Tharuka Iddamalgoda

Experience

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  Freelance

  Jan 2016 - Jun 2021

  • Started my own enterprise, helping and influencing my peers to reach their ideal body composition, listening and time management were skills I learned and polished, as I had to organize and plan effectively for my own success as well as my clients. • Taught and conducted a class of 10 students for 11+ students twice every week, teaching them Mathematics, Non-Verbal, and Verbal Reasoning, resulting in 7 out of 10 students getting into grammar schools.

  • Freelance Personal Trainer

    Jan 2016 - Jun 2021

  • Academic Tutor

    Jan 2016 - Sept 2017
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  OCS Group UK

  Jun 2016 - Mar 2020

  Steward and customer assistant
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  Ilford Cricket Club

  Jan 2018 - Jan 2019

  Co-Treasurer

  • Communicated well and liaised with sponsors and was able to secure good deals for the cricket club, also created an excel spreadsheet and made sure all members paid membership and match fees on time, and there were no irrecoverable debts (improvement of £620 on last year) for the cricket club.• Accurately and efficiently; prepared year-end report, and presented it at the following AGM.

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  Sports Direct

  May 2018 - Aug 2018

  Customer Assistant

  • Enhanced communication and interpersonal skills in a highly competitive environment by persuading customers to buy the best quality Sports Direct products which lead me to win the most commission in July.• Improved teamwork skills by meeting sales targets every day during July and also maintaining our position as the leading branch in the UK.

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  Bright Network

  May 2020 - Jul 2020

  Finance and Professional Services Intern

  • Gained foundational knowledge of the world of Finance and Professional Services, led by top partner firms BDO, EY, HSBC, Lloyds Banking Group, Marsh & McLennan and PwC.• Given a unique insight into how leading employers including Enterprise, Google, GSK, M&S and P&G manage their processes, teams, growth and brand.

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  KPMG

  Jun 2020 - Jul 2020

  Data, Analytics and Consulting Intern

  • A virtual internship run by KPMG concentrating on the analysis of business data sets. The final analysis was presented on various programs: Excel, Power BI, and Tableau. • Enhanced business clientele demographic by analyzing current data set trends using excel functions and communicating well with clients making them aware of where they can improve their business model.

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  IVECO

  Jul 2021 - Aug 2023

  Finance Graduate

  • Initially offered a one year contract, which was extended by another year due to outstanding performance• Manually prepared monthly and quarterly accruals, prepayments, P&L, B/S reports and disclosures for Seddon Atkinson Vehicles.• Automated weekly workflow report to track outstanding invoices, in Excel using pivot tables, vlookups, iferrors and countifs. I reduced the value from £1.5 million to £491,000.• Produced SG&A report on SAP to improve profitability and financial performance and analysed the data in Excel. My work identified considerable improvements.• I coordinated with senior accountant and auditors during random Sample Testing by providing reasons for changes in accruals, interest etc. • Accrued Barclaycard purchasing cards monthly and reconciled quarterly, significantly reducing outstanding amount.• Created monthly P&L and B/S for dormant company Iveco Pension Trustee on Oracle.• Assisted treasury with transfer amounts between related parties.• Performed factoring of invoices not automatically sold using SAP.• Completed and submitted monthly, quarterly, and annual figures to CHS, ONS using financial statements. Additionally, I supported the Finance Manager with policy checklists, rep letters, and forms for quarterly reviews.• Coordinated and organized the hiring of new graduates and contractors, lead interview process and together with my manager decided on who to hire. Show less

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  MSSC (Marine Society & Sea Cadets)

  Sept 2023 - Dec 2023

  General Finance Officer

  • Maintained the charity's books and records, ensuring precision in financial documentation complying with tax rates (V01-V04). • Executed international payments and managed Bankline transactions through macros on Excel which uploaded/processed these transactions into Sun.• Managed the purchase ledger and sales ledger on a monthly basis, ensuring everything was accurately coded to keep a track of all incomings and outgoings.• Created weekly and bi-weekly journals for respective payment runs in Sun, adhering to Director approvals and ensuring timely payment of funds to suppliers, employees, and volunteers.• Reconciled and posted monthly incomings and refunds from the Charity stores and Library books by analysing pivot tables, using Excel macros, Excel formulae and Sharperlight to transfer the journal from Excel to Sun.• Carried out various activities on Equals, a debit card system for employees, where I was responsible for topping up cards, topping up the whole system via our NatWest bank account, transferring monies between bank accounts and reconciling debit card logs on a monthly basis of all employees. • Prompted colleagues for their Barclaycard logs/receipts and ensured all the coding was correct to create the Barclaycard journal for month end, this also helped me integrate myself within the Charity.• Maintained supplier, employee, and volunteer accounts in Finansys on a weekly basis, readying them for a weekly payment run on Sun.• Efficiently sent out remittances promptly after suppliers had been paid, establishing a process for communication and transparency in financial transactions. Show less

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  Harrison Wipes

  Nov 2024 - now

  Accounts Assistant