Mario Babettas is seeking a career as a chartered accountant. He has a 2:1 degree in Accountancy and Business and over 3 years of experience working in accounting roles. His experience includes roles as an assistant accountant at Securitas UK where he maintains accounts and reconciles statements. He also has proficiency in accounting software like Navision. Mario has strong communication, leadership, and numeracy skills that would serve him well as a chartered accountant.

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Mario Babettas
164 Brownfield Road, Shard End, Birmingham, B34 7DX
Mobile: 07983540367 E-mail: Mario_cy1@hotmail.com
Personalstatement:
I am a graduate in Accountancy and Business, with a 2:1 classification I am currently
working as an assistant accountant for a Multinational corporation in Securitas Security
Services. I am a dedicated and ambitious individual with the goal of becoming a certified
chartered accountant. I have learnt a lot through previous occupations and gained some
invaluable and transferrable skills along the way, including leadership and the confidence
to communicate articulately to people from all backgrounds and large groups of people. I
have a driven personality and I am 100% committed to achieving my goals. I also believe
my teamwork skills to be one of my greatest qualities.
Key Skills:
 Proficiency in most areas of Microsoft Office including: Excel, Word and
PowerPoint.
 Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
 Ability to work in a fast paced work environment.
 Ability to lead and keep calm in pressurised situations
 Excellent numeracy skills
 Ability to compile business accounts including statements of comprehensive
income, statements of financial position, cashflow statements and statements of
changes in equity.
 Ability to process invoices and perform statement reconciliations.
 Proficient in the accounting software ‘Navision’.
Other skills:
 Ability to speak Greek
Employment History:
Securitas UK, Birmingham (Assistant Accountant):
(June 2015 – present)
Main responsibilities include all aspects ofaccounts payable such as:
 Maintaining accounts of239 suppliers for a multi-national company
 Performing statement reconciliations on a daily basis to ensure quality financial bookkeeping
 Using Navision for inputting invoices which includes: checking for duplicates,coding invoices
through the use of‘Purchase Order numbers’ to correct branches and sites,and then finally inputting
into Navision.

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 Daily communication with senior figures within Securitas to ensure invoices are approved and thus
paid to suppliers on time.
Crown Accounts, Birmingham (Trainee Accountant):
(April 2015 – June 2015. Voluntarily)
Achievements and responsibilities:
• Preparing working paper files with reconciliations from complete and partial records.
• Reconciling Bank, PAYE, VAT & Corporation Tax, Current and long term liabilities.
Bar Estilo, Birmingham (Waiter):
(December 2014 – April 2015)
Achievements and responsibilities:
 Working within a team to serve over 200 customers on a daily basis
 Handling payments and essentially being my own cashier, which includes cashing off at the end of
the service period
 Prioritising and fulfilling responsibilities during busy periods.
Romeo Taverna, Protaras, Cyprus (General Manager):
(May 2014 – November2014)
Achievements and responsibilities:
 Leading a workforce of 12 employees.
 Dealing with customer complaints
 Ensuring quality of service and product
 Implementing a new menu
 Compiling monthly financial accounts
 Recruiting and training front of house staff
 Maintaining public relations through social media and advertising special events
 Coordinating special occasions such as weddings and anniversaries
Marco Pierre White’s Steak and Grill House, Birmingham (Waiter):
(December 2013 – April 2014)
Achievements and responsibilities:
 Working within a front of house team to deliver high quality service to over 200 customers on a
regular basis for a company that regular turns over £30,000+ on weekend nights.
 Prioritising and fulfilling responsibilities during busy periods.
JSS Contractors, Birmingham (Fitter):
(October 2011 – May 2013 part-time)
(September 2013 – December2013 full-time)
Achievements and responsibilities:
 Working in a teamto build, service and maintain conveyor systems for the likes of Tesco, Asda and
Primark.
 Being solely responsible for performing maintenance tasks on conveyorsystems.
Warwick Finance, Birmingham (Telesales salesman):
(December 2008 – February 2009)
Achievements and responsibilities:
 Cold calling households in the hope of obtaining their home insurance custom.
 Enhanced salesmanship
 Enhanced communication skills

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XLN, Birmingham (Team leader):
(May 2008 – July 2008)
Achievements and responsibilities:
 Travelling door to door targeting small businesses to obtain their phone line custom.
 Gaining promotion to team leader from salesman in short amount of time.
Education:
Online academies
(January 2015)
Introduction to payroll systems diploma achieved.
2010 – 2013 Birmingham City University
BA (Hons) Accountancy and Business 2:1
Modules included:
 Corporate Reporting
 Comparative International Reporting
 Management Accounting
 Financial Accounting and Analysis
 Business Economics
 International Business Strategy
2006 – 2008 City Technology College (Sixth form), Kingshurst, Birmingham
International Baccalaureate Diploma, Grade 26 (pass)
Mathematics 5
English (higher) 4
Business (higher) 5
Environmental Science 4
Information Technology in Global
Systems (higher) 4
Spanish ab initio 4
2001 – 2006 City Technology College, Kingshurst, Birmingham
GCSE’s
14 GCSE’s, grade A-C, including English grade BB, Mathematics grade BB and Business
grade BB.
Personal Interests:
I am a believer that a healthy body leads to a healthy mind. I visit the gym on average 3
days a week. I also enjoy playing football of a weekend for a Sunday league team. I have
been captain of both my college football team and Sunday league team.
I also enjoy furthering my knowledge particularly with astronomy and business and often
watch documentaries and read the odd book.
I enjoy social outings with friends, these outings include: playing 5-aside football matches
at local Astroturf pitches, visiting football matches, going out for meals and the odd drink,
going to the dog and horse racing and much more.
References:
References are available on request.