RABIA ALICHISTHY
THAMES DITTON,SURREY
Summary
Highly skilled professional with exceptional communication and people skills, adept in IT with proficiency in Microsoft Office, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook. Demonstrates strong verbal and written communication abilities, adaptability, prioritisation, and organisational skills. Known for reliability, responsibility, rapport building, minute taking, and negotiating. Committed to leveraging these competencies to achieve career growth and contribute effectively to organisational success.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
Work History
FINANCE COORDINATOR
Kingston University
Kingston upon Thames
01.2023 - Current
- Increased financial accuracy with meticulous data entry and auditing.
- Enhanced finance team productivity by initiating effective workflow management systems.
- Implemented new software, advancing the department's technological capabilities.
- Streamlined financial processes by implementing efficient systems.
- Coordinated payment schedules, ensuring timely transactions.
- Reviewed contracts and invoices, ensuring accuracy and legality of financial documents.
STUDENT & COURSE ADMINISTRATOR
KINGSTON UNIVERSITY
Kingston Hill
01.2018 - 12.2022
- Responsible for maintaining a strategic overview of all aspects of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes
- Faculty interface with University departments regarding admissions, conversion and enrolment
- Preparing regular recruitment status reports and presentations and deliver them to the board admissions
- Attend relevant board meetings to contribute to the Faculty's recruitment strategy
- Clerking meetings and preparing examination board marks, grids and papers
- Setting admission targets by monitoring progression, dropout and staff student ratios across disciplines
- Developing a suite of statistical reports using internal and external sources/ databases
- Disseminating information to the Faculty ensuring all correspondence documents are efficiently maintained and easily referenced
SALES ADVISOR (PART TIME)
EE (EGNARO LTD)
Surbiton
04.2017 - 12.2022
- Discreet in the handling of sensitive and confidential customer, staff or business data information
- Excellent in processing payments with a clear understanding of compliance regulation
- Ability to take ownership of issues and to work alone with no supervision
- Handled all customer relations issues in a gracious manner and in accordance with company policies
- Answered customer telephone calls promptly and in an appropriate manner
- Determined customer needs by asking relevant questions and listening actively to the responses
- Arranging appointments with clients (LRC) whilst promoting positive customer care
- Liaising with internal departments
- Experience in using effective sales techniques, capable of up selling and promoting
ACCOUNTS ADMINISTRATOR (PART TIME)
KMA EDUCATION
Kingston upon Thames
03.2016 - 05.2017
- Reduced overheads by taking on more responsibility for creative and administrative projects
- Compiled annual recommendations for end of financial year budgets
- Financially astute with the ability to control budgets and expenditure
- Frequently used word processing, spreadsheets, database and presentation software
- Following standardised company procedures relating to all aspects of Office performances
- Updated databases with relevant and confidential information
- Managing payroll and other tasks relating to staff wages
- Distributed payslips on a monthly basis
- Filed and submitted tax returns
EARLY YEARS EDUCATOR
BUSY BEES
Thames Ditton
08.2015 - 03.2017
- Successfully built relationships with children; parents; colleagues; and partnership agencies
- Organised and facilitated monthly parent support group meetings
- Used classroom observations to create written assessments of student performance
- Monitored students' educational progress with individual charts and files
- Practical experience of working in a busy office environment
- Managed diary input and appointment booking using manual and computerised systems
Education
Master of Science - BANKING AND FINANCE
KINGSTON UNIVERSITY
09.2020 - 09.2022
Bachelor of Arts Honours - Business Management
THE OPEN UNIVERSITY
09.2017 - 06.2020
CPD Certified Level 3 Higher Distinction - Administration and Secretarial, Financial Advisor, Data Protection, Retail Banking
OPLEX CAREERS
09.2016 - 09.2017
Skills
- Outstanding communication and people skills
- Excellent IT skills
- Microsoft Office
- Excel
- PowerPoint
- Outlook
- Strong verbal communication skills
- Strong written communication skills
- Adaptability
- Prioritisation
- Organisational skills
- Reliability
- Responsibility
- Rapport building
- Minute taking
- Negotiating
Timeline
FINANCE COORDINATOR
Kingston University
01.2023 - Current
Master of Science - BANKING AND FINANCE
KINGSTON UNIVERSITY
09.2020 - 09.2022
STUDENT & COURSE ADMINISTRATOR
KINGSTON UNIVERSITY
01.2018 - 12.2022
Bachelor of Arts Honours - Business Management
THE OPEN UNIVERSITY
09.2017 - 06.2020
SALES ADVISOR (PART TIME)
EE (EGNARO LTD)
04.2017 - 12.2022
CPD Certified Level 3 Higher Distinction - Administration and Secretarial, Financial Advisor, Data Protection, Retail Banking
OPLEX CAREERS
09.2016 - 09.2017
ACCOUNTS ADMINISTRATOR (PART TIME)
KMA EDUCATION
03.2016 - 05.2017
EARLY YEARS EDUCATOR
BUSY BEES
08.2015 - 03.2017
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