Sanjeevan Sivachelvan
London,Newham
Summary
Highly detail-oriented professional specializing in purchase and sales ledger maintenance, general ledger reconciliation, and month-end reporting. Exhibits strong proficiency in cash flow management, budget monitoring, and bank reconciliations, complemented by exceptional data processing and entry skills. Utilises intermediate Microsoft Excel capabilities, including XLOOKUP and Pivot Tables, to conduct variance analysis with precision.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
2027
2027
years of post-secondary education
Work history
Assistant Management Accountant
Hamilton-Brown Business Graphics Ltd
London
2021.03 - 2026.02
- Prepared monthly, quarterly, and annual management accounts to inform strategic decision-making.
- Monitored financial performance against budgets, identifying variances for corrective actions.
- Managed account payables and receivables, optimising cash flow management.
- Produced and updated cashflow forecasts with actuals, ensuring liquidity visibility.
- Manage VAT returns, accruals, prepayments, and depreciation journals
- Generate client profitability packs for senior management reviews.
- Track HB's all staffing and payroll costs.
- Partner with stakeholders including suppliers, employees, and banks to resolve finance queries.
- Liaised effectively with account managers on revenue and budgeting matters.
- Reconciled bank statements to maintain error-free records and transaction transparency.
- Maintained the general ledger to accurately reflect business transactions.
- Generated invoices based on established accounts receivable schedules and terms.
- Installed internal controls and set up standard procedures for business accounting systems.
Accounts assistant
Institute for Fiscal Studies
London
2020.02 - 2021.04
- AP, AR, Expense processing, bank reconciliations
- Raising of invoices to external customers and for client.
- Submitting VAT returns for the company quarterly using a spreadsheet provided by PWC.
- Calculate Estates & Indirect for each month and post it as a Journal on Deltek. Assisting in Completing the monthly Management pack
- Conduct any Ad-hoc finance tasks such as providing information during auditing and checking/maintaining important spreadsheets.
Graduate Finance Graduate
Eastend Homes Ltd
London
2019.04 - 2020.02
- Carry out transactional duties within AR and AP, bank reconciliations
- To support the Finance manager in the preparation of prepayments and accruals analysis.
- Update daily Cash-flow. Consulting with the Rents Manager and home ownership team regarding queries tenants and leaseholders may have.
- Create invoices for leaseholders for repairs for their property.
- Calculation of interest received from the bank.
- Creating double entry journals for the subsidiary company to ensure the correct movement and allocation of the income and expenses.
Education
Part Qualified -
ACCA
LondonBA (Hons) - Accounting and Finance
University of Greenwich
London 2015.01 - 2018.01
A-Levels - undefined
Leyton Sixth Form
London 2012.01 - 2015.01
GCSE -
Langdon Secondary School
London 2010.01 - 2012.01
Skills
- Purchase and sales ledger maintenance
- Detail Orientated
- General ledger reconciliation
- Month-end reports
- Cash flow management
- Budget monitoring
- Bank reconciliations
- Data processing
- Data Entry
- Intermediate Microsoft Excel (XLOOKUP, Pivot Table, SUMIF, IFERROR)
- Variance Analysis
- Business acumen
- Professional communication
- Time management mastery
Websites
Languages
Tamil
Proficient (C2)
English
Proficient (C2)
References
References available upon request.
Hobbies and Interest
Playing football and badminton friendly and competitively, Attending industry events and networking to stay current on accounting and finance trends
Accomplishments
- Independently ran the finance function for 3 years, ensuring seamless reporting and compliance.
- Successfully implement an eight hour daily check for all our employees in which we have recognised around 15 hours of billable hours
- Built and maintained strong client relationships
- Creating bespoke reports meeting account mangers needs
Affiliations
- Playing Football
- Playing Badminton
Timeline
Assistant Management Accountant
Hamilton-Brown Business Graphics Ltd
2021.03 - 2026.02
Accounts assistant
Institute for Fiscal Studies
2020.02 - 2021.04
Graduate Finance Graduate
Eastend Homes Ltd
2019.04 - 2020.02
BA (Hons) - Accounting and Finance
University of Greenwich
2015.01 - 2018.01
A-Levels - undefined
Leyton Sixth Form
2012.01 - 2015.01
GCSE -
Langdon Secondary School
2010.01 - 2012.01
Part Qualified -
ACCA