If you are interested in this candidate, please contact Andrew Wilson via email awilson@cerfinancial.co.uk or call on 0207 626 6065.
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CAREER HISTORY
Octpber 2025 – present
Insurance Company
May 2021 – June 2025
Insurance Company
December 2018 – May 2021
- Full-time accounting studies with Kaplan to complete final exams for the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) qualification.
February 2017 - December 2018
Credit Card Firm
Internal Auditor
I worked for the European audit team as well as participating in international audits. I chose to leave to progress and complete my professional qualification.
- Leading the audit work in EMEA for International audits.
- Participating in a number of integrated audits, documenting processes under review and executing audit tests. Key audits consisted of: Membership Rewards, Payroll, Global Corporate Payments, Third Party Supplers, Customer Complaints.
- Working autonomously to conduct walkthroughs and lead audit meetings with management to understand their processes and controls. Documenting audit working papers timely and comprehensively to meet audit deadlines.
- Summarise and communicate results and develop audit findings and MAPs that close identified control gaps.
- Tracking audit MAPs to closure.
- Performed business monitoring of departments between audits to identify material updates, changes in risk profiles, and to understand management self-identified findings to consider for the next audit.
May 2016 - February 2017
Tele-communications
Billing Analyst
- I was chosen to visit the USA office autonomously to learn their accounting processes and implement these in the UK. This included financial controls in relation to accounting, invoicing, billing reconciliations and accounts receivable.
- Performing checks on UK transactions to ensure that controls and approval limits are not bypassed.
- Full responsibility of UK billing sector. Performing credit checks on new customers and checking to ensure that credit limits are adhered to by the UK sales team.
- Checking prices charged to customers match the rates quoted in their contracts.
- Taking the lead in the introduction of a direct debit payment project for all future customer payments.
- Purchase ledger responsibilities.
- Point of contact for all UK finance queries including all accounts receivable and payable escalations.
- Assisting in the financial analysis of income statements on a monthly basis.
August 2014 - May 2016
Advertising Firm
Accounts Assistant
- The world’s largest advertising group in the world with a turnover of £5 billion.
April 2014 - May 2014
Financial Services
Accounts Assistant Work Experience
September 2013 - January 2014
Accountants
Work Experience Program
August 2011
Professional Services
Internship Advisory Risk
June 2010
Banking
Internship - Intern in the group Internal Audit function
EDUCATION
December 2020: Association of Chartered Certified Accountants
ACCA
September 2009 - June 2013: University
Attained a Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting and International Business (A 2.1 Grade)
September 2007 - June 2009: Secondary School
3 A Levels in Economics, History and English Language
September 2001 - July 2007: Secondary School
9 GCSE’s gained in June 2007- Maths, English Language, Modern History, English Language, Physics, Biology, Chemistry, French and Geography.
ADDITIONAL TRAINING
- Chartered Accountant (ACCA).
- Excel spreadsheet training and problem solving.
- Internal and External Audit training including professional practices training.
- Accounting and bookkeeping training in house courses.
SKILLS
- Good knowledge of MS-OFFICE (World/Excel/PowerPoint/ Project) and various accounting software such as SAGE Line 50, Maconomy and Access Dimensions.
- Personal attributes and character traits
- Exceptionally good comprehension and analytical skills.
- Excellent team player capabilities.
- Distinct social, communicative competence.
- Out-of-the-box thinking.
- Mobility, flexibility and ability to work under pressure.
- Curiosity and open-mindedness.
- Organised and dynamic.
- Great attention to detail.
- Strong written and verbal communications skills.
References Available Upon Request
If you are interested in this candidate, please contact Andrew Wilson via email awilson@cerfinancial.co.uk or call on 0207 626 6065.
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