Lisa Swinnerton

At Millers Vanguard i was responsible for all the internal recruitment, a company of over 450 employees, ensuring alignment with the organisations staffing and talent needs.

I Developed and implemented effective sourcing strategies to attract qualified candidates across various departments.

Key areas of the role:

• Drafting recruitment advertisements.
• Posting advertisements on various job boards.
• Screened candidates, conducted interviews and selected ideal talent to fill open roles.
• Conducting telephone-based screening on a daily basis.
• Ensuring all internal staff receive regular recruitment updates by way of updating internal screens, email updates, etc.
• Communicating with internal key stakeholders across all departments.
• Organising the weekly onboarding ‘gifts’ to be sent out to new starters.
• Organising gifts for long service awards and special occasions.
• Coordinated job fairs, resulting in larger candidate pools.
• Negotiated advantageous terms with external recruitment agencies, reducing costs significantly.
• Built and strengthened successful relationships with external recruiters and agencies.
• Improved overall recruitment success by developing comprehensive candidate screening process.
• Collaborated closely with HR department for streamlined workforce planning.

• Assist the Financial Accountant with managing work flow of the Finance Administrator.
• Manage work flow of the Purchase Ledger; make sure all tasks are done correctly and on time.
• Perform tasks on various pieces of computer software including sage line 200, Microsoft Excel, Word and Outlook
• Carry out tasks on Sales Ledger (below) and Cash Book.
• Check and agree all inter company balances.
• Deal with all credit card payments and analyze the account each month.
• To be there for my team if they need me and help them with any problems they may have.
• Manage the offices’ Petty Cash and analyze each week.

• To ensure all customers E.g. Sainsbury’s, Morrison, Coop and Tesco pay all invoices in full and on time.
• Raise all Customer invoices.
• Post all receipts that come through the bank on to Sage 200.
• Post journals on to sage.
• Analyse over 200 engineers expenses.
• Control all inter company balances on the purchase ledger and sales ledger.
• I have also kept on some of the responsibilities from my previous job below.
• Cash book, Im in charge of making sure everything is posted and balances at the end of every day.

• Perform all aspects of the purchase ledger function on a day to day basis, as required by the Financial Accountant.
• Ensure that all purchase ledger transactions are recorded accurately, on time and in line with practises and procedures determined by the company.
• Perform tasks on various pieces of computer software including Sage Line 50, Microsoft Excel, Word and Outlook.
• Prepare BACS payment runs to ensure suppliers are paid according to terms
• Ensure that all invoices, statements and payment documents are filed securely and in an audible way.
• Ensure that all information is recorded accurately and that any queries are resolved in a timely manner.
• Perform various administrative tasks, including the managing of the offices’ petty cash, ordering stationary supplies and aiding the Financial Director with correspondence.
• Dealing with customers via phone and email.