ATHIRA POOVATHUMKANDY
Accounts Assistant
LEICESTER,Leicestershire
Summary
Detail-oriented finance professional with expertise in accounts reconciliation, budgeting, and forecasting. Proficient in preparing financial statements and financial modelling, with advanced skills in Microsoft Excel and Word. Demonstrates strong time management abilities and a solid understanding of accruals and prepayments. Committed to leveraging financial acumen to drive organizational success.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
2042
2042
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Administrative assistant
IBIS Budget Hotel
Leicester, Leicestershire
05.2023 - Current
- Prepared and maintained daily sales report, recorded cash/card transaction.
- Preparing daily revenue report
- Develop and institute an efficient, systematic filing protocol to improve document management.
Accounts assistant
ESAF BANK
KOZHIKODE KERALA ,INDIA
02.2021 - 08.2022
- Conduct regular checks on the company’s financial activities, making sure transactions, records, and accounts are accurate and align with best practices and legal requirements.
- Worked on budget planning and financial forecasting, compare actual spending to budgets, pinpoint areas for improvement, and suggested adjustments to help the company stay financially sound.
- Managed petty cash transactions, safeguarded company resources.
- End of each month, quarter, or year, ensured all accounts are wrapped up accurately and on time, which is critical for generating reports and reviewing the company’s performance.
- Compiled reports on profits, losses, and overall financial health, presenting these in a way that non-finance people can understand and explained where the company can cut costs or where there’s potential to grow.
- Regularly reviewed financial records to spot any discrepancies or irregularities, which helps detect potential issues like fraud or errors early, keeping financial statements reliable.
- Prepared reconciliation of accounts, ensuring accuracy of financial records; generated and posted invoices, and recorded daily cash receipts from all banking transactions to maintain up-to-date and balanced ledgers.
- Uploaded invoices after verifying data.
Assistant accountant
MANAPPURAM FINANCE LTD
THRISSUR KERALA, INDIA
04.2019 - 01.2021
- Working with the accounting team to prepare, maintain, and analyze accounting and financial documentation such as bank reconciliation statements, accounts payable and receivable reports, and sales and purchase reports.
- Travelling to different branches for collecting documents and information.
- Holding a meeting with key employees to discuss discrepancies in financial documents.
- Constantly communicating with various suppliers about debit notes and invoices.
- Actively participating in team works aimed at preparing financial statements and formulating strategies.
- Filing tax returns and communicating with the tax department regarding various queries.
- Assisting the finance manager in negotiating deals, problem solving, managing risks and enhancing controls.
- Preparing invoices and deliver them to the finance manager.
- Creating, managing, and updating records for all service users and staff.
- Assisting the financial manager in the preparation of payroll and other essential reports.
- Performing office administrative tasks
Education
Master of Business Administration - Global
De Montfort University
Leicester 04.2001 - 10.2024
Master of commerce - Finance and Accounting
Pondicherry Central University
INDIABachelor of Commerce - Finance and Accounting
Concord Arts and Science College
IndiaSkills
- Accounts reconciliation knowledge
- Budgeting and forecasting competence
- Financial statements preparation
- Financial modelling
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Word, outlook
- Time management
- Accruals and prepayments knowledge
Accomplishments
- Received several positive adapts from Financial Manager for the Time Management
- Oct, Nov, Dec 2020 Performer of the month: A 3-month event run by the Company designed to give participants an insight into management. Used all the customer portfolio and achieved 120 percentage of the target and become successful in the contest
- JANUARY TO MARCH 2022 MDRT ACHIEVER: A contest run by the Indian Insurance Regulatory Authority for the financial year
Timeline
Administrative assistant
IBIS Budget Hotel
05.2023 - Current
Accounts assistant
ESAF BANK
02.2021 - 08.2022
Assistant accountant
MANAPPURAM FINANCE LTD
04.2019 - 01.2021
Master of Business Administration - Global
De Montfort University
04.2001 - 10.2024
Master of commerce - Finance and Accounting
Pondicherry Central University
Bachelor of Commerce - Finance and Accounting
Concord Arts and Science College
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