistant

Linklaters LLP
05.1999 - 01.2010

GCSE’s - 8 GCSE’s Grade C and above

Thomas Lord Audley School
09/1989 - 06/1994

GNVQ B-TEC - Business and Management (Advanced Level 3)

Colchester Institute
09/1996 - 06/1998

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