Assistant financial controller

NICOLA JAYNE LOMAS

ADDRESS: Brockworth DATE OF BIRTH: 27/04/83

Gloucester PHONE NUMBER: 077********

UK EMAIL: *********@*******.***

QUALIFICATIONS & EDUCATION

**** – 2013 South Leicestershire College

AAT Qualified

2001- 2004 Sheffield Hallam University

HND Hospitality Management & Tourism

1994 – 2001 English Martyrs School, Leicester

9 GCSE’S including Maths & English

1 A Level in English Literature

COURSES

How to Lead a Team, Telephone Skills Master Class, RSA 1 & 2 Text Processing, Discipline & Grievance Skills, Caring for your Customers, Complaint Handling, Disability Awareness Training, Sage Line 50

CAREER HISTORY

Jan 2016 – Present De Vere Tortworth Estate Assistant Financial Controller

Solely responsible for payroll for 200 members of staff on Fourth system

Solely responsible for sales ledger using the system called Opera (approximately £300,000), issuing invoices and allocating payments

Purchase ledger – providing purchase order numbers upon request & getting HOD’s to approve invoices before processing and paying

Monthly food stocktake with Head Chef & F&B Manager

Weekly Bank Reconciliations and journals, forecasting and budgeting

Put together and distribute the daily revenue and produce daily KPI’s – looking into any variances

Actualise the forecast weekly

Check daily conference and banqueting revenue has been posted correctly

Calculating food and beverage allowances monthly

Sept 2013 – Jan 2016 Holiday Inn Gloucester – Cheltenham Accounts Assistant/Supervisor

April 2012 – Sept 2013 Holiday Inn Leicester & Rugby Accounts Assistant

Sales Ledger

Check invoices against appropriate documents and post/email, monitor accounts against credit limits,

regularly chase accounts & process payments, check and reconcile entries on the bank statement, hold monthly credit meetings, work to targets each month & occasionally write off bad debt

Purchase Ledger

Ensure invoices are coded correctly, match purchase orders and delivery notes to invoices, reconcile supplier statements, process expenses and prepare accruals at month end

Auditing

Ensuring the hotels are PCI compliant and up to date for audits, cash sales tests, menu items tests & credit card refunds

Other

Solely responsible for payroll

DRS - Balance daily transfers to city ledger and post, daily banking of cash & cheques, respond to and resolve account queries

Computer Programmes

Competent in the use of Opera, Peoplesoft, Micros, Microsoft packages, ADP& Fourth

Aug 2011 – April 2012 Somerbys Accountants Trainee Accountant

Accounts preparation - booking in clients records, planning the job & looking at the budget, bank reconciliations, analysis of receipts and payments, journals, accruals, prepayments, trade debtors, trade creditors, fixed asset register, analysis of accounts when requested

Feb 2011 – Feb 2012 MS Society Treasurer

Voluntary Position, maintain purchase ledger & up to date branch accounting records

Present and prepare relevant financial reports to the Committee about branch funds

Post transactions from bank statements onto the cash book monthly

Process all invoices/volunteers expense forms

Deposit cash and cheques.

Jan 2011 – Feb 2011 M-Cubed Accountants General Assistant

Temporary Position, involved book-keeping for VAT return purposes

Analysed, investigated and resolved financial queries with the aid of a manager

Aug 2010 – Sept 2010 Hays Recruitment Attraction Resourcer

Temporary position working for Santander Resourcing. Screened applications received from the online job postings board and undertook telephone interviews to determine suitable matches for branch based roles

October 2009 – July 2010 Pepsico International Lab Technician

Temporary position working in Research & Development of crisps from around the world. Duties included calibration of Lab equipment, prioritising tasks and working to tight deadlines

Jan 2009 – Sept 2009 Medina/Vibe Hotel Restaurant Supervisor

Managed the restaurant in Darwin, Australia in Managers absence

Calculated daily & weekly gross profits and was responsible for the restaurant float and daily reconciliations

Undertook stock takes, daily wage calculations and staff training

Jan 2007 – Dec 2008 National Space Centre Bookings Team Leader

Dealt with weekly forecasts, online sales and took telephone bookings

Identified and actioned potential sales leads & competent with the purchase order system

Dealt with and updated terms and conditions, contracts, risk assessments and worked to targets

Fully competent to cover Corporate Managers role when required

Dec 2005 – Dec 2006 Around the World Trip

It had always been my ambition to travel the world and experience different cultures. I visited South Africa, Australia (where I worked in 2 bars in Melbourne), USA and Canada

March 2005 – Dec 2005 Hinckley Island Hotel Restaurant Supervisor

Managed and ran an 180 cover restaurant, responsible for the restaurant float and daily reconciliations

July 2004 – Feb 2005 Quorn Country Hotel Trainee Assistant Manager

Ran the hotel in Managers absence, set up and ran Weddings and Christmas parties

Responsible for the restaurant float & daily reconciliations

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