Sedigheh Askari ( MAAT)

Experience

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  Seas Ark Shipping Company

  Jun 1992 - Oct 2002

  First two years as an accountant then as a Manager, Export Documentation

  •Oct 94 – Oct 02 Manager, Export Documentation –•Created computerised and manual filling system•Liaised with Shippers and Operation & Sale department to ensure efficiency. •Prepare daily and weekly reports.June 92 – Oct 94 Accountant –•Handling all the income•Recording payments preparing all the relevant documents•Raising Invoices & Credit Notes, •Updating daily, weekly & monthly books• Updating ledgers ( Purchase , Sale , Creditors , Debtors),• Preparing monthly trial balance •Helping to close the final balance at the end of the year. Show less

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  Islington Social Services/Finance/Income

  Dec 2004 - Oct 2007

  Client Affair Officer/Income Officer/ Finance Administrator

  Nov 06 - Oct 08Clients Affairs Officer - (handling the financial affairs of the clients whom could not handle their own finance)•Dealt with regular monthly account reconciliations for 50% of all accounts (around 300 clients) operated by the team, Paid regular utility bills to careers, nursing and residential homes, made personal allowance payments to clients. Maintained client files and client spreadsheets. Monthly recording of all account discrepancies. Finding out what benefits my clients are entitled to and apply on their behalf. May-06 - 23 Nov06 Charging Unit's Income Officer - (Handling more than 300 client account who received home care services from Islington Council)• Recording and reconciling incomes paid by clients.• Managing each individual client’s account. • Monthly reconciliation • Updating Cancel & Dead list,• Create file for new clients & send them to the assessment team• Raising monthly reminder letters regarding their charges,• Updating Day centers payments.• Dealing with clients' inquiries and amend their account accordingly. Dec 04 – May 06 Finance Administrator Acting as Administrator for Residential and Charging Unit teams (around 1400 cases ) • Preparing financial reports • Monthly reconciliation. • Weekly Banking,• Bookkeeping (recording and handling all the income), • Issuing Swipe Card, administrative duties. • Updating client accounts using the Abacus system (computerised financial system) and Spreadsheets Show less

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  Genesis Recruitment (S) Pte Ltd

  Nov 2007 - Aug 2008

  Finance Officer

  •Raised weekly invoices (around 400 a week) and reconciliation, budget forecasting, IT advice, Updating Incomes in Sage 50, confirming and amending timesheets in their financial system

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  Ealing Council

  Aug 2009 - Oct 2012

  Debt Recovery Officer

  Acting as a Debt Recovery Officer (taking over part of Management responsibility due to re-structure in Ealing Council) . Overview of departments working with the financial function of Ealing Social Services/Income section•Responsible for more than half of the client financial affairs (around 800 clients) to make sure they are making regular payment toward their Residential or Home Care Services chasing them and sending reminder if they failed to make regular payment. Monthly reconciliation of different accounts. •Working closely with the Assessment Department in order to deal with client inquiries in respect of their care Package or Residential care and weekly contribution explained why they’ve been charged to contribute to their services•Training new staff on work procedure/ Ealing Financial & IT systems/ Excell , Etc.•Set up a Direct Debit and payment plan towards clients arrears.•Arranging card payment for clients whom wants to pay by card through the phone •The raising requisition for the Team’s stationary and monitoring the process in Agresso (Council Financial system) •Raising invoices and reminder notices for age debtors.•Monitoring work load goes smoothly to meet the deadline (Management Responsibility)•Writ of proposal •Raising Age Debtors, Payment plan, Deceased & creditor reports.Achievements;•Manage to increase Company income higher than the previous four years Show less

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  Hillside Club House (Charity organisation)

  May 2013 - now

  Financial Volunteer

  Updating & reconciling their Petty Cash spread sheet .Writing ChequesUpdating Service user progress Spread sheet.

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  The Passage (Helping Homeless People)

  Aug 2013 - now

  Volunteer

  Helping with different project when they need Volunteer; My duties are as follow;Home For good Project;Helping Ex-Homeless people to make sure they don't relaps.Each Volunteer allocated to one client in his or her area meet her once a week or forthnightly, giving her benefit advice or listen to them, if she has any problem or deprress , try to calm her down and find a way or means to solve the problem.Sunday Club;I am going to train the members on following subjec;IT, Finance, Make Up , Pedicure, Facial, etc.Finance;`-Update payment Received from tenent (the company has two Hostel Houses)2- Raising weekly invoices3-Reconciliation on individual tenant account 4- AOB related to finance Show less

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  Language Connect

  Aug 2014 - now

  Freelance Interpreter

  Acting as a Comunoty Health interpreter for NHS Clients , going to different GP and Hospital to interpret for Iranian and Afgani People

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  24-7 Language Services Ltd

  Jul 2015 - now

  Freelance Interpreter

  providing interpreting services for private Law organisation

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  INNOWOOD LIMITED

  Aug 2016 - now

  Finance Officer
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  Thebigword

  Jul 2017 - now

  Legal Interpreter

  working as an Interpreter for Court as well as private law companies ( Family, Crime, Immigration, Benefits Complain courts)