Miriam Padredi

• Posted general ledger journal entries accurately and on time, including fixed asset accounting.
• Performed balance sheet reconciliations alongside comprehensive analysis.
• Planned and prioritised tasks to achieve strict deadlines.
• Worked collaboratively with other teams to address and resolve financial issues.
• Operated consistently within internal controls framework.
• Contributed to relationship management with R2R stakeholders.
• Assisted in staff training and development programmes.
• Suggested process improvements to streamline operations and reduce exceptions.

• Executed day-to-day maintenance of debtors ledger for accurate financial tracking.
• Raised invoices and collected all outstanding debts efficiently.
• Generated monthly, quarterly, and bi-annual commercial rent invoices to ensure timely payments.
• Maintained comprehensive database of commercial tenants to facilitate effective management.
• Processed transactions from Catering EPOS system, importing student charges weekly for accurate billing.
• Updated College’s Income Cash Book daily, ensuring timely posting of transactions.
• Liaised with stakeholders in Conference and Catering to streamline information flow.
• Prepared general ledger journals for precise month-end and year-end reporting.

Catalyst Housing Group - merged with Peabody

Aldwyck Housing Group - merged with Catalyst

Responsible for:

• Prepare, create and post journals to assist management accounts. Including accruals, prepayment and general journals.
• Produce monthly Balance Sheet reconciliations including accruals, prepayments and intercompany accounts, ensuring they are completed to an auditable standard.
• Update income and subcontractor reports to assist Senior FBP and Management accountant with analysis for month end process.
• Update repair orders report monthly and YTD for Senior FBP to analyse performance of property services in terms of units and orders completed.
• Hold monthly meetings with commercial team to discuss completed planned works and ensure invoices are raised on a timely basis.
• Update planned works spreadsheet tracker with invoice numbers ensuring commercial team have visibility of outstanding invoices to be raised.
• Review general ledger on a monthly basis to identify any miscoding, reallocate and advise colleagues to make corrections going forward.
• Support with preparation of property services management accounts. Ad hoc - variance analysis.
• Assist in year end process dealing with internal and external audit queries.
• Assist Senior FBP by preparing budget templates and importing into the system.
• Excel spreadsheets - Pivot tables and Vlookups are used daily due to a large volume of data.

Merged with Aldwyck

Responsible for:

• Daily cash book entries: cash, bank statement, housing benefit, allpay and PDQ machine.
• Weekly banking
• Receive, process and query utility bills for managed properties and KSH void properties.
• Receive and distribute invoices to the budget holders for approval.
• Enter invoices into purchase ledger, generate a unique number, scan invoices and link to the unique number.
• Reconcile credit card statement with receipts from card holders.
• Prepare and post credit card accruals.
• Petty cash control, weekly reconciliation and top-ups.
• Bank Reconciliation
• Set up BACS payment to suppliers, previously prepared by the Assistant MA and authorised by the Head of finance.
• Run weekly and monthly rent charges.
• Set up new accounts for customers and suppliers after been approved by the relevant manager of department.

Responsible for:

• General cleaning of all areas of the university (Anglia Ruskin University)
• Stock room control, new staff training and prepare site for external audit.

Delivered outstanding customer service, enhancing satisfaction and loyalty.

• Answered internal and external calls to address inquiries promptly.
• Managed till operations, processed payments, and issued receipts accurately.
• Assisted customers in signing up for store loyalty programmes, detailing key benefits.
• Received and processed product returns efficiently.
• Updated product labelling and promotional pricing to reflect current offers.

Generated purchase orders and processed supplier orders efficiently.

• Managed accounts payable, entering invoices and processing supplier payments via BACS.
• Recorded daily cash book entries, including cash, bank statements, PDQ transactions, and cheques.
• Raised monthly invoices to customers, ensuring timely billing.
• Conducted bank reconciliations to maintain accurate financial records.
• Controlled petty cash, ensuring proper tracking and usage.
• Prepared weekly cash flow control reports for director review.
• Set up BACS payments for staff salaries and distributed payslips.
• Prepare and send documents to external accountancy practice in a monthly basis.
• New employee introduction

Managed customer checkouts, invoicing, and payment collection efficiently.

• Executed credit control measures to minimise outstanding debts.
• Issued and arranged tax slip payments for dispatched orders promptly.
• Requested transport collections on behalf of customers to ensure timely delivery.

Delivered exceptional customer service throughout entire engagement process.

• Introduced new products to market, focusing on bulk sales strategies.
• Specialised in various types of gold and precious stones, providing expert knowledge.