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Overview
Work history
Education
Skills
Languages
Software
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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
06.2022 - 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
04.2007 - 05.2022
  • 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
09.2000 - 04.2007
  • Secretarial support (clients included Financial Advisor, Willwriter) and magazine proofreading

Earlier work history available on request

eg Nationwide Building Society, East Wilts NHS
09.1984 - 08.2000

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
06.2022 - Current

P/T Finance and Administration Manager

Inception Business Technology Ltd
04.2007 - 05.2022

P/T Secretary and proofreader

Self-employed
09.2000 - 04.2007

Earlier work history available on request

eg Nationwide Building Society, East Wilts NHS
09.1984 - 08.2000

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
Karin Runciman