1. CURRICULUM VITAE
NAME Elaine Haslam
ADDRESS 196 Station Road Blackrod Bolton BL6 5JE
CONTACT DETAILS ehaslam25@yahoo.com Mobile 0783-7577450
STATUS Married
NATIONALITY British
EDUCATION Shevington High School – 7 O Levels
SYSTEMS USED Sage Line 50, Coins, Avion and Sprint in house systems,
Aptos, Word, Excel. I have had a basic overview of SAP
I am currently Employed as a Accounts Assistant
I hold a current CSCS Card and am a British Red Cross trained First Aider.
I have also just completed a CIS compliance course.
CURRENT EMPLOYMENT - I am currently employed within a Joint Venture and
my Position is a Accounts Assistant Within this position I am responsible for the
following:-
Statement Reconcilliations – Ensuring that Supplier statements are reconciled and
that any queries arising from this are resolved by liaising with the Costing and
Procurement Departments.
Internal Invoice Queries - This could be anything from invoices being registered
with incorrect dates to invoices being input onto the incorrect account.
Monthly Timesheets - Ensuring that timesheets are all completed in a timely
manner at the end of each month.
Company Credit Card - Ensuring that the Company Credit Card Statement is fully
reconciled each month.
General - I help out with registering and scanning of invoices when required and
also cover Reception duties for holidays.
PREVIOUS EMPLOYER - Destinology
Luxury Holiday Company
POSITION Accounts Assistant
DATES: December 2011 – October 2012

2. My duties included dealing with invoices from Hotels all around the world. This
included dealing with queries on the telephone, and using all currencies.
Unfortunately, I did not find this position challenging enough for me.
Between May 2009 and November 2011 I decided to take some time off to help my
daughter with her business.
PREVIOUS EMPLOYER Findel Direct
Online Retail Group
POSITION Purchase Ledger Manager
DATES June 2008 – May 2009
Since joining the company – implemented a new structure to the Purchase Ledger
Department which has seen a significant change into the way invoices are processed
and a quicker turnaround regarding payment.
 Reports to the Financial Controller responsible for the day to day management
of the Purchase Ledger Department with a current staff of twelve.
 Responsible for ensuring that Statement Reconciliations are completed on a
regular basis.
 Liaising with Internal Staff and Suppliers with regards to invoice queries.
 Take responsibility for the relationship management of Key Suppliers.
 Checking payment runs across four brands including Kitbag, Cotswold
Company, Confetti and Letterbox, to ensure that all invoices are valid and any
queries which may have been missed by Clerks are addressed.
 Ensuring the stock items list is kept up to date by cross checking invoices
against order.
 Matching off invoices against stock lists for the warehouse
 Checking Aged Creditor lists on a regular basis to ensure all transactions are
correctly allocated to Accounts.
 Controlling Purchase Ledger spend is kept within weekly budgets set by the
Financial Controller.
 Reporting to Finance Managers accross the Brands with regards to Budgets.
 Checking stock levels are balancing to invoices and orders.
 Committing payments that are made and allocating to accounts.
 Recruitment of full time and temporary staff within the Department
 Reviewing workloads within the Department to ensure these are evenly
distributed.
PREVIOUS EMPLOYER Morgan Ashurst Limited (formally the Amec Group)
POSITION Purchase Ledger Supervisor
DATES May 2001 – May 2008

3.  Responsible for the supervision of six Purchase Ledger Clerks covering major
contracts. Took responsibility for the whole Purchase Ledger Department
(twenty five staff) in the absence of the Departmental Manager.
 Responsible for all accounts payable functions relating to Terminal 5 at
Heathrow and South Lanarkshire Schools (5000 invoices per month) and
twenty five smaller contracts (1000 invoices per month).
 Took responsibility for reconciliations for related accounts.
 Clearing down on old balances in readiness for a change in Computer system.
 Responsible for monthly BACs runs to the value of £10m and weekly runs of
up to 1m.
 Responsible for minimising legal disputes with suppliers and resolving court
summons.
 Responsible for regular liaison with sites and suppliers to ensure invoice
payments by the resolution of queries.
 Responsible for compiling month end figure and accruals via spreadsheets for
presentation to the Finance Director.
 Responsible for recruitment and discipline of staff, staff performance
monitoring and training new staff.
 Checking of CIS certificates and CIS deductions for sub-contractors. Up to
date with all CIS legislation.
Reason of leaving: Redundancy
PREVIOUS EMPLOYER Holden Homes (NW ) Limited
(Small building and Plant Hire Company)
POSITION Office/Account Manager
DATES 1989 – 2001
 Responsible for creating a system to ensure the smooth running of the office
and successfully changed from a complete manual accounting system to a
Sage computerised system.
 Responsible for the purchase of building materials, negotiating prices, liaising
with site staff to ensure accurate delivery dates
 Controlled the Purchase Ledger (700 invoices per month) and sub contract
ledgers including processing cheque runs and tax deductions for Inland
Revenue.
 Processed applications for rental properties
 Ensured that rents were collected on time and that overdue payments were
dealt with.
 Served notices when tenants were in arrears and evicted from properties.
 Processed weekly wages for around thirty staff including CIS payments and
covered monthly salaried staff.
 Responsible for liaising with major banks to obtain draw downs for funding.
Reason for leaving: Family commitments

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PREVIOUS EMPLOYER Wainhomes Limited
POSITION Assistant Buyer
DATES 1976 – 1989
1976 – 1982 - Receptionist/Audio Typist
 Typing up bills of quantities for Surveying Department
 Typing of all general correspondence for Technical Manager
 Liaised with Sales Negotiators with regards to Customer choices.
1982 – 1989 - Purchasing Department
 Liaised with Suppliers and negotiated prices.
 Processed invoices, delivery notes and orders and passed to
Accounts Department for payment.
 Liaised with Site Personnel to obtain delivery schedules
Reason for leaving: Relocation