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Strong accounting profile specialising in Accounting and bookkeeping
Pauline Cooper
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Laurencekirk, United Kingdom
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Experienced with a demonstrated history of working in the oil service industry. I hold a fellowship membership with IAB and have a BA in Accounting and Finance along with being a CIMA student member. I currently work remotely and inhouse as an Accountant and also offer a full bookkeeping service up to and including submission of accounts depending on client requirements.
I enjoy engaging with clients and learning about their business and delivering results.
I enjoy engaging with clients and learning about their business and delivering results.
Markets
United Kingdom
Industries
Language
English
Fluently
Ready for
Larger project
Ongoing relation / part-time
Full time contractor
Available
My experience
? - ?
job
working remotely as Accountant
PMC Bookkeeping Services.
for client on part-time, flexible basis weekly in house and remotely, looking after all aspects of accounts up to and including Purchase Ledger, Sales Ledger, VAT Returns, bank reconciliations, Journals, Management Accounts including cashflow, quarter end and year end processes along with MTD. Client is responsible for supplier payments and customer contact due to nature of business.
• Sage 50
Barry Cooper Automotives Ltd - Current
• Shareholder and Director working remotely as Accountant responsible for all account aspects of business with exception of Sales Invoicing up to and including Purchase Ledger, Sales Ledger, VAT Returns, bank reconciliations, Journals, Management Accounts including cashflow, quarter end and year end.
• Sage 50
• Sage 50
Barry Cooper Automotives Ltd - Current
• Shareholder and Director working remotely as Accountant responsible for all account aspects of business with exception of Sales Invoicing up to and including Purchase Ledger, Sales Ledger, VAT Returns, bank reconciliations, Journals, Management Accounts including cashflow, quarter end and year end.
• Sage 50
Management, Cash Flow, Sales, Accountant, Processes, UP, Cotton wool, Customer, Sage5.0
2014 - 2015
job
Sales Invoicing
CID Banking Facility.
operating at 90% Ensuring drawdown was significant enough to cover all scheduled payments followed by monthly CID Bank Reconciliation.
✓ CID upload with new transactions through the month.
✓ Looking after the Cash flow on a daily basis based on at least a 4-8 week forecast, Cash flow analysis.
✓ Reconciling GBP, EURO and Dollar Banks daily to Online banking daily (incl, populating CF and entering transactions in Sage)
✓ Raising high value Consultants Batch Payments twice a month for 120 consultants.
✓ Creating Sales Orders in Sage
✓ Updating Sales Order Info and Closing off redundant/complete Sales Orders.
✓ Updating Product Codes
✓ Petty Cash Reconciliation Monthly
✓ Phoning one clients consultants monthly to ensure all is in order for invoice submission and provide correct invoicing dates for cut off with client (18 Consultants)
✓ One large monthly manual invoice in Excel to particular client as requested as 3rd Party (18 Consultant)
✓ Populating Daybook daily with hours worked by consultant, updating any rate changes and reconciling at month end
✓ Client Analysis, hours worked, number of men worked, Average Days, Average Rate per Consultant, Overall UK and International Sales, Costs and Margins.
✓ Updating Exchange rate on Sage and in Daybook monthly from X-Change.
✓ Reconciling Purchase and Sales Invoices to attain Accruals
✓ Accrual spreadsheet and month end Journals.
✓ Prepayments Schedule and month end journals.
✓ Journal any incorrect expenses postings and reconciling UK and International Expense accounts.
✓ Populating Reporting Pack from Period Trail Balance and Transactional Trial Balance.
✓ Credit Control, updating Sage with Promised Payments.
✓ Full Supplier Audits
✓ Sales Invoicing 16 - 20 of the top Oil Operating Firms
Monthly VAT Return
✓ Populating new VAT Template for Consultants working Onshore including expenses to comply with new HMRC legislation
✓ Online Banking, updating supplier and client details.
✓ Financial authorization of SPAFs to be issued to Client. Confirm Mark Up and Margin calculations are correct before Issuing.
✓ Purchase Invoices, Ad-hoc and Consultants.
✓ Secondary personal financial check for all change of bank details received.
✓ Revaluing Banks Monthly
✓ Processing the relevant Gain or Loss
✓ Posting Credit Card Transactions
✓ Aged Debtors/Creditors
✓ Period End Close Down.
SETS LTD - Subsea Engineering & Technical Services Ltd
• Assistant Accountant
• Sage 50
DEC 2013 - DEC 2014
✓ Raising Monthly and Periodic Sales Invoices
✓ Maintaining Supplier and Customer Records
✓ Daily Receipt Reconciliation
✓ Bank Reconciliation for various accounts
✓ Manage Invoice Finance function including monthly reconciliation and audits
✓ Prepare Aged Debtors and Credit Control
✓ Co-ordinate monthly receivables close out
✓ Advise Financial Controller of monthly Sales & Purchase accruals
✓ Raising Purchase Orders
✓ Manual Coding & Posting of Purchase Invoices
✓ Monthly Supplier Statement Reconciliation
✓ Prepare weekly reports on committed costs
✓ Prepare ad-hoc Purchase reports and weekly late creditors reports
✓ Prepare weekly payment runs and action
✓ Liase with suppliers regarding invoice approval and payment
✓ Manage Direct Debits
✓ Financial Monthly Reports & trail Balance Analysis (2 divisions)
✓ Assist Financial Controller with Management Accounts, monthly reports, Audit Preparation and Department Planning
✓ Work with QHSE to provide KPI figures
✓ CID upload with new transactions through the month.
✓ Looking after the Cash flow on a daily basis based on at least a 4-8 week forecast, Cash flow analysis.
✓ Reconciling GBP, EURO and Dollar Banks daily to Online banking daily (incl, populating CF and entering transactions in Sage)
✓ Raising high value Consultants Batch Payments twice a month for 120 consultants.
✓ Creating Sales Orders in Sage
✓ Updating Sales Order Info and Closing off redundant/complete Sales Orders.
✓ Updating Product Codes
✓ Petty Cash Reconciliation Monthly
✓ Phoning one clients consultants monthly to ensure all is in order for invoice submission and provide correct invoicing dates for cut off with client (18 Consultants)
✓ One large monthly manual invoice in Excel to particular client as requested as 3rd Party (18 Consultant)
✓ Populating Daybook daily with hours worked by consultant, updating any rate changes and reconciling at month end
✓ Client Analysis, hours worked, number of men worked, Average Days, Average Rate per Consultant, Overall UK and International Sales, Costs and Margins.
✓ Updating Exchange rate on Sage and in Daybook monthly from X-Change.
✓ Reconciling Purchase and Sales Invoices to attain Accruals
✓ Accrual spreadsheet and month end Journals.
✓ Prepayments Schedule and month end journals.
✓ Journal any incorrect expenses postings and reconciling UK and International Expense accounts.
✓ Populating Reporting Pack from Period Trail Balance and Transactional Trial Balance.
✓ Credit Control, updating Sage with Promised Payments.
✓ Full Supplier Audits
✓ Sales Invoicing 16 - 20 of the top Oil Operating Firms
Monthly VAT Return
✓ Populating new VAT Template for Consultants working Onshore including expenses to comply with new HMRC legislation
✓ Online Banking, updating supplier and client details.
✓ Financial authorization of SPAFs to be issued to Client. Confirm Mark Up and Margin calculations are correct before Issuing.
✓ Purchase Invoices, Ad-hoc and Consultants.
✓ Secondary personal financial check for all change of bank details received.
✓ Revaluing Banks Monthly
✓ Processing the relevant Gain or Loss
✓ Posting Credit Card Transactions
✓ Aged Debtors/Creditors
✓ Period End Close Down.
SETS LTD - Subsea Engineering & Technical Services Ltd
• Assistant Accountant
• Sage 50
DEC 2013 - DEC 2014
✓ Raising Monthly and Periodic Sales Invoices
✓ Maintaining Supplier and Customer Records
✓ Daily Receipt Reconciliation
✓ Bank Reconciliation for various accounts
✓ Manage Invoice Finance function including monthly reconciliation and audits
✓ Prepare Aged Debtors and Credit Control
✓ Co-ordinate monthly receivables close out
✓ Advise Financial Controller of monthly Sales & Purchase accruals
✓ Raising Purchase Orders
✓ Manual Coding & Posting of Purchase Invoices
✓ Monthly Supplier Statement Reconciliation
✓ Prepare weekly reports on committed costs
✓ Prepare ad-hoc Purchase reports and weekly late creditors reports
✓ Prepare weekly payment runs and action
✓ Liase with suppliers regarding invoice approval and payment
✓ Manage Direct Debits
✓ Financial Monthly Reports & trail Balance Analysis (2 divisions)
✓ Assist Financial Controller with Management Accounts, monthly reports, Audit Preparation and Department Planning
✓ Work with QHSE to provide KPI figures
Online, Transactions, Sage5.0, Customer, Cotton wool, UP, Processing, Forecast, Audit, Calculations, QHSE, Excel, International, KPI, Accountant, Engineering, Banking, Sales, Finance, Management, Exchange, Audit
2012 - 2013
job
Financial Coordinator
CAN Offshore Ltd.
✓ Later covering all 12 for a period of 6 months until replacement found to cover six.
✓ 200 consultants approximately working on Talisman Project at one time.
✓ Running Monthly time reports for all 12 assets
✓ Receiving Engineers Invoices and Timesheets (Contractor and Staff) and creating payment sheets, coding, rates, expenses per platform/asset split per Engineer
✓ Liaising with all Engineers and advising of any changes that are required
✓ Liaising closely with Project Coordinator, ensuring all criteria met and updating new rates, acquiring approval of wages.
✓ Process expenses to be paid and/or recharges to client
✓ Allocating mobilization Fees to Engineers
✓ Recharge Invoices raised, Coded, Processed and Issued
✓ Running reports from the Time Writing Database and resolving issues with time writing itself or issues with database.
✓ Liaising with Project Managers, Engineers, IT Department and addressing issues where relevant
✓ Raising Sales Invoices per Cost Code, verifying rates, verifying correct days worked, demobilization days for 2/2 and 2/3 Engineers. Entering in Sage and issuing to Talisman
✓ Follow up any queries from client
✓ Receive CTR and raise CPR and follow through authorization process with client
✓ Inputting Task Card details in Task Card database to allow time to be written. Correct errors if any or reallocated time if required.
✓ Entering Information in the CTR Database
✓ Entering Information in the Invoice Tracker
✓ Work relating to preparation of Monthly Accruals
✓ Carry out amendments, queries relating to CPR Database
✓ Utilizing Vantage system and various databases on a daily basis.
✓ Monthly meetings with Talisman providing updates
✓ Running Various reports, keeping close eye on values to be invoiced broken down by asset/platform and Cost Codes and reporting to Client. Reports detailing values awaiting CPR, reports detailing awaiting Call Off and following up on a weekly basis.
CAN Offshore Ltd
• Financial Administrator - CNR & Ithaca Contracts - Contracts Department
• Sage 200
SEP 2012 - DEC 2012
✓ Initially recruited to prepare wages for employees working on CNR & Ithaca platforms.
✓ Responsibilities also included creating and Issuing Sales Invoices for CNR & Ithaca and addressing all relevant invoice and wages/timesheet queries.
✓ Assisting with Talisman queries
✓ Liaising with Project Managers/Project Coordinators on a daily basis.
✓ Preparing Financial Forecast Aged Debtors Report and Monthly Accruals for CNR Contract
✓ Entering Sales Invoices in Sage
✓ Preparing Accruals and Invoice Tracker for Ithaca on monthly basis.
✓ 200 consultants approximately working on Talisman Project at one time.
✓ Running Monthly time reports for all 12 assets
✓ Receiving Engineers Invoices and Timesheets (Contractor and Staff) and creating payment sheets, coding, rates, expenses per platform/asset split per Engineer
✓ Liaising with all Engineers and advising of any changes that are required
✓ Liaising closely with Project Coordinator, ensuring all criteria met and updating new rates, acquiring approval of wages.
✓ Process expenses to be paid and/or recharges to client
✓ Allocating mobilization Fees to Engineers
✓ Recharge Invoices raised, Coded, Processed and Issued
✓ Running reports from the Time Writing Database and resolving issues with time writing itself or issues with database.
✓ Liaising with Project Managers, Engineers, IT Department and addressing issues where relevant
✓ Raising Sales Invoices per Cost Code, verifying rates, verifying correct days worked, demobilization days for 2/2 and 2/3 Engineers. Entering in Sage and issuing to Talisman
✓ Follow up any queries from client
✓ Receive CTR and raise CPR and follow through authorization process with client
✓ Inputting Task Card details in Task Card database to allow time to be written. Correct errors if any or reallocated time if required.
✓ Entering Information in the CTR Database
✓ Entering Information in the Invoice Tracker
✓ Work relating to preparation of Monthly Accruals
✓ Carry out amendments, queries relating to CPR Database
✓ Utilizing Vantage system and various databases on a daily basis.
✓ Monthly meetings with Talisman providing updates
✓ Running Various reports, keeping close eye on values to be invoiced broken down by asset/platform and Cost Codes and reporting to Client. Reports detailing values awaiting CPR, reports detailing awaiting Call Off and following up on a weekly basis.
CAN Offshore Ltd
• Financial Administrator - CNR & Ithaca Contracts - Contracts Department
• Sage 200
SEP 2012 - DEC 2012
✓ Initially recruited to prepare wages for employees working on CNR & Ithaca platforms.
✓ Responsibilities also included creating and Issuing Sales Invoices for CNR & Ithaca and addressing all relevant invoice and wages/timesheet queries.
✓ Assisting with Talisman queries
✓ Liaising with Project Managers/Project Coordinators on a daily basis.
✓ Preparing Financial Forecast Aged Debtors Report and Monthly Accruals for CNR Contract
✓ Entering Sales Invoices in Sage
✓ Preparing Accruals and Invoice Tracker for Ithaca on monthly basis.
Writing, Database, Sales, Offshore, It, Coordinator, Administrator, Forecast, Contracts, UP, Platform
2009 - 2012
job
Accounts Assistant
Sparrows Offshore Services.
✓ Processing high volumes of Purchase Invoices on a daily basis
✓ Receiving Invoice, determine which division of Sparrows to be issued to for approval or advise to re address to correct division.
✓ Confirm Order number has been correctly quoted and order has been fully receipted. If not, investigate to see if Internal Issue or invoice to be returned.
✓ Manual Coding of Overhead Invoices and process the seek approval using current authority matrix.
✓ Updating Supplier Accounts
✓ Statement Reconciliation throughout the month.
✓ Supplier telephone calls and payment dates.
✓ Chasing outstanding Invoices that still lay with Engineer, re-issuing to Technical Coordinator to distribute to Engineer again if required.
✓ Chasing approvers for timely return of Invoices
✓ Issuing emails to Engineers on a weekly basis regarding orders that are still to be receipted.
✓ Follow up Invoice queries
✓ Provide Support for less experienced members of the Accounts Payable team
✓ Work closely with the Purchasing department
✓ Investigate irregular transactions/balances on Supplier accounts
✓ Arranging payment of PROFORMA Invoices and requesting VAT Invoices
✓ Scanning Supplier Invoices to Sales Invoicing Team on a daily basis for back up for sales Invoices.
✓ Running Transaction Matching Reports
✓ Running Vision Reports
✓ Prioritizing department workload for meeting various deadlines
✓ Assisting Finance Team members in reducing their Work In Progress figures
✓ Running INTRASTAT report using Vision and Pivot Table in excel. Identifying Supplier Invoices processed within current Accounting Period that has been issued to EU. Locating Backup and completing form with details of weight of Imported Goods and Country Issued from. Record aggregate totals for each supplier and submit to Inland Revenue.
✓ Compiling month end accruals for department
✓ Preparing UK and Sterling BACS payment runs and allocating manual payment posting exchange differences
✓ Intercompany Invoices
✓ Provide Audit Support
✓ Reducing Aged Invoices by 50%
✓ Assist in resolving long standing issue between AP and AR regarding submission of back up for Clients.
✓ Submitted proposal for changing the way in which Invoices are submitted to Engineers which as a result reduced the turnaround period, gaining more control and visibility as a team over the approval process while creating an electronic history.
✓ Providing support for significantly increasing workload and working hours during transition periods over indefinite period of time.
✓ Reduced WIP figures for accounting year end.
✓ Receiving Invoice, determine which division of Sparrows to be issued to for approval or advise to re address to correct division.
✓ Confirm Order number has been correctly quoted and order has been fully receipted. If not, investigate to see if Internal Issue or invoice to be returned.
✓ Manual Coding of Overhead Invoices and process the seek approval using current authority matrix.
✓ Updating Supplier Accounts
✓ Statement Reconciliation throughout the month.
✓ Supplier telephone calls and payment dates.
✓ Chasing outstanding Invoices that still lay with Engineer, re-issuing to Technical Coordinator to distribute to Engineer again if required.
✓ Chasing approvers for timely return of Invoices
✓ Issuing emails to Engineers on a weekly basis regarding orders that are still to be receipted.
✓ Follow up Invoice queries
✓ Provide Support for less experienced members of the Accounts Payable team
✓ Work closely with the Purchasing department
✓ Investigate irregular transactions/balances on Supplier accounts
✓ Arranging payment of PROFORMA Invoices and requesting VAT Invoices
✓ Scanning Supplier Invoices to Sales Invoicing Team on a daily basis for back up for sales Invoices.
✓ Running Transaction Matching Reports
✓ Running Vision Reports
✓ Prioritizing department workload for meeting various deadlines
✓ Assisting Finance Team members in reducing their Work In Progress figures
✓ Running INTRASTAT report using Vision and Pivot Table in excel. Identifying Supplier Invoices processed within current Accounting Period that has been issued to EU. Locating Backup and completing form with details of weight of Imported Goods and Country Issued from. Record aggregate totals for each supplier and submit to Inland Revenue.
✓ Compiling month end accruals for department
✓ Preparing UK and Sterling BACS payment runs and allocating manual payment posting exchange differences
✓ Intercompany Invoices
✓ Provide Audit Support
✓ Reducing Aged Invoices by 50%
✓ Assist in resolving long standing issue between AP and AR regarding submission of back up for Clients.
✓ Submitted proposal for changing the way in which Invoices are submitted to Engineers which as a result reduced the turnaround period, gaining more control and visibility as a team over the approval process while creating an electronic history.
✓ Providing support for significantly increasing workload and working hours during transition periods over indefinite period of time.
✓ Reduced WIP figures for accounting year end.
Excel, Audit, Exchange, Finance, Sales, Less, Turnaround, Support, Coordinator, Backup, Audit, Processing, Intrastat, UP, Cotton wool, Transactions
2008 - 2008
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Credit Controller - Temp Part-Time Position during Study
Millstream Asssociates.
Credit Control Duties focusing on reducing Aged Debtors
2007 - 2008
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Accounts Payable Assistant - Temp Part-Time Position during Study
Senergy Ltd.
Purchase Ledger Duties, Statement Reconciliations and Payment Runs
2004 - 2006
job
Accounts Payable Assistant
Weatherford UK Ltd.
✓ Full Time Accounts Payable Position focusing on Issue Resolution for Weatherford UK, Downhole Technology, Weatherford Completions Phase 1 & 2, BD Kendle, Yarmouth, P& SS, Smart Stabilizers and Precision Engineering.
✓ Issuing payment dates and values to suppliers chasing payment
✓ Working with Suppliers, Managers and bookers to rectify differences
✓ Requesting POD when required
✓ Query Invoices and follow up until resolved
✓ Statement Reconciliations
✓ Monthly Reception Cover
✓ All Accounts Payable duties for Weatherford UK
✓ OPTIKA approvals, adding information for ongoing hires
✓ Resolving long-standing issues of outstanding account dating a year for Capita for UK Division
✓ Issuing payment dates and values to suppliers chasing payment
✓ Working with Suppliers, Managers and bookers to rectify differences
✓ Requesting POD when required
✓ Query Invoices and follow up until resolved
✓ Statement Reconciliations
✓ Monthly Reception Cover
✓ All Accounts Payable duties for Weatherford UK
✓ OPTIKA approvals, adding information for ongoing hires
✓ Resolving long-standing issues of outstanding account dating a year for Capita for UK Division
Technology, Engineering, Reception, Dating, UP
2002 - 2003
job
Accounts Payable Assistant
Sonsub Ltd.
✓ Temporary Accounts Payable Assistant post fulfilling all Accounts Payable Duties
✓ Running and checking monthly reports and ensuring rental invoices do not exceed rental agreement time set by Project Managers
✓ Left before birth of my daughter
✓ Running and checking monthly reports and ensuring rental invoices do not exceed rental agreement time set by Project Managers
✓ Left before birth of my daughter
1999 - 2000
job
Accounts Payable Assistant
UFP Ltd.
✓ Accounts Payable Clerk Position dealing with Purchase Invoices, covering reception, assisting in month end accruals and undertaking and additional work required.
✓ Left while expecting my Son
✓ Left while expecting my Son
Reception
1998 - 1999
job
Accounts Payable Assistant
OMM.
Accounts Payable position fulfilling all Accounts Payable duties using Sage, Reception and setting up all accounts record when new system installed.
Reception, UP
1997 - 1998
job
Office Junior
Volvo Truck and Bus (Scotland) Ltd.
Office Junior position fulfilling Accounts Payable position for a small company, printing manual cheque runs and sending out payments, reception and typing for employees. Recording Invoices in manual putchase ledger.
Reception, Office
My education
Robert Gordon University
Bachelors, Accounting & Finance
Bachelors, Accounting & Finance
Aberdeen College
Hndhncorequivalent, Accounting & Finance
Hndhncorequivalent, Accounting & Finance
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