Seedah Payen CV

Location: London, UK Nationality: British

Tel (Mobile): 078******** Email:

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Personal Profile

I am a results-orientated professional with robust experience in deadline-

driven environments offering key strengths in areas of finance and

contracts. I have strong proven analytical skills and operations acuity

used in negotiating, financial reporting, budgeting and forecasting.

Career History

Mar 2011- To date BP - Integrated Supply & Trading (IST),

London

Cost Accounting Team looks after expenses, 3rd party & Inter-company

accounts payable, payroll costs, IT&S fixed asset, budget report and plan.

Third Party Invoice Administrator

Key Achievements

. Implemented improved invoice process leading to efficiency gains,

reducing outstanding invoices by 90% and speeding up the invoices'

settlement process.

. Significant reduction on the net balance of invoices between BP and

3rd party.

Key Responsibilities

. Manage the accurate and timely processing of up to 600 invoices ($3M)

per month and purchase orders, in compliance with BP policies.

. Evaluate accounts payable to determine invoicing issues. to facilitate

clearance of invoices and to reduce balance of invoices between BP and

3rd party.

. Interfacing extensibly with counterparties and budget holders to

resolve settlement issues.

. Ad-hoc vendor setup, conduct various checks including, listed in

Company House website, conduct MK denial check, VAT number is valid

ensure vendor is compliant before sending to Vendor setup team to be

syndicated on system

Jan 2010-Feb 2010 Galloway

Finance Team- Invoicing and Cash and banking

Key Achievements

. Smooth running of cash and banking process

Key Responsibilities

. Upload bank statements on a daily basis and reconciling balance.

. Provide daily accurate cash forecasting .

. Updating exchange rate on the system and ensure settlement correctly

posted.

. Run automated and manual payment runs in multiple currencies using

different payment methods.

. Generate finance reports and ensure clearing all invoices before month

end close.

. Ensure cash receipts and payments are accurately allocated on timely

basis.

. Reconcile cash and banking accounts monthly and perform variance

analysis.

Nov 2006- Dec 2010 Kingston University (UK)

University department supporting vocational learners and employees to

progress into higher level study.

Finance Officer

Key Achievements

. Developed financial database for project management.

. Recognized by university administration for injecting improvements

into claims and invoice process/controls that reversed missed payment

deadlines.

. Assisted in the preparation of quality assurance audit paper.

Key Responsibilities

. Performing posting business transactions, processing invoices for

account payable and receivable, verifying financial data for use in

maintaining accounts

. Monitoring and evaluating budget projections, anticipated problems and

addressing anticipated/projected shortfalls on an on-going basis.

. Reviewing contracts to determine college charges and to prepare the

claims.

. Managed in reducing outstanding claims and speeding the settlement

process for invoices and claims.

. Fostered and maintained working relationship with external suppliers

and other teams.

Jan 2004- Oct 2006 Surrey County Council

(UK)

Social Services Finance team

Finance Officer

Key Achievements

. Produced and compiled relevant statistics for benefits

Key Responsibilities

. Assisting the budget manager in budget monitoring, forecasting and

expenditure.

. Executed cash flow analysis, maintaining monthly schedule of reporting

and balancing accounts.

. Compiling and analysing financial information to prepare entries to

general ledger.

. Checking contracts to assess social services' charges,to prepare

documents and relevant invoices.

Jul 2002 - Dec 2003 Ministry of Defence (UK)

The Science &Technology department overseeing research into army and navy

equipment

Executive Officer

Key Achievements

. Designed charts and graphs to shows trends in the flow of research

projects

. Researched and implemented budgetary strategies designed to meet

goals.

. Conducted internal audit and prepared final report.

Key Responsibilities

. Operating a research budget of 10M and preparing taut realistic

financial forecasts and accruals for the Corporate Research Programme.

. Analysing and reconciling monthly accruals and forecasts from research

agencies and suppliers and lead on monthly budget projections and

related research activities

. Reviewing budget requests with senior management to determine areas to

reduce and expand.

. Analysing complex financial data, extracting and defining relevant

information to determine past financial performance and to project a

financial probability.

. Prepared, evaluated and initiated commercial claims arising from naval

parties and sales contracts for navy ships

Nov 1999 to Jul 2002 Ministry of Defence (UK)

The Innovative Technology department dealing with research and development.

Executive Officer

Key Achievements

. Created qualitative research documentation on project resources that

include the grading system of milestone assets

Key Responsibilities

. Overseeing the development, control and implementation of corporate

budgets, research grants, contract and funding requirements for a

research department.

. Analysing and reviewing budgets patterns and projects expenditures for

the research programme, and ensuring expenditure control.

. Maintain database of monthly financial analysis reports and budget

modifications.

. Worked closely with internal audit team to identify and resolve

potential and existing issues.

. Negotiating claims with foreign counterparties

Software Experience SAP, Excel, MS Office, Word, PowerPoint, Oracle,

Languages French (native), English (fluent), Italian (basic)

Education Kingston University (UK) -MA (Hons) Financial Economics

Kingston University (UK)-BA Hons Economics & French

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