Resume Accountant

MARIA LEON NAVARRETE

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CAREER OBJECTIVE

Part Qualified Accountant with several years of general accounting experience including UK and overseas
(Spain), and with knowledge of SAP, SAGE ************, QuickBooks, Xero, IRIS, NetSuite, SWIFT, MISYS.
Now looking for a new challenging role in an inspiring and dynamic company.


PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

ACCA Part Qualified.

Accounting with Management BSc Honours – 2:1 University of Westminster.

2012 – 2015

Subjects: Advanced Management and Financial Accounting, Advanced Audit, Taxation, Financial Strategic
and Management, Business & Company Law, Strategic Perspective.

AAT Level ******* Diploma in Accounting – City and Islington College.

2013

Subjects: Basic Accounting, Basic Costing, Computerized accounting, Work effectively, Control Accounts,
Journals and Banking System, Processing Bookkeeping Transactions.

Higher Degree Administration and Finance

– Spain.

1991 - 1994

Subjects:

Accounting, Economic, Civil and commercial law, Labor law, Statistics.

KEY SKILLS

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Professional knowledge of SAP, Sage 50 & 200, QuickBooks, Xero, NetSuite, SWIFT, Misys, Magento

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Spanish as a mother tongue

WORK EXPERIENCE

Financial Controller (Full time).
Nacional Financiera, S.N.C. London Branch

Apr 2018 – ongoing

Duties involved:

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Settlements of finance products

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 Preparation of reports to the Board 

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 Journal entries, payments 

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 P&L Analysis 

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 Bank reconciliations (USD, EUR, GBP) 

 
 
Financial Controller (Part time) 
Mange on the Move Ltd, London.

Jan 2014 – ongoing 

Duties involved: 

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 Purchase ledger, matching, batching and coding of invoices in a timely manner.

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 Sales Ledger such as invoicing, credit control. Bank reconciliation. 

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 Payroll postings & reconciliation of control accounts. 

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 Journal postings and adjustments. VAT returns. Balance Sheet Reconciliations. 

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 Reporting to management, preparing reports for non-financial members of staff. 

 
Financial Controller (Full time).
Everis Consultancy Ltd (NTT Data Company) London.

Jun 2016 – Mar 2018

Duties involved: 

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P&L Analysis, Balance Sheet Reconciliations, VAT Return, Payroll posting, Tax Reporting 

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Book keeping, payments preparation and control (EUR, USD, GBP) 

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Management and financial indicators. Cash Flow Planning and Control 

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Internal and external audit process supervision and management 

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Budgets management and variance analysis. Manual Accruals, Prepayments 

 
 
Accountant (Part Time) (Practice) 
Blue Dot Consulting, London.

Feb 2015 – Jun 2016 

Duties involved: 

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 Monthly Management accounts and Variance Analysis. Preparing Statutory accounts. 

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 Performing credit analysis. Balance Sheet Reconciliations.

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 Manual Accruals, Prepayments, and others adjustments.

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 Accounts to Trial Balance for month end and audit reporting. 

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 Purchase ledger and sales Ledger work such as invoicing, credit control, cash postings. 

 
Finance Lead (Part time) 
Headrooms Improvement Partners Ltd, London.

Jun 2014 – Oct 2015 

Duties involved: 

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 Purchase ledger, expenses and sales Ledger such as invoicing, credit control. 

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 Payroll postings & reconciliation of control accounts. 

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 Maintain Petty Cash fund and Fixed Asset register. Issuing financial statements for analysis. 

 
Retail Assistant (Part time) 
Primark

 Stores Limited

, London.

Jan 2011 – Oct 2012 

 
Financial Accountant 
Lasver Style S.L., Seville(Spain).

Feb 2006 – Jun 2010 

Duties involved: 

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 Statutory Accounts, Budgets, Forecasts, Cash Flows, Balance sheet reconciliation 

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 Calculating and posting period end journals such as accruals, prepayments, bad debt provisions, 

deferred income, grants in advance, payroll, banks and others. 

Management Accountant 

Profiles Developer S.L., Seville (Spain).

Jun2003 – Feb 2006 

Duties involved: 

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 Payroll postings & reconciliation of control accounts. Journal postings and adjustments. 

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 Balance Sheet reconciliation and preparation of annual budget and the Statement of cash flows. 

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 Involved in the preparation of financial statements and the external audit of the organisation. 

Assistant Accountant 

City Council, Seville (Spain).

Jun2000 – May 2003 

Duties involved: 

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Assisting with the preparation of accounting information. Support the creation of new businesses.

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Economic justification of subsidies from the European Social Fund (ESF).

Accountant

 Assistant

Dial Spain, S.A. Seville (Spain). Member of Barclays Bank 

Aug1994 – Jul 1998 

Duties involved: 

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 Sales ledger: Raising sales invoices, credit notes. Purchase ledger, posting invoices. Credit control 

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 Cashbook, daily analysis, bank reconciliations, VAT returns, Petty cash 

 
 
PERSONAL INTEREST
 
Hiking, travelling, meeting different cultures, and cooking.