Isuri Abeykoon
London
Summary
Business-minded Finance Manager promoting more than 5+ years of expertise overseeing transactions and reconciling monthly financial reports. Highly collaborative individual with track record of effectively training and coaching staff members. Offering confidence, team contribution and decision making skills. Looking to relocate soon.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Finance Manager
Newtrade Media
03.2024 - Current
- Managing the month end and management account preparation process - must meet strict completion deadlines
- Review ledger postings, accruals and prepayments to ensure accurately reporting monthly performance
- Revenue recognition - work with Commercial Operations Director to ensure the correct revenue has been allocated to the correct period based on tasks complete
- Complete submission of monthly figures to Group
- Prepare monthly management reporting pack, to include P&L and balance sheet
- Provide full variance analysis of management accounts to budget/forecast
- Prepare detailed fortnightly cashflow forecast
- Work with Assistant Management Accountant to ensure all inflows and outflows are being incorporated into cashflow forecast
- Manage treasury accordingly and inform HoF of how we are tracking, noting any significant movements expected over the next 3 months.
Founder
Bonzai Srilanka
01.2021 - Current
Accounts Receivable Specialist
KARLA OTTO
02.2022 - 12.2023
- Monthly Billing Cycle: Managed the entire monthly billing cycle, ensuring accurate and timely invoicing to clients
- Intercompany Invoicing with Dubai, Paris, Munich, New York, Asia and Milan Offices
- Credit Control: Implemented effective credit control measures to monitor and manage outstanding invoices, minimizing overdue payments
- Payroll Handling: Proficiently handled payroll processes, ensuring accurate calculations and timely disbursements
- Intercompany Invoicing: Managed intercompany invoicing, facilitating seamless financial transactions within the organization
- Chasing Billing Instructions/PO's: Proactively communicated with the team to gather billing instructions and purchase orders, streamlining the billing process
- Billing Schedule Maintenance: Created and maintained billing schedules to organize and track invoicing activities efficiently
- Client Billing Portals: Oversaw maintenance of client billing and invoice submission portals, ensuring accessibility and accuracy of financial data
- Billing Query Resolution: Skillfully addressed and resolved billing queries from both account handlers and clients, enhancing client satisfaction
- Timesheet Management: Managed weekly timesheet submissions, recording and reporting on incomplete timesheets to facilitate accurate billing
- WIP Management: Analyzed and managed work in progress (WIP) to ensure timely billing of third-party costs and expenses
- Client Estimates/Scopes of Work: Input and approved client estimates in Paprika and scopes of work, facilitating transparent and accurate billing processes
- Paprika Support: Assisted account handlers with Paprika support, ensuring smooth utilization of the billing and project management software.
Finance Manager
UK TELL
01.2021 - 12.2021
- Issue final customer invoices
- Collate a final 'Job Costings Report' for review by the Management Team at the end of each project using our industry specific CRM software
- Ensuring Adminbase CRM System is updated with all relevant financial information
- To oversee the purchase ledger function, ensuring all purchase ledgers are complete and closed by the 7th of the month following
- To liaise with suppliers and customers and be the main point of contact to resolve queries
- To undertake weekly balance sheet/bank reconciliations to be presented to the Senior Managers
- To prepare monthly management accounts pack to include profit and loss accounts, balance sheets, cash flows, analysis, KPIs, variance analysis and commentaries in accordance with deadlines agreed
- Update WIP with input from MD/General Manager
- Calculation, presentation and payment of VAT and corporation tax
- To prepare Annual Statutory Accounts to be signed off by the MD/CFO in accordance with deadlines agreed
- To support the Installations Team with credit control and resolve customer queries, ensuring cash received in a timely and accurate manner
- To chase relevant paperwork
- To check and process staff expenses
- To agree payment schedules with the Managing Director and process payments via Bacs or by cheque
- To complete general admin duties, photocopying, posting supplier invoices, statements
- To undertake any other finance related work
- To provide finance support and information to managers
- To ensure all documents are prepared and delivered within the agreed timescale
- To ensure all work is in accordance with the policies and procedures of James Oliver Conservatories Ltd
- To work in accordance with health and safety regulations; and also work in conjunction with our Health and Safety Consultant, being responsible for Health and Safety Administration, including completing required paperwork for new starters.
Course Supporting Officer and Manager
Code Ninjas
01.2021 - 07.2021
- Teaching Coding for the Kids aged 5years - 12 years old
- Strong customer-focused and professional approach to handle Enquiries
- Acting as the primary administrative contact for student queries and concerns regarding enrolment, assignment handling, examinations, re-sits, examination marks processing, extenuating circumstances, academic appeals and graduation queries
- Assist with and record the allocation of students to Student Advisors
- Provide information to staff and students
- Ensure the Student Advisor and/or Teaching Organisation is made aware of any student who may be in need of support.
Business Analyst
HealthRecon Connect LLC
06.2020 - 01.2021
- Focuses on user needs and help define improvements to the business processes and assist decision makers in gathering information to make their decisions
- Support definition and design of user interfaces and/or features
- Support quality assurance to test solution features
- Communicate with stakeholders to define the real business problems behind the expressed needs
- Work with Product Manager and Technical Consultant to ensure all relevant customer capabilities are considered
- Work with Architecture Owner to ensure the solution aligns with the anticipated user needs/requirements
- Work with the Project Manager to communicate the status to the user community
- To demonstrate the Northrop Grumman Leadership Characteristics at all times
- Acts as a liaison between the IT development group and business units for the development and implementation of new systems and enhancement of existing systems
- Evaluates new applications and identifies systems requirements
- Evaluates new IT developments and evolving business requirements and recommends appropriate systems alternatives and/or enhancements to current systems
- Prepares communications and makes presentations on system enhancements and/or alternatives
- Lead projects or project steps within a broader project or have accountability for ongoing activities or objectives
- Collaborates with stakeholders at all levels, in the conduct of investigations for strategy studies, business requirements specifications and feasibility studies
- Prepares business cases which define potential benefits, options for achieving these benefits through development of new or changed processes, and associated business risks.
Auditor
KPMG
02.2015 - 02.2017
Education
GCE Advanced Level - Business/Managerial Economics
Devi Balika Vidyalaya
Advanced Diploma in Management Accounting -
Chartered Institute of Management Accounting -CIMA
Master's degree - Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services
York St. John University
01.2022
BA(Hons) in International Business and Finance - Accounting and Finance
University of the West of Scotland
01.2019
Skills
- VBA Excel
- Strategic Financial Management
- Fashion Business
- Financial Management
- Performance Analysis
- Regulatory Compliance
- Business Forecasting
- Budget Forecasting
- Staff Training
- Financial Budgeting
- Cost accounting
- Tax Compliance
- Cash Flow Management
- Performance Reviews
- Portfolio Management
Certification
- Certified Investment Management Analyst
- Advanced diploma in management accounting
- Introduction to Cybersecurity Tools & Cyber Attacks
- Cybersecurity Roles, Processes & Operating System Security
- Financial Modeling Course - Investment Banking
Currentcompany
Newtrade Media
Personal Information
Title: Finance Manager
Accomplishments
- Used Microsoft Excel to develop inventory tracking spreadsheets.
- Supervised team of 120 staff members.
- Achieved time efficiency by introducing annual POs for specific tasks.
Timeline
Finance Manager
Newtrade Media
03.2024 - Current
Accounts Receivable Specialist
KARLA OTTO
02.2022 - 12.2023
Founder
Bonzai Srilanka
01.2021 - Current
Finance Manager
UK TELL
01.2021 - 12.2021
Course Supporting Officer and Manager
Code Ninjas
01.2021 - 07.2021
Business Analyst
HealthRecon Connect LLC
06.2020 - 01.2021
Auditor
KPMG
02.2015 - 02.2017
GCE Advanced Level - Business/Managerial Economics
Devi Balika Vidyalaya
Advanced Diploma in Management Accounting -
Chartered Institute of Management Accounting -CIMA
Master's degree - Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services
York St. John University
BA(Hons) in International Business and Finance - Accounting and Finance
University of the West of Scotland
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