Lewis Taylor

• My previous role was at Gist Ltd as an Accounts Payable clerk. This role consists of processing invoices/employee expense claims as well as dealing with customer queries ensuring compliance and efficiency is as high as possible. I’ve also learnt about the payment runs process, this paired with my daily roles has given me a great insight into the end-to-end process of it going from a quote from a supplier all the way to payment. I’ve worked here for around 3 years now and I’m looking to challenge myself and give my career a push into a new role. After doing plenty of additional tasks outside my job role I’ve really enjoyed the fresh and more complex assignments. I’ve also led several projects within accounts payable including Statement Reconciliations, PO Compliance and Expense claims breaches and assisted in completing our PSA tax return. All of these projects have resulted in me gaining a significant amount of knowledge into the ins and outs of SAP and Gist as a business. I thoroughly enjoyed being the leader of some of these projects and I’m hopeful I can continue to do similar work in the future. I’m in the middle of my AAT studies nearly finishing Level 3 and I’m hoping to complete level 4 and then further my career even more with more qualifications.

After earning an internal promotion within Gist, I transitioned into Treasury and Fixed Assets. This was a big step up in my accounting career. I was in charge of cashbook maintenance for a circa £600 million turnover company as well as directly dealing with internal & external auditors and supporting the wider finance team in weekly & monthly accounts preparation. Other responsibilities included cash flow forecasting, utilities accruals, general financial housekeeping and estate management with rates & utilities on company and rental properties to ensure ledger control in payment and compliance. This new role really accelerated my learning and knowledge into financial accounting. It gave me a wider insight into the day-to-day running of one of the UK's largest logistic company's.