Rumena Akhtar

Conducted monthly reporting and consolidation of P&L and Balance Sheet using Microsoft Power BI.

Performed variance analysis on financial data, providing insightful commentary for reports.

Prepared monthly margin data through comprehensive data preparation and reconciliation.

Reconciled revenue postings to ensure accurate margin recognition across teams and consultants.

Reviewed operating costs, ensuring all invoices, accruals, and prepayments were correctly accounted.

Managed the fixed assets register, ensuring accurate posting of depreciation and amortisation.

Updated balance sheet reconciliations to validate accuracy of reported balances.

Owned preparation and processing of all US payrolls for various employment types.

• Manage the monthly, quarterly and annual financial close processes to ensure timely and accurate processing including international databases for Hungary, Luxemburg, UAE & Poland
• Carrying out month-end tasks such as revenue recognition, cost of sales workings, accrual and prepayments
• Prepare bank and balance sheet reconciliations for UK & international databases
• Manage intercompany reconciliations between foreign entities including revaluations
• Quarterly commission calculations
• Responsible for VAT submission for the international databases and ensuring deadlines are always met
• Processing & uploading payments to agencies and suppliers
• Weekly cash forecasting
• Development and documentation of internal controls and processes
• Responsible for any other applicable returns in subsidiaries
• Assisting with monthly profit and loss reports
• Liaising with third party auditors and managing the audit process in conjunction with reporting timelines
• Various ad hoc duties as and when required by the finance manager/financial controller
• Intermediate excel skills including pivot tables, vlookups, xlookups, IF, SUMIFS etc.

• Checking invoices, liaising with third parties on escalated aged invoices and maintain client relationships
• Checking customers credit ratings
• Processing credit notes, maintaining accounts receivable balances through timely cash collection
• Maintaining customer relations and conducting regular fields
• Being able to be trusted in training new colleagues and assisting the billings team when needed.