Paula Williams
Cheshunt
Summary
Accounts Assistant with strong expertise in bank reconciliation and payroll administration. Achieved streamlined financial reporting processes at Caravan Restaurants through precision and problem-solving skills, ensuring compliance and accuracy. Proficient in preparing statutory accounts and building collaborative relationships with suppliers. Demonstrated ability to enhance operational efficiency and uphold financial integrity in fast-paced environments.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Accounts Assistant
IM Electrical
Essex
07.2022 - Current
- Entering purchase invoices into Simpro - QuickBooks
- Filing and maintaining supplier records
- Checking and verifying invoices
- Preparing cheques for payment
- Bank Reconciliation
- Credit Card Reconciliation
- Reconciled purchase orders to produce accurate inventory reports
- Supplier reconciliation
- Raising Sales invoices from Simpro into Quickbooks
- Posting Credit Card receipts into Quickbooks
- Renew Vehicle Tax & MOT
- Statement Reconciliation
- Keep up-to-date with current clients, projects, orders and tasks
- Maintain customer confidence and protect operations by keeping information confidential
- Posting payroll journals into quickbooks
- Maintain employees time sheets, holidays and sick days
- Prepared month-end closing entries to maintain detailed reporting and record keeping
Senior Accounts Assistant
Caravan Restaurants
London
03.2019 - 07.2022
- Bank Reconciliation for eight bank accounts
- Registering all cheques/bacs received on system
- Invoicing all customers
- Reconciling deposit cash and credit card takings versus bank receipts
- Investigating and resolving any variances among all sites invoices
- Monitor site expenses and entering petty cash receipts
- Reconcile credit card payments
- Maintain suppliers A/cs verifying and posting
- Statement Reconciliation
- Chasing of any arrears
- Provided assistance with routine budget and accounting adjustments required at period end
- Preparing invoices and ensuring payments are received and approved
- Entering purhase invoices onto Sage and reconciling statements
Bookkeeper
Andrew Stevens Limited
Enfield, London
05.2014 - 03.2019
- Invoicing all customers
- Prepare P&L account and balance sheet at month end and investigate discrepancies
- Producing nominal ledger analysis each month and investigate any unidentified items on bank statements
- Preparing financial reports at year end
- Entering all purchase invoices onto Sage
- Pay purchase invoices on a weekly basis
- Reconcile supplier statements
- Reconciling properties under management on Jupix
- Prepare VAT on quarterly basis
- Preparation of payroll on monthly basis
- Prepare Cashflow on a weekly basis
- Reconciling receipts on Sproc net
Senior Accounts Assistant
The Supplies House
Enfield, London
07.2008 - 05.2014
- Bank reconciliation for two bank accounts with Sage.
- Registering all cheques and BACS received on the system.
- Invoicing all customers.
- Chasing the collection of debts.
- Dealing with all queries and assistance required on cash receipts.
- Producing nominal ledger analysis each month and investigating any identified items on bank statements.
- Assisting with preparation of financial reports at year end.
- Investigating unidentified items on bank statements and taking appropriate action.
- Enter all purchase invoices onto Sage.
- Pay purchase invoices weekly.
- Reconcile purchase ledger statements on Sage.
- Prepare VAT on a quarterly basis.
- Prepare cash flow on a weekly basis.
- Preparation of payroll on a monthly basis.
Education
Bio Chemistry - Bachelor of Science
Stonybrook University
USANVQ Level 2 - Certified Accounting Technician
ACCA
LondonSkills
- Ledger and journal entries
- Statutory accounts preparation
- Payment reconciliation
- Data inputting
- Bank reconciliation
- Payroll administration
- Microsoft Excel
- QuickBooks expertise
- Supplier management
- Sage expertise
- Xero
Certification
- [Area of study] certified
Hobbies and interests
- Like to read novels
- long walks
Accomplishments
I enjoyed working within a team and alone.
Able to motivate my colleagues
Always tried to push myself beyond expectations
Timeline
Accounts Assistant
IM Electrical
07.2022 - Current
Senior Accounts Assistant
Caravan Restaurants
03.2019 - 07.2022
Bookkeeper
Andrew Stevens Limited
05.2014 - 03.2019
Senior Accounts Assistant
The Supplies House
07.2008 - 05.2014
Bio Chemistry - Bachelor of Science
Stonybrook University
NVQ Level 2 - Certified Accounting Technician
ACCA