Experience

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  Next retail ltd

  May 1985 - Jun 1986

  Sales consultant

  Sales, Stock Control, branch administration, banking and merchandising.

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  Salisbury's handbags

  Jun 1986 - May 1989

  Merchandising assistant

  Allocation of Stock to 220 branches. Analysis of sales and stock data. Liaison with suppliers.

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  Video box plc

  May 1989 - Jun 1991

  Area manager

  Responsible to Regional Manager for sales area in S.E. England, with ten staff reporting directly to me.

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  Hallmark cards

  Jul 1991 - Dec 1995

  Sales representative/display merchandiser

  Responsible for sales of greetings cards to shops in South East England.

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  Satair

  Jul 1997 - Dec 2000

  Finance assistant

  Responsible for various duties in Accounts Receivable such as inputting invoices to customer accounts, posting cash to customers accounts and resolving issues on invoices.

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  B/e aerospace

  Jan 2001 - May 2012

  Credit controller

  Responsible for improving cash flow and reducing late and bad debt by ensuring payments are received on time. Main Responsibilities:Having sole responsibility for the ledger.Regularly hitting cash collection targets. Chasing debt via telephone and email. Posting Payments to customer accounts on SAP.Resolving bad debt by assessing risk and setting credit limits, payments terms and risk codes accordingly. Producing daily and monthly reports in a timely manner for the Finance Director. Show less

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  Klx aerospace solutions

  May 2012 - Sept 2016

  Accounts receivable supervisor

  KLX moved the Finance Department to Germany which resulted in redundancy for the UK Team. I worked as the Accounts Receivable Supervisor from May 2012 to September 2016, and was in charge of all cash collection for the EMEA Region. I was personally responsible for EMEA Contract accounts, on a high value ledger. Leading a team of six Accounts Receivable Representatives.Main Responsibilities: Chasing debt, both verbally and in writing and resolving queries for all EMEA Contract accounts, which include the Airbus Group and Agusta.Supervising all EMEA cash collectors. We are heavily targeted for collections, so I motivate and encourage my staff to help us hit our collective targets. Supervising my A/R Assistant to ensure manual corrections are processed efficiently and correctly on the system. Most corrections are done to ensure invoice and VAT compliance. Setting up, checking and issuing all summary invoicing for EMEA Contract customers. Reconciling invoice reports to customer consumption reports to ensure accuracy. I have a good working knowledge of VAT in regard to supply of goods and services in the UK, France, Germany, Poland, Italy and Spain. I am aware of the intra-community supplies within Europe, and therefore ensure that the VAT set-up on the master data of our customer accounts is correct, to ensure compliance to European VAT rules. Attend regular calls with the VP of Sales in Hamburg, and her Sales Managers as I am the main point of contact within the UK. I collate the cash collection forecasts for the team, to be submitted to Miami Head Office for inclusion on the weekly A/R executive cash calls held by the Head of Credit Corporate Office. I attend these calls to report on any adverse payment trends. Show less

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  Bouygues uk

  Nov 2016 - Jun 2017

  Financial accountant

  Working within the GL Team on reconciliations and forecasting. Using the SAP system to enter invoices, credits and payments. Responsible for producing bank reconciliations daily in a timely manner on GBP and Euro accounts. Liaising with other teams to resolve any open items. Producing twice weekly Treasury forecasts. Finance reconciliations on bank charges and interest accounts. Daily cashflow forecast in GBP and Euro.

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  Ideal

  Jul 2017 - Aug 2018

  Credit controller

  My role at Ideal was to cover maternity leave, and was as the sole Credit Controller in charge of the ledger. Using Sales Force and Sage Live. I chased debt by phone and email, reporting any adverse trends to the F.D. and also issued created invoices on Sales Force and issued them to the customers.

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  Facelift access hire

  Sept 2018 - Sept 2019

  Credit controller

  My role at Facelift was a fixed term contract to cover long-term leave. I was responsible for chasing overdue debt on a large and busy ledger. Using Sage 200 and Insphire systems.

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  Ideal

  Sept 2019 - now

  Credit controller