Ayesha Dushanthi Kahathota Liyanage
Perth
Summary
Detail-oriented accounting professional seeking to build a career in accounting. ACCA and CA part-qualified, with a strong academic background and a commitment to producing accurate, well-organised financial records and reports. Demonstrates excellent time-management skills, strong attention to detail, and a proactive approach to learning and contributing within a team environment.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
Work history
Volunteer Accounting Assistant - Part Time
FinPro Accountants and Tax Consultants Ltd
Glasgow, Glasgow City
2025.09 - Current
- Performed bookkeeping tasks to ensure accurate financial records.
- Reconciled bank statements monthly, ensuring accuracy of records.
- Provided support during audits to ensure compliance with regulations.
- Prepared and processed VAT returns in compliance with regulations
- Supported auditors with statutory audits and regulatory requirements
Food Hall General Assistant
The House of Bruar
Pitlochry
2023.07 - 2026.01
- Ensure the customer service you provide is of the highest standard at all times and be a role model for The House of Bruar brand with our personal presentation standards with supporting the Team in achieving company sales targets and operational goals.
- Delivering exceptional customer service.
- Cashiering and Maintaining records.
- Assisting with stock control.
- Preparing food tastings.
- Preparing hampers for collection and postage.
- Assisting in merchandising.
- Following food safety procedures.
- Expertly sliced cheeses and served pies and prepared foods while maintaining high hygiene and safety standards.
- Assisted in cooking and baking various pies, ensuring quality and consistency in both presentation and taste.
Payroll Assistant
Madampagama Divisional Secretariat Office
2020.09 - 2022.09
- Coordinate with the Payroll Accountant in managing and processing employee salaries. Should be able to update and maintain payroll data in the software and manually in the payroll books.
- Entering payroll data into digital system. (Government Payroll System)
- Oversee all payroll processes. Processed payroll data, increments, and adjustments accurately.
- Reconciling payroll accounts each month
- Drafting and maintaining payroll reports
- Resolve payroll errors and Answering payroll inquiries
- General payroll filing
- Calculating wages and salaries and Creating staff schedules
Junior Finance Assistant
MAS Legato (Private) Ltd
Biyagama
2019.02 - 2019.08
- Gather, comprehend, process, verify, and report accounting-related data to the finance management. Assistance with the preparation of monthly or weekly financial reports.
- Prepare and send MI reports to assigned SBUs on time.
- Achieve the monthly targets for GRIR and Advances in assigned SBUs.
- Assisting payment requestors on invoice discrepancy resolution. Assisted with income recovery and overdue payment follow-ups.
- Ensure all allocated vendors are reconciled and reported within agreed timelines. Delivered accurate budget monitoring and ledger reconciliations.
- Ensure to convert to the cheques for the vendors into slips in assigned SBUs.
- Execute recovery activities and ensure proper follow-up mechanisms are put in place to recover money within the set credit period.
- Ensure receipts are cleared in keeping with the SLA.
- Develop and maintain relationships with internal and external stakeholders including SBUs and Suppliers.
- Assisted with year-end financial closures and reporting.
Internship
National Savings Bank
Hikkaduwa
2015.02 - 2015.12
- Expected to assist in making financial transactions easier. Mostly also aid in accounting-related tasks in order to ensure an efficient banking process
- Learns and becomes proficient on internal software systems.
- Event handling or planning.
- Engages with customers or clients and provides service and/or sales.
- Assists in creating performance reports.
Education
MSc. Professional Accountancy program -
University of Dundee
Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom 2022.09 - 2023.09
G.C.E. Advanced Level - Commerce stream
Hikkaduwa Sri Sumangala College
/2014 - /2015
B.com (Special) Degree - Department of Commerce, Management Studies and Commerce
University of Sri Jayewardenepura
Sri Lanka 2016.02 - 2019.11
G.C.E. Ordinary Level -
Hikkaduwa Sri Sumangala College
Sri LankaSkills
- Presentation
- Bookkeeping
- Auditing & Taxation
- Data Entry
- Payroll
- Xero Accounting
- Bank Reconciliations
- Inter-company Reconciliations
- Management accounting
- Sage accounting
- Cost saving
- Reporting
Software
- Microsoft office, Microsoft Project, Sage 50 in 2019 and 2023, SAP, Integrated Treasury Management Information System (ITMIS)., Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS), Xero Accounting
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Volunteer Accounting Assistant - Part Time
FinPro Accountants and Tax Consultants Ltd
2025.09 - Current
Food Hall General Assistant
The House of Bruar
2023.07 - 2026.01
MSc. Professional Accountancy program -
University of Dundee
2022.09 - 2023.09
Payroll Assistant
Madampagama Divisional Secretariat Office
2020.09 - 2022.09
Junior Finance Assistant
MAS Legato (Private) Ltd
2019.02 - 2019.08
B.com (Special) Degree - Department of Commerce, Management Studies and Commerce
University of Sri Jayewardenepura
2016.02 - 2019.11
Internship
National Savings Bank
2015.02 - 2015.12
G.C.E. Advanced Level - Commerce stream
Hikkaduwa Sri Sumangala College
/2014 - /2015
G.C.E. Ordinary Level -
Hikkaduwa Sri Sumangala College