Sales Accountant

Mariam Ashraf

** ********, ***** ********* *************, HP2 6LN

Contact number: 079******** Email: ***********@*****.***

Summary

Coherent with accounting and financial procedures, processes and software programs.

Able to communicate ideas articulately and analyse reports in line with business specifications.

A motivated individual with proficiencies in managing, multi-tasking, and problem solving.

A solid track record of success in financial legal research, automotive industry, claims and retail.

Education

Brunel University London September 2017/2018

Master’s in accounting (MSc) Achieved a First Class.

Brunel University London September 2014/2017

Bachelor’s in accounting and Management (BSc) Achieved a Second Class.

Longdean Academy, Hemel Hempstead September 2006/2011

A-Levels: Achieved AABB

GCSE: 13 A* to C including Maths and English.

Work Experience

Aug 2019 – Present Finance Analyst Lexis Nexis Risk Solution

A proactive business partner, responsible for providing financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, analysis and reporting for effective business decision support.

Management reporting: Providing timely, sound and actionable financial analysis of current results for business units (UK and AsiaPac) and delivering insights on impacts to future performance. Reviewing monthly sales metrics and revenue reports with insight into trends and variances. Identifying areas of cost opportunities and/or concern, focusing on trends and variance analyses.

Strategic and tactical planning, budgeting and forecasting: Forecasting revenue and costs for business units (UK and AsiaPac) on a quarterly basis. Developing revenue, direct cost and labour driver assumptions. Providing financial insight at review meetings to drive actions and fostering a no surprises culture. Providing the financials for the strategic plan. Providing constructive challenge to Sales forecasts.

Investment: Identifying areas of financial performance that merit analytical investigation and help the business drive investment decisions, including the use of specific milestones. Providing support, review and challenge on investments in technology, product, geographic expansion via development of business cases and then reviewing financial performance and outcomes.

Understanding complex and underlying data relationships. Pulling ideas, issues, and observations into a clear and concise presentation. Organising information to make it clearer and integrates small pieces of data into a structure that pulls them together. Making appropriate recommendations to multiple levels of management.

Segment Metrics: Support the Senior Business Analyst in our reporting and analysis of segment revenue performance including the evolution to our new automated dashboard reporting application.

June 2018 – Present Commercial Accountant BWI Group

Report Part Number and product line sales volume and revenue from KE30.

Purchase price download and monthly tracking using PPV report. Use this information for reporting.

Purchase Requisition control using EPR system.

Transfer Price management – records maintained, new part numbers, TPA, audit

Analyse the Working Capital Ratios and explain the reasons for changes. Work with finance and nonfinancial staff to understand it. Monthly report to Finance and annual to Management team.

Creation of budgets and forecasting for each department to the divisional timetable.

Deputise for Management Accountant in Monthly reporting of P&L and B/S accounts on TB and management reports for in-house and HQ staff in China.

Payroll accounting and reporting – payroll reconciliations and journals.

Departmental Reports to managers responsible on a monthly basis explaining their performance for previous month. – in GBP and USD.

Month end closing processes including costing run and cycles.

Nov 2017 – June 2018 Junior Accountant Bloomco Ltd

Completion of self-assessment compliance services including all aspects of personal tax compliance, involving partnerships and sole traders.

Preparing personal tax returns and ensuring accuracy and completeness of information.

Liaising effectively and professionally with clients and officers of HMRC on tax compliance issues and enquiries, ensuring that deadlines are met.

May 2015 –July 2017 Junior Accountant C.H.Robinsons

Bookkeeping and maintenance of purchase and sales ledgers.

Accounts payable.

Reviewing statement of financial positions.

Analysing company data in order to brief the finance team on a weekly basis.

Ad-hoc accounting duties.

Skills

Partly ACCA qualified. (Currently undergoing studies to complete all exams.)

System knowledge: Excel (advanced level), PowerPoint (advanced level) Hyperion and PeopleSoft (advanced level) SAP (advanced level).

Urdu speaking.

Referees available on request.

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