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Scott Hammond (DipFA)

Bushey,Hertfordshire

Summary

Detail-oriented finance professional with 13+ years’ experience across accounts payable, reconciliations, and financial operations, now seeking to transition into a Paraplanner or Financial Advisory role. I have a strong analytical mindset with a proven ability to interpret financial data, ensure accuracy, and support decision-making. I am very experienced in supplier communication and relationship building and I consider this to be my biggest strength. I also have regulatory awareness, and have been at the forefront of process improvement. I now have a growing interest in personal finance, investment planning, and client-focused financial solutions.

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education

Work history

US Accounts Payable Manager

PURPLE PR
London, Soho
2024.07 - Current
  • Month to month management of the US office's 41 AMEX credit card
    holder expenses, including input and upload into Sage accounting
    software
  • Input actual costs from the purchase ledger into ‘Live File' to present in management accounts at the end of each month
  • Update prepayments in Sage every month and make sure that they are moved to the correct general ledger codes
  • Helped implement WebExpenses system for credit card expenses in
    the UK team, as well as out of pocket expenses for the US team
  • Weekly payment runs
  • Putting together a list of all payees and inputting each payment
    manually onto HSBCnet to be approved
  • Entry of between 100-200 invoices per month onto Sage accounting
    system, as well as adding each invoice to internal tracker
  • Cash collection daily – logging into the bank and importing the
    previous day's transactions into the cash collection spreadsheet
  • Maintaining and building relationships with the US office, dealing with all queries pertaining to invoice payment
  • Working alongside the billing team to ensure that costs are posted
    before the middle of each month so that they can be billed out
  • Management of two members of staff (one senior AP and the other
    junior)
  • Arranging bi-monthly catch-up meetings with the US finance team to ensure the smooth running of the department
  • Maintenance of the AMEX disputed costs spreadsheet that needs to be followed up on month to month
  • Adhoc duties

Senior Accounts Payable Specialist

RED Consultancy
London, Soho
2020.01 - 2024.05
  • Complete control over the accounts payable function within RED
    Consultancy, and another smaller company under the corporate
    umbrella Citigate Dewe Rogerson
  • Processing 300-400 purchase invoices a month
  • Collating and creating a weekly BACS Payment run (including payment spreadsheets, payment journals and Lloyds Link set ups)
  • Payments covering both companies in our building (RED and Citigate
    Dewe Rogerson)
  • Processing invoices in different currencies (Euro, US Dollar, Danish
    Krona)
  • Intercompany invoice processing (across four companies)
  • Reconciliation of supplier statements
  • Liaising with suppliers directly regarding queries and payment dates
  • Credit card input and posting (80 credit cards per month)
  • Posting and paying of all expenses
  • Open PO report check every three months to keep on top of costs not
    yet posted to the GL

Accounts Receivable Clerk (Temporary Role)

AP Security
Watford, Hertfordshire
2019.09 - 2020.01

• Send out client invoices
• Collate and work with different clients who have different needs
• Allocate cash received from the bank each morning
• Monthly Statement Reconciliations
• Adhoc Filing
• Client Queries

Senior Accounts Assistant

AXON Communications
London, Soho
2017.04 - 2019.09

• Processing and paying a high volume of supplier invoices
• Processing and paying staff expenses
• Processing company credit cards
• Dealing with all supplier queries and questions
• Bank postings and G/L postings
• Filing and adhoc duties
• Creating a monthly accrual list
• Managing a heavy monthly workload
• Processing and paying intercompany invoices

Accounts Payable Assistant

Havas Media Group
London, Kings Cross
2015.02 - 2017.04

• Processing a high volume of invoices for month end payments
• Reconciliation of most accounts monthly
• New supplier set ups
• Dealing with all supplier queries and resolutions
Request month end payments (cheques, BACS), and any ad hoc
payments
• In charge of the entire international payables function, including
differences on exchange
• Assisted junior members of staff in educating them on the running of
the various finance procedures

Accounts Assistant

Complete Media Group
London, Soho
2012.04 - 2015.02

• Processing a high volume of invoices for month end payments
• Creation and send out of client invoices
• New supplier setups
• Dealing with all supplier queries and resolutions
• Create monthly payment run file to upload into HSBC online portal for
month end payments
• Worked across three different currencies/client bases (GBP, USD, DKK)
• Adhoc filing

Education

Diploma - Financial Advisory

London Institute Of Banking And Finance
City of London
2025.07 - 2026.04

Level 2 - Accounting

Association Of Accounting Technicians
Online
2025.02 - 2025.08

Bachelor of Arts - Drama with Media and Cultural Studies

Kingston University
Kingston upon Thames
2002.09 - 2005.07

Skills

  • Ethical conduct
  • Fundamental economic understanding
  • Mastery in accounting software
  • Regulatory compliance awareness
  • Understanding economic trends
  • Retirement planning understanding
  • Relationship Management

Timeline

Diploma - Financial Advisory

London Institute Of Banking And Finance
2025.07 - 2026.04

Level 2 - Accounting

Association Of Accounting Technicians
2025.02 - 2025.08

US Accounts Payable Manager

PURPLE PR
2024.07 - Current

Senior Accounts Payable Specialist

RED Consultancy
2020.01 - 2024.05

Accounts Receivable Clerk (Temporary Role)

AP Security
2019.09 - 2020.01

Senior Accounts Assistant

AXON Communications
2017.04 - 2019.09

Accounts Payable Assistant

Havas Media Group
2015.02 - 2017.04

Accounts Assistant

Complete Media Group
2012.04 - 2015.02

Bachelor of Arts - Drama with Media and Cultural Studies

Kingston University
2002.09 - 2005.07
Scott Hammond (DipFA)