Bernadett Opauszki
Reading,Berkshire
Summary
Detail-oriented Client Account Executive with expertise in financial risk management, credit control, and stakeholder collaboration. Manages financial reporting, risk mitigation, and budget oversight to enhance engagement profitability. Tracks client payments and optimises cash flow through strategic initiatives. Facilitates meetings and analyses data to improve processes, ensuring compliance and accuracy.
Overview
1
1
Certification
10
10
years of post-secondary education
7
7
years of professional experience
Work history
Client Account Executive (Associate)
PwC
Reading, Berkshire
2023.02 - Current
- Build strong relationships with partners, managers, clients and internal teams
- Manage WIP, billing and collections for a portfolio of partners and managers
- Conduct regular WIP and aged debt reviews to drive timely billing and cash collection
- Prepare and process invoices, transfers, write-offs and credit notes
- Monitor outstanding debt, proactively following up on overdue invoices and resolving payment issues
- Support collections forecasting and contribute to the achievement of cash flow targets
- Support billing forecasting and contribute to the achievement of billing targets, ensuring compliance with client billing requirements
- Monitor current and projected costs, adjusting invoicing strategies accordingly
- Produce and analyse reports, providing insight on WIP, collections, accounts receivable and cash receipts
- Lead meetings with senior stakeholders, presenting financial insights and identifying risks that may impact engagements
- Contribute to budget management, analysing budgeted vs. forecast hours and flagging discrepancies that could pose financial risks
Purchase to Pay Associate
Merlin Entertainments Ltd
Basingstoke, Hampshire
2022.08 - 2023.01
- Process supplier invoices, including PO and non-PO invoices, accurately in Coupa.
- Investigate and resolve invoice and purchase order discrepancies in a timely manner.
- Support the payment process and help respond to supplier payment queries.
- Provide a prompt and professional response to supplier and internal stakeholder queries.
- Build positive working relationships with suppliers to support a high-quality service experience.
- Help manage the shared mailbox, ensuring queries are handled efficiently and within agreed timeframes.
- Support GRNI and debit balance reviews to help maintain accurate ledger records.
- Carry out supplier statement reconciliations and help resolve outstanding items.
- Prepare and maintain reports, including aged payables and KPI reporting.
Accounts Administrator
Meika Ltd t/a Primrose
Reading, Berkshire
2019.04 - 2022.08
- Oversaw account reconciliations and handled payments for local authorities, schools, and staff orders to ensure accurate processing.
- Managed customer payment queries across multiple providers, investigating issues and coordinating with departments to ensure timely settlements
- Maintained financial reports and supported accountants in resolving order processing failures, including duplicate and fraudulent transactions
- Conducted fire drills and safety inspections to ensure compliance with workplace safety regulations
- Mental Health First Aider – Provided colleague support
- Employee Safety Representative – Advocated for workplace well-being
Education
Bachelor of Science - Food Science
Corvinus University of Budapest
Hungary 2005.09 - 2015.06
NVQ Level 3 - Labour Safety Technician
Labour Safety Technician - A Level
Hungary 2017.01 - 2017.06
Skills
- Client relationship management
- Data Analysis & Reporting
- Financial risk analysis
- Credit management
- Regulatory compliance
- SAP, Power BI, MS Office, SQL, Salesforce
- PayPal, SagePay, NetSuite, DocuPeak
- WIP Management
- Administrative support
- Stakeholder Collaborations
- Meeting Facilitation
- Copilot
Certification
The Complete SQL Bootcamp: Go from Zero to Hero - Udemy
(Activities and societies: SQL Statements Fundamentals, Group By, Joins, Advanced SQL Commands, Creating Databases & Tables, Conditional Expressions & Procedures, PostgreSQL with Python)
Certificate no: UC-ca865d13-3e86-41bd-be1a-d3530380c9cd
Languages
English
Advanced
Hungarian
Proficient (C2)
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Client Account Executive (Associate)
PwC
2023.02 - Current
Purchase to Pay Associate
Merlin Entertainments Ltd
2022.08 - 2023.01
Accounts Administrator
Meika Ltd t/a Primrose
2019.04 - 2022.08
NVQ Level 3 - Labour Safety Technician
Labour Safety Technician - A Level
2017.01 - 2017.06
Bachelor of Science - Food Science
Corvinus University of Budapest
2005.09 - 2015.06