Gary White
Finance assistant
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Reporting financial
information
Reconciliation
Routine accounting tasks
Interpreting financial data
IT skills
Debtor chasing
Variance analysis
PROFESSIONAL
ECDL
Studying towards ACCA
PERSONAL SKILLS
Data entry
Numerical skills
PERSONAL DETAILS
Gary White
34 Anywhere Road
Coventry
CV6 7RF
T: 02476 888 5544
M: 0887 222 9999
E: gary.w@dayjob.co.uk
DOB: 12/09/1985
Driving license: Yes
Nationality: British
PERSONAL SUMMARY
An enthusiastic finance assistant with drive, determination and experience of
working in a busy Finance department providing support to management
accountants. Possessing excellent numerical & data entry skills along with a
comprehensive understanding of commercial, administrative and accounting
procedures. Having a proven ability to ensure that day to day work is carried out
in line the agreed policies and procedures and quality standards.
Keen to find a challenging finance assistant position with a ambitious and
exciting company where I will be able to continue to increase my work
experience & develop my abilities.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Accounting Consultancy – Coventry
FINANCE ASSISTANT June 2008 - Present
Responsible for developing weekly and monthly financial reports showing
analysis of the financial accounts. Identifying and recommending modifications to
existing procedures or the production of new systems to improve efficiency.
Duties:
Supporting Management Accountants as required.
Daily inputting of sales & purchase invoices to the finance system.
Identifying and promoting cost-reducing measures.
Control of authorization and payment of purchase invoices.
General ledger maintenance & purchase & sales ledger data entry.
Updating & entering journals for sales revenue and other transactions.
Processing of sales invoices, expense & credit card claims.
Reconciliation of sales ledger accounts.
Maintenance of old debt accounts.
Train other Finance Assistants with new areas of work.
Assisting in the filing of Tax returns & VAT returns.
Filing, archiving & photocopying of invoices, statements and correspondence.
Ad hoc analysis of costs and revenue generation figures.
Involved in preparing and delivering capital expenditure plans.
Logging, investigating and resolving supplier invoices under query.
KEY SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES
Experience of working to tight deadlines with limited resources.
Highly organised, proactive, hardworking, focused, & have attention to detail.
Experience in managing large quantities of data.
Experience of SAGE line 50 & Microsoft Excel.
Strong awareness of banking sector.
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
BA (Hons) Accounting & Taxation
Nuneaton University 2005 - 2008
A levels: Maths (A) English (B) Technology (B) Science (C)
Coventry Central College 2003 - 2005
REFERENCES – Available on request.
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