Joanne Thompson

Processing all GBP payments for Vendors to a monthly calendar set out by head office.

Preparing BACS Proposals using SAP and Excel. Adhering to control rules. Liaising with other departments and managers for proposals to be authorised.

Processing specific project payments via ring fenced account.

Allocating receipts to SAP from clients or intercompany related.

Transfer of funds with in bank accounts/SAP to cover projects.

Manual BACS payments via HSBC and CITIBANK

Liaising with Accounts payable department, Management accounts, Procurement, Finance managers.

Processing Inpat Housing standing orders, recording correctly and reconciling monthly. Posting and recording to relevant staff ledgers.

Daily monitoring of bank account activity covering all currencies. Posting and reconciling items to SAP ledgers.

Ensure strict adherence to all treasury procedures including authorisation for payment transactions

Occasional cover;

Timely reporting of the following items to UK management and head office.

Financial situation

Cash flow actuals

All other currency payments.

Personnel expense payments, salary advances. Pre-payments.

Manual salary payments

Monthly bank Reconciliations, reporting to Head office on cash position at each month close.

Raising swap/spot FX contracts in relation to forecasting activity via SAP.

Direct Debit Reconciliations

Responsible for reconciling the main sterling account, on a monthly basis. This reconciliation took roughly between 3 to 6 days and covers between 800 to 1200 items on average.

Reconciled various other sterling and foreign cashbooks.

Entered relevant sales ledgers corrections to the MIMI/FIFI intranet system.

Posted daily receipts from the bank to the relevant cash codes

Responsible for calculating the FOREX rates for allocation onto the ledger.

Coded and posted remittance to relevant accounts and added them to relevant cashbooks

Liaised with cashiers, treasury and management staff, also with staff from other countries via email.

Responsible for clearing a historic backlog of foreign site returns from various countries, ie Malaysia, Indonesia, China, Taiwan, Pakistan, India, Czech Rep etc.

Chased up paperwork and details from staff in the countries.

Maintained and reconciled the company bank account.

Allocated client payments of invoices to the correct ledgers and systems

Entered cheque and BACS details to spreadsheets, ready for allocation

Liaised with credit control, I.T and customer services

Managed phone calls from clients, about payments, damages and stock returns

Raised credit and debit notes for clients regarding returned, damaged stock.

Carried out bank reconciliations, daily and monthly for the sterling, Euro and Dollar accounts, and petty cash

Handled the company's petty cash

Entered all cheques and BACS payments from clients on to spreadsheets and cashbooks

Input onto the system to specific accounts to clear down invoices

Acquired signatures from partners, raising manual cheques for petty cash, partners seminars etc.

Worked in two secure offices. The company cheques, safes and checkpoint printers. Also the BACS machines, linked to Barclays, Lloyd's and Chase banks.

Processed BACS Payments to clients, insurance companies and staff.

Processed cheques on checkpoint, manually, re-ordered and logged cheques

Raised staff season ticket cheques.

Processed cash and investment transactions onto client funds value in excess of £12 Billion

Posted investment transactions to multi currency investment ledgers

Processed foreign exchange and futures contracts

Reconciled daily and monthly to investment systems

Used the mainframe system and database to run control reports