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Kuriakose Santhosh

Stoke-on-Trent,Staffordshire

Summary

Accomplished financial professional with expertise in budget forecasting, invoicing procedures, and month-end documentation. Demonstrates proficiency in general ledger reconciliation, variance analysis, and financial management. Skilled in payroll administration and bookkeeping, with advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel and financial analysis. Experienced in accounts payable, receivable, and general ledger accounting, with a strong command of Sage 200 and Sage 50 software. Committed to leveraging financial reconciliation skills to drive organisational success.

Overview

5
5
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work history

Finance assistant

Voyager Alliance credit union
Manchester, Lancashire
06.2025 - Current
  • Managed payroll deductions across 55+ payroll partners (monthly, weekly), processing loan repayments, savings contributions, member-agreed deductions directly from salaries in full GDPR compliance.
  • Handled standing orders, direct debits, manual debt repayments for 500+ members, ensuring accurate, timely allocations to loans, savings, membership accounts.
  • Processed debt payments from external debt management companies on behalf of members, ensuring reconciliation, compliance with credit control procedures.
  • Processed 100+ monthly supplier invoices, including employee expenses, third-party costs, maintaining documentation, audit readiness.
  • Entered 500+ monthly financial transactions into internal systems, ensuring ledger accuracy, smooth month-end closings.
  • Reconciled accounts daily using SAGE, Excel, resolving 25–30 payment queries daily, reducing monthly discrepancies by 20%.
  • Built strong relationships with payroll partners, debt agencies, internal teams, ensuring timely data exchange, rapid issue resolution.
  • Processed, verified payments totalling ~£250,000 monthly, maintaining zero tolerance for misallocation, delay.
  • Enhanced financial reporting accuracy by 25% through improved reconciliation, expense tracking.
  • Prepared weekly sales, loan performance reports tracking £60,000+ monthly volume, aiding data-driven leadership decisions.
  • Resolved 40+ monthly billing, deduction member queries, improving satisfaction, reducing repeat issues.
  • Contributed to weekly finance strategy meetings, providing insights on payroll performance, debt trends, process improvements.
  • Delivered monthly AML risk briefings, ensuring regulatory compliance, internal awareness.

Finance assistant

Kabani International Hotel
Muvatupuzha , Ernakulam
01.2021 - 06.2021
  • Supported Management Accountant with month-end, year-end procedures, including preparation and posting of accruals and prepayments to ensure accurate financial statements across multiple sites.
  • Performed detailed variance analysis between budgeted and actual costs, identifying discrepancies in staffing, utilities, and departmental expenses to support cost control.
  • Prepared budget forecasts using advanced Excel functions (VLOOKUP, PivotTables, IF formulas), contributing to strategic planning and budget management.
  • Assisted with annual budgeting, compiling revenue projections and detailed cost breakdowns aligned with departmental objectives.
  • Reconciled bank statements monthly, ensuring accurate records supporting internal and external audits.
  • Processed staff expense claims and supplier invoices in line with company policies, ensuring timely, accurate payments.
  • Handled over 100 supplier invoices monthly, verifying, coding, and processing promptly to maintain strong supplier relationships.
  • Managed petty cash transactions for minor operational purchases, maintaining accurate logs and enforcing spending controls.
  • Produced weekly sales and performance reports, highlighting room occupancy, food and beverage revenue, and expense trends across locations.
  • Assisted with internal audit preparation, ensuring financial records and supporting documentation were complete and organised.
  • Maintained finance filing systems and internal databases, improving efficiency and accessibility of financial data

Education

Bachelor of Science - Accounting and finance

Manchester Metropolitan University
Manchester
09/2021 - 06/2024

A-Levels - Commerce

Vimalagiri Public School
Kothamangalam, India
06/2020 - 06/2021

Skills

  • Budget forecasting
  • Invoicing procedures
  • Month-end documentation
  • General ledger reconciliation
  • Variance Analysis
  • Financial management
  • Payroll administration
  • Bookkeeping
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Financial analysis
  • Financial reconciliation
  • Accounts payable, receivable, general ledger accounting
  • Sage 200 proficiency
  • Sage 50 qualified
  • Credit control knowledge
  • Allocation of payments

Certification

  • ACCA part qualified - completed the first 9 papers



  • ACCA Advantage Practical experience in Accounting Job Simulation .


Over the period of May 2024 to June 2024, I has completed practical tasks in:
Finance receivable accountant at The Clock
Business partner accountant at NHS Wales
Accounting intern at Moracle
Graduate accountant at Arnold Clark


  • JP Morgan Investment Banking Job Simulation


Over the period of June 2024, I has completed practical tasks in:
Find some M&A targets
Target information and auction process
Financial analysis – run the numbers
Provide an investment recommendation




References

References available upon request.

Timeline

Finance assistant

Voyager Alliance credit union
06.2025 - Current

Finance assistant

Kabani International Hotel
01.2021 - 06.2021

Bachelor of Science - Accounting and finance

Manchester Metropolitan University
09/2021 - 06/2024

A-Levels - Commerce

Vimalagiri Public School
06/2020 - 06/2021

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