Olwyn Cullen has over 30 years of experience in accounts receivable, accounts payable, bookkeeping, and credit control. She has worked in these roles for various companies in South Africa and the UK. She is currently working as a Foreign Currency Finance Officer at the National Crime Agency on a temporary assignment. She also has over 15 years of experience in care work, both voluntary and paid positions in the UK and South Africa.

1. Olwyn Cullen (Smithson)
6 Wellhay House, Knole Lane, Brentry, Bristol. BS10 6GH
07968828350
Summary of Experience:
Purchase + Sales Ledger + Bookkeeping: Over 30 years.
Reception /Supervisor/ Assistant Manager: Over 12 years
Credit Control for over 35 years – in October 2013 I did an ICM test and got 79.8%.
Accounts payable + receivable – full function over 35 years.
Accounts payable + receivable – full function over 35 years.
Foreign Currency Finance: Since November 2014
Care work – over 15 years (voluntary in SA), 3 years full time in UK.
Details:
Accounts Receivable – taking orders, invoicing, credit notes, journals, reconciliations, queries, all
credit control, processing all documents, allocation of payments. Accounts payable – matching
orders to delivery notes/invoices, credit notes/returns, reconciliations, queries, purchase orders,
batching + processing all documents, payments and allocations. Stock control – Capturing all
invoices from suppliers / clients, passing credits and journals, doing stock take, keeping inventory up
to date and sorting any queries .Admin – typing, data capturing, correspondence, filing,
photocopying, emails, banking, spread sheets, petty cash, reconciliations of credit / petrol cards and
expense sheets. Preparing all reports for auditors. HR - Interveiwing, hiring and dismissing of staff,
training staff. Bookkeeping – sales ledger, purchase ledger, cash books, reconciliation of bank
accounts, journals, Trial balance, wages, salaries, commissions, general ledger, petty cash book,
collecting rent, sending out increases etc. for tenants. Reception: Switchboard and reception. I can
work alone or in a team, have attention to detail, deadline driven, accurate. I have had to hire and
dismiss staff. I did credit control and accounts receivable at a group of colleges and varsities,
travelling between them every week.
Educational Qualifications
Matric (A Levels) - November 1969 - Cape Technical College (Night School)
Accounting Machine Operating – 1970 - Cape Town Technicon
1988 - Ken Mills + Associates Effective Credit Control -
Security Guarding – October 2012 – Licence 0330016946597630

2. Employment History
NCA (National Crime Agency)
11/11/2014 to Present (Temporary Assignment)
Foreign Currency Finance Officer.
Brook Street Agency
01/03/2014 to present
Various Temp positions
Care Community, Gloucester
20/08/2013 to 20/02/2014
Support worker
Lydney Sea Cadets
01/05/2012 to 19/08/2013
Voluntary Civilian Instructor
Tuesday + Thursday evenings instructing children age 10 to 18 in discipline, respect and general
aspects of sea cadets.
Private Temporary care work
20/04/2011 to 30/07/2012
Carer / support worker
Personal care, administration of medication, moving + handling, cleaning, keeping all records also
doing palliative care in a dementia care home. Access control. Infection control.
Self-employed December 2009 to March 2011, I did bookkeeping from home on the Pastel
accounting system for The Mugg + Bean, in South Africa, I have a written reference. I also helped at
an Estate Agent to do the rents etc. I left SA beginning of April 2011 and came to Nailsworth and did
my course in care-giving.
CJR Gift Sales
July 08 to Dec 09 have written reference
Assistant Financial Manager/Credit controller + supervisor
Personal – Daughter died
David Waterston Insurance Brokers - Temp
Mar 08 to May 08
Bookkeeper/Fin. Manager
Assignment completed
Streamlined accounting process, relieving at reception.

3. Adamson Nielson Construction {7 Companies} Temp
Sept 07 to Nov 07
Bookkeeper/Accounts payable
Assignment completed
Helping with wages and processing payments
Johannesburg Sewing [5 companies}
Nov 05 to Aug 07
Bookkeeper/Credit Controller/ all accounts / reception
Retrenchment
Brent + Cozens Personnel
Nov 02 to Oct 05
Bookkeeper, All Accounts, credit controller, reception
Offered permanent position
Hymax Telecommunications
Mar 01 to Sept 02
Bookkeeper / Financial Director/All accounts/Credit control supervisor/HR/call center Supervisor
Supervisor / manager - I have supervised teams of 5 to 30 in credit control, accounts receivable, call
centres, done all HR duties (hiring and dismissing).
Kelly + PAG Personnel Temps
Feb 90 to Feb 01
Debtors, Creditors, Bookkeeper/ Credit Control / reception
Offered permanent employment
Crane Aid Services
May 87 to Dec 89
Bookkeeper / PA / Reception /All accounts/ Credit Control
Husband transfer from Cape Town to Johannesburg
Cape Lead Manufacturing
Sept 78 to Apr 87
Bookkeeper / PA / Reception /all accounts/Credit Control
Offered better prospects
VIP Travel
Jun 73 to Dec 75
Office Support / Bookkeeper / Accounts
To have my son
Truworths Head Office
Dec 68 to Feb 73
Accounts, credit controller
To have my daughter
Computer Literacy Skills
Pastel accounting, Brilliant, Accpac accounting, In-house accounting programs, Word, Excel, Outlook
little PowerPoint a little on Oracle, Imaging and Ifaces. I learn programs easily.

4. Other information
I have trained staff and streamlined accounting process from bookkeeping taking a full month to
only needing a bookkeeper 1 day a week, to be more effective. I am hard working, reliable, and
honest and give of my best. I have a clear CRB from the SIA on 24/12/2012 and my Security Licence.
I have done voluntary work since April 2012 as a civilian instructor at the sea cadets in Lydney,
training children from 10 to 18 for a year. I did voluntary care work in South Africa for over 15 years
and have some written references. I have cared for people with cancer, CPOD and done a number of
palliative care cases. I did my courses for care work at Corinium Care in April 2011 and have done
live in, domiciliary and dementia home care work.
Certificates for care: Induction Course, Moving + Handling, Communication + confidentiality
dementia care, Medication guidelines and administration, Infection control + pressure sore care,
Basic life support awareness, Personal care, Health + Safety, Accountability + documentation,
Emergency First aid in the work place, Continence promotion, Person cantered planning, Pressure
sore prevention. I did these courses between April 2011 and February 2012.