Karin Runciman
Swindon,Wiltshire
Summary
- Experienced Office and Finance Administrator with excellent people and communication skills. High standard of literacy and numeracy.
- Conscientious, hardworking with attention to detail.
- Proactive approach to problem-solving.
- Ability to adapt quickly to new environments and software
Overview
41
41
years of professional experience
1985
1985
years of post-secondary education
Work history
P/T Assessor Co-ordinator
BCS The Chartered Institute for IT
Swindon, Wiltshire
2022.06 - Current
- Administration for recruiting assessors for IT apprenticeships including advertising, arranging training events, DBS checking, record keeping, report generation, invoice processing and creating contracts.
- Processing provision of digital services to apprenticeship providers and students plus administration for University accreditation.
- Running projects to ensure assessor compliance with changing legal requirements .
- Contributing to Legal Department project for contract review.
P/T Finance and Administration Manager
Inception Business Technology Ltd
Swindon, Wiltshire
2007.04 - 2022.05
- Managed a small team handling all administration and finance administration (excluding payroll) for a printer engineering company. Had authority to establish new processes and make financial decisions.
- Role included: bank reconciliation, credit control, VAT returns, providing finance reports to Directors, sales and purchase ledger, setting up customer contracts, arranging engineers, customer service, fulfilling orders, shipping.
- Assisted in interviewing new employees.
P/T Secretary and proofreader
Self-employed
Swindon, Wiltshire
2000.09 - 2007.04
- Secretarial support (clients included Financial Advisor, Willwriter) and magazine proofreading
Earlier work history available on request
eg Nationwide Building Society, East Wilts NHS
1984.09 - 2000.08
Education
Typewriting RSA Level 3 -
Food & Hygiene Certificate Level 2 - undefined
City & Guilds Leadership & Team Skills Level 2 - undefined
O Levels - GCSE
John Bentley School and Evening School
Skills
- Credit Control
- Billing
- Customer Service
- Interpersonal communication
- Public speaking
- Attention to Detail
- Proactive approach
- Discretion and confidentiality
Languages
English
Native
German
Fluent
Mandarin Chinese
Upper intermediate
Romanian
Elementary
Software
Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook)
Sage 50 Accounts
2serv/Asolvi Service Industry software
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
P/T Assessor Co-ordinator
BCS The Chartered Institute for IT
2022.06 - Current
P/T Finance and Administration Manager
Inception Business Technology Ltd
2007.04 - 2022.05
P/T Secretary and proofreader
Self-employed
2000.09 - 2007.04
Earlier work history available on request
eg Nationwide Building Society, East Wilts NHS
1984.09 - 2000.08
Food & Hygiene Certificate Level 2 - undefined
City & Guilds Leadership & Team Skills Level 2 - undefined
Typewriting RSA Level 3 -
O Levels - GCSE
John Bentley School and Evening School