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Magda Pawlak

Colchester,United Kingdom

Summary

Detail-oriented finance professional with expertise in bookkeeping, financial reporting, and credit risk analysis. Proficient in Xero, Excel macros and formulas, and project management, with a proven track record in bank reconciliation, variance analysis, and account management. Skilled in audit support, supplier onboarding, and credit control, complemented by outstanding communication and active listening abilities. Adept at financial data analysis and delivering accurate account reconciliations to support strategic decision-making. Committed to driving operational efficiency through meticulous financial audits and innovative problem-solving, with a passion for economics and politics, and how those affect national finances.

Overview

3
3
years of professional experience
3
3
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification

Work history

Finance assistant

Aria Healthcare Group
Colchester, Essex
03.2025 - 09.2025
  • Resolved customer queries regarding billing issues leading to improved customer satisfaction.
  • Improved existing invoicing processes to enable smoother and quicker manual posting, sending over 400 documents per day.
  • Liaised with multiple departments to ensure smooth day to day operations on customer accounts and quick fixes regarding billing issues.
  • Prepared final account statements for customers, performing financial analytics on customer data to work out discrepancies.
  • Prepared customer accounts for refunds, ensuring accuracy in legal documentation for senior approval.
  • Monitored and responded immediately to over 50 messages and phone calls per day regarding credit control issues.

Credit controller

Kent Blaxill & Co Ltd.
Colchester, Essex
06.2024 - 03.2025
  • Maintained accurate records of all chasing activity and payments; ensuring data reliability.
  • Monitored customer account details for non-payments, delayed payments and other irregularities, improving compliance levels.
  • Developed solid relationships with clients, resulting in improved payment timelines.
  • Educated customers on financial management and loan repayment strategies, resulting in fewer delinquencies.
  • Provided colleague training in established company procedures.
  • Posted journal transactions and cash receipts on sales ledger.
  • Received debit and credit card payments by phone.
  • Developed tailored payment plans for struggling customers, aiding in their financial recovery whilst maintaining good relations.
  • Minimised risk by proactively advising management of active payment issues.
  • Rigorously reviewed financial information, credit reports and customer pay history to recommend appropriate credit limits for 100s of business credit accounts.
  • Took charge of banking records ensuring accurate allocations to customer accounts.

Commercial Finance Analyst

UK Plumbing Supplies
Colchester, United Kingdom
04.2023 - 03.2024
  • Processing and allocating funds received in accurately to reduce mistakes and increase team effectiveness.
  • Performing monthly, weekly and quarterly reconciliations on various company funds to highest standards.
  • Using bespoke company accounting programmes to accurately input incomings and outgoings, making adjustments during reconciliations quickly and efficiently.
  • Explored existing systems to reduce working time on accounting allocation reducing manual input, taking allocation time from 5 to 1 minute or less.
  • Analyse financial data to find discrepancies in payments and investigate differences, gaining back thousands of pounds otherwise lost.
  • Reduced outstanding account balances through diligent follow-up on overdue invoices and negotiated payment arrangements with clients.
  • Enhanced financial reporting accuracy by reconciling accounts receivable ledger with general ledger monthly.

Administration and Accounting

Star Design Solutions
Colchester, United Kingdom
10.2022 - 02.2023
  • Using knowledge of MS Office in order to reinvent previous filing systems, increasing efficiency and decreasing the amount of invoice errors
  • Ensuring invoices reach the customer in a timely manner and any issues pertaining to them are resolved swiftly and professionally
  • Supporting team members with general admin duties, transferring calls, ordering office consumables, managing post etc
  • Using data entry skills to accurately manage and upload a large number of orders, managing large amounts of data and choosing the appropriate information to decide whether to input an order into an existing system.

Education

LLB Law - Law

University of Plymouth
Plymouth, United Kingdom
09.2017 - 06.2020

A-level or equivalent - Various Humanities

Colchester Sixth Form
Colchester, United Kingdom

Skills

  • Bookkeeping, Xero Certified
  • Introduction to UK Regulations and Financial Integrity Course
  • Excel skills; macros and formulas
  • Project management
  • Financial Reporting
  • Audit Support
  • Invoice Processing
  • Accounts Receivable/Payable
  • Account Management
  • Financial data analysis
  • Bank and account reconciliation
  • Research abilities
  • Supplier onboarding
  • Credit risk analysis

Certification

  • First Aid at Work Certification, St Johns Ambulance
  • Advanced Excel Course, Acuity Training

Languages

English
Native language
Polish
Native

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

Finance assistant

Aria Healthcare Group
03.2025 - 09.2025

Credit controller

Kent Blaxill & Co Ltd.
06.2024 - 03.2025

Commercial Finance Analyst

UK Plumbing Supplies
04.2023 - 03.2024

Administration and Accounting

Star Design Solutions
10.2022 - 02.2023

LLB Law - Law

University of Plymouth
09.2017 - 06.2020

A-level or equivalent - Various Humanities

Colchester Sixth Form

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