MARIO ANTONIOU

• Reconciling historical transactions bank statement and FX Trades
• Monitor new deals and correct commissions paid
• Liaising with platform designers for creating of new platforms.
• Taking full responsibility for all banking with full access to all banking.
• Key Achievements
• In a short space of time I had reconciled the FX trades along with outstanding commissions due. My role here was to assist due to staff shortage, but have created a strong relationship with beneficial owners and external accounts and compliance teams.

Key Achievements:

In a short space of time I had reconciled the FX trades along with outstanding commissions due. My role here was to assist the business due to staff shortage, and have created a strong relationship with beneficial owners and external teams.

• Handled bookkeeping and accounts for 27 companies using Sage software.
• Completed reconciliations of bank transactions and ledger entries.
• Managing credit control and supplier negotiations.
• Manage Account receivables and liaising with clients
• Ensuring all assets and entities had relevant insurances, negotiating terms with insurers
• Supported banking operations with full access to banking including full approving authority for outgoing payments.
• Contributed to compliance and FCA submissions.
• Participated in foreign exchange trading activities.
• Addressed HR issues independently from directors.
• Managed initial client complaints efficiently.
• Processed payroll for multiple companies.
• Communicated with accountants on tax affairs and submissions.
• Coordinated with external lawyers on compliance matters.
• Aided directors by responding to personal requests.
• Organised insurance for company assets and indemnity.
• Facilitated creation of new companies and information memorandums.
• Applied for ISINs and LEIs as needed.
• Assisted with applications for FCA licences.

Key Achievements:

· My role here has had a vast amount of exposure to dealing simultaneously with accounts, book keeping, compliance, HR and liaising with; the FCA, legal teams and external accountants whilst dealing with the day to day running of the business. I believe I have gained my most experience here where I have predominately worked unsupervised and dealt with most aspects of a business simultaneously with full responsibility.

• Monitoring and calculating daily hours of over 100 employees and monitoring of over 150 sub-contractors
• Proving Finance Manager and Directors with daily finance updates together with daily cash flow and projection
• Monitoring and calculating expenses of all individuals
• Labour job costing for large projects
• Processing of all payments via bank, i.e for all employees, sub-contractors and suppliers
• In-putting all data for payroll via Sage 50 payroll, printing payslips and submitting RTI.
• Creating and submitting journals via Sage Accounts for payroll, subcontractor payments, and supplier payments.
• Monitoring holidays and sick leave via Sage HR
• Dealing with the escalation of any employee or sub-contractor complaints
• Preparation and submission of References.
• Creating excel spread sheets for Directors and Finance manager for monitoring staff and departments
• Reason for leaving: Career Progression
• Key Achievements
• Creating excel spread sheets for monitoring all staff, sub-contractors and expenses with the ability to labour cost group and departments separately at any given time.
• Creating excel spread for the daily monitoring of finances
• Due to the high level of trust the managers and directors had in my abilities, I was able to operate unsupervised.
• Managing all staff grievances and effectively avoid any grievance escalations

Key Achievements:

· Creating excel spread sheets for monitoring all staff, sub-contractors and expenses with the ability to labour cost group and departments separately at any given time.

· Creating excel spread for the daily monitoring of finances

· Due to the high level of trust the managers and directors had in my abilities, I was able to operate unsupervised.

· Managing all staff grievances and effectively avoid any grievance escalations,

• Assistant to the Management of credit portfolio of business and individual customers
• Preparation of credit applications and submission for approval
• Reporting directly to Head Office and the General Manager
• Preparation of referral reports to Legal Department
• Preparation of Legal documentation and their submission to the Bank's Legal Department
• Preparation of internal & external audit reports
• Responsible for the monitoring of incoming and outgoing payments, account opening documentation etc. for compliance purposes
• Booking FX Deals with Treasury and subsequent rate negotiation with clients, including forward contracts
• Responsible for the daily monitoring of customers' accounts for excesses and arrears & currency positions
• Preparation of development loans and liaising with quantity surveyors
• Dealing with customers' instructions through multiple means of communication (by phone, fax and email)
• Analysing financial/management accounts
• Dealing with the escalation of customer complaints
• Preparation of Bankers References, Audit replies and Interest Certificates for Loans
• Direct customer contact, dealing with existing and new customer requests
• Reason for leaving: Redundancy

Key Achievements:

• On a number of occasions I provided such outstanding customer service, going above and beyond my duties. So much so that clients contacted management providing excellent feedback and referred other new customers to the bank. I received commendation that the customer service I provided was above expectations and was on par with a bespoke service.
• Consistently met and exceed various targets set such as attracting deposits. For example during my first year I had exceed my personal targets by 20%.

• Handled all inward and outward currency payments (Swifts and CHAPS, including solicitor completions)
• Liaised with Treasury department with regards to booking FX deals
• Handled all bank to bank queries and investigations
• Reason for leaving: Career Progression
• Key Achievements
• Worked as part of the team implementing our new payments system. This subsequently led to a change in Bank procedures as it proved to be a more efficient system
• Successfully trained all new recruits during this time, amounting to almost 15 individuals.
• Within a short space of time I was processing more than double the number of payments compared to other members of my team and as a result regularly received recommendations from my manager.
• Due to the high level of trust the manager had in my abilities, difficult cases were passed to me to handle.

• Adding and balancing of clearing items
• Signature verification of daily clearing items
• Managed the processing of unpaid clearing items (Cheques/Direct Debits/Direct Credits) and the liaison with various departments and branches for returning unpaid clearing items
• Responsible for the daily checking of Bank branch entries and reporting any discrepancies
• Reason for leaving: Career Progression
• Key Achievements
• Within three months I became so proficient that I would frequently complete my duties and was able to concentrate on assisting other members of the team.

• Handled all customer queries and requests
• Responsible for establishing Direct Debits and verifying Direct Debit clearing items
• Managed the reconciliation of Bank ledger accounts
• Responsible for customer fixed deposits, obtaining rates from Treasury and liaising with customers, renewing deposits as and when required
• Reason for leaving: Career Progression
• Key Achievements
• Was able to clear a backlog of work which had been left pending for several months.
• Developed very good relationships with branch customers who would continue to ask me to assist them, even after moving to my new post.

• Assisted chef with preparation of large volumes of food.
• Supported preparation of pastries and cultural canapés.
• Waited on guests at corporate events and weddings with up to 300 attendees.
• Conducted stock takes as required.
• Handled logistics and deliveries.
• Prepared various bakery items.

Key Achievements:

My role here has given me exposure in several aspects of catering and similar to when I started out in banking over 20 years ago, Tasty Affair has given me the opportunity and exposure to experience several aspects of the catering industry simultaneously.

• Operated independently to manage coffee preparation and sandwich making.
• Handled customer payments efficiently.
• Conducted stock take on a regular basis.
• Reported daily operations to owners.
• Managed cash register responsibilities.
• Ensured cleanliness of kitchen and catering equipment.

• Dealing with weekend stock take.
• Assisting the chefs with preparations
• Ensuring the kitchen in clean
• High volume of washing all catering equipment and dishes
• Key Achievements
• Gilgamesh was a new restaurant that had opened in November and had originally started to assist a friend while requiring a part time job. I have always had a passion for cooking and found this the beginning of following my passion, I have enjoyed the interaction with chefs and customers in the catering industry and I have never shied away from any type of work, and although this has been very different to all my previous roles, dealing with customers and management in this environment has been very rewarding for me.

• Trained as an Air-Force Cadet
• Was responsible for 23 vehicles, including maintenance and driving
• Reason for leaving: End of Contract
• Key Achievements
• Learnt to use and respect various fire-arms
• Learnt how to work as part of a team
• Was discharged with an outstanding conduct record

• Trained as an Air-Force Cadet
• Was responsible for 23 vehicles, including maintenance and driving
• Reason for leaving: End of Contract
• Key Achievements
• Learnt to use and respect various fire-arms
• Learnt how to work as part of a team
• Was discharged with an outstanding conduct record