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Tamara Allijohn

Yorkshire,UK

Summary

I am a part qualified highly motivated and detail-oriented Assistant Accountant with over 3 years of experience in the finance industry. I have developed strong analytical skills, experienced in bank reconciliations, balance sheet reconciliations and assisting with month end process. I am now seeking a new opportunity where I can work closely with the finance team to further develop my skills and continue professional growth.

Overview

3
3
years of professional experience
10
10
years of post-secondary education

Work history

Payroll Assistant

Joseph Rowntree Foundation
05.2025 - Current
  • Processing timesheets, expenses, absence data, starters, leavers and any other changes onto the payroll system
  • Assisting in the inputting, balancing and reconciliation of the monthly payroll data
  • Ensuring all the employees are paid in accordance with the rule and policies detailed within the JRF & JRHT policies.
  • Assisting with payslip and P45 distributions
  • Assisting with the input of cost of living pay awards and increments.
  • Dealing with payroll queries and managing any queries on holidays, sickness and Statutory Maternity Pay.

Junior Management Accountant

Ooodles
08.2024 - 04.2025
  • Posting and authorising all purchase invoices, credit cards and expenses, setting up payments for review by the Finance Director.
  • Reconciled bank and balance sheet accounts across the group, ensuring discrepancies are identified and resolved.
  • Reconciled payment platforms applying payments to customer invoices.
  • Maintained the Fixed Asset Register including disposals, retirements and depreciation.
  • Recharged intercompany costs
  • Posted manual journals for accruals and prepayments.
  • Support the finance team with various ad-hoc projects and tasks as required.

Travelling

Career Break
02.2024 - 07.2024

Assistant Management Accountant

Nicoll Curtin Technology
09.2023 - 01.2024
  • Raise contractor timesheets, sales, and self-bill invoices
  • Process overhead invoices to correct GL accounts
  • Maintain and reconcile AR and AP
  • Process bank payments for contractor payroll and overheads
  • Managing the finance email inboxes and supplier communications
  • Multi currency bank reconciliations
  • Accruals, prepayments, intercompany and other month end journals
  • Assist with the preparation of monthly management accounts

Finance Assistant

Meet Recruitment
03.2022 - 08.2023
  • Contractor payments - Making sure all contractors are paid in a timely manner. Dealing with contractor timesheet queries.
  • Dealing with invoice queries & enter payments to bank module
  • Supplier statement reconciliations
  • Manage credit cards ensuring receipts received and posted to the accounting system
  • Staff expenses posting and payments
  • Posting of cash received from clients
  • Proactively review and chase outstanding client debt
  • Generating and sending sales invoices to clients using various platforms.

Education

BSc (Hons) - Accountancy and Finance

University of Stirling
09.2017 - 05.2021

IGCSEs & Certificates - undefined

Haileybury Imperial College
09.2010 - 06.2017

Skills

  • Microsoft Excel
  • Outlook
  • Xero
  • Sage 50
  • Business Central
  • Dext
  • SAP Concur
  • HSBC
  • Natwest
  • Revolut
  • Stripe
  • Gocardless
  • Bullhorn
  • Intime
  • Civica

References

Available upon request

Timeline

Payroll Assistant

Joseph Rowntree Foundation
05.2025 - Current

Junior Management Accountant

Ooodles
08.2024 - 04.2025

Travelling

Career Break
02.2024 - 07.2024

Assistant Management Accountant

Nicoll Curtin Technology
09.2023 - 01.2024

Finance Assistant

Meet Recruitment
03.2022 - 08.2023

BSc (Hons) - Accountancy and Finance

University of Stirling
09.2017 - 05.2021

IGCSEs & Certificates - undefined

Haileybury Imperial College
09.2010 - 06.2017

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