Samantha Melia is seeking a new challenging role utilizing her skills in office management, accounting, and administration. She has 20 years of experience in finance roles of increasing responsibility. Her experience includes managing purchase and sales ledgers, budgeting, financial reporting, and team leadership. She is skilled in accounting software like Sage, QuickBooks, and Microsoft Office programs.

1. CURRICULUM VITAE
Samantha Melia
5 Charminster Close, Great Sankey, Warrington, Cheshire
Tel: 01925 575832, Mobile: 0747 266 4636
E-mail: samijm45@gmail.com
Profile
I am an efficient, enthusiastic, reliable and well organised manager, committed
to a team environment dedicated to growth and development. I am very
passionate about my work, highly motivated and customer focused.
I am currentlylookingtomove backintoa more challengingrole tofulfilmypotentialin
Office/PA, ManagementAccounts, where mykeyskill are.
Key skills
• Self-motivated and confident in making decisions
• Disciplined and well organised
• Effective communicator ,clear and concise
• Passionate and committed about achieving objectives
• Great leadership skills, coaching and developing others
Career summary
Qbase Data Services August 2015 – Present
Purchase Ledger Manager
• Reconciliation ofsuppliers accounts
• Reporting and analysis
• Ensure invoices are received, approved and processed for payment
• Organising payments to suppliers on a timelybasis
• Authorising payments on bank line (Natwest) and signature ofcheques
• Experience of dealing with queries and disputes
• Adhoc adjustment’s instructed by other departments
• Data entry
• Setting up new suppliers and obtaining bank details
• Bank reconciliation,balance sheetanalysis and Journals
• Petty Cash Reconciliation
• Approval of all orders processed and check in line with budget,reject orders if not in
line with budget
• Complete facilities,Marketing and IT Budgetand report to each department head
when over / under spend on a monthly basis.
• Approve & pay internal expenses once submitted using Zoho software
• Keep fixed assetregister updated
• Depreciation updated on a monthly basis
• Using Quick books accounting software,Outlook,Word, Excel, Office 365 & Zoho
software.

2. Mere Marketing December 2015 – July 2016 6 month temporary post
Purchase ledger clerk Reporting to the Finance Director
• Reconciling suppliers and paymenton a monthly basis Bank reconciliation,balance
sheetanalysis and Journals
• Petty Cash Reconciliation
• Administration and other Ad-hoc duties when needed
Farjo Hair Institute – Hair transplant surgery
Finance Manager 2014 – November 2015 – Made redundant
Reporting to two company directors (Doctors/surgeons)
• Responsible for the running of the accounts departmentusing
• Sage professional,providing financial information – P&L,cash management,cash
forecasting on a daily basis.
• Reconciling suppliers and paymenton a monthly basis
• Bank reconciliation,balance sheet reconciliation & Journals
• Invoicing, credit control,providing auditinformation to the year-end accountants for
auditing,completing a file.
• Petty Cash Reconciliation
• Updating of the patientrecords – updating the database
• PDQ machine payments and reconciliation
• Reception cover when needed
• Administration and other Ad-hoc duties when needed
Applied Computing & Engineering Ltd
Office/PA/Finance Manager 2009 – October 2014
• Responsible for the running of the accounts departmentusing Sage professional,
providing financial information – P&L, cash management, cash forecasting on a daily
basis.
• Bank reconciliation,balance sheet reconciliation & Journals
• Invoicing, credit control,providing auditinformation to the year-end accountants for
auditing,completing a file.
• Salaries on sage completing reports using internal forms from engineers site visits,
updating the client’s details on CRM.
• Plan and structure daily routines for the office admin/finance team PA to three
directors –office Manager, daily running of the office, providing supportto the IT
departmentand the Research and developmentteam
• Diary management,arranging flights and accommodation,planning itineraries,audio
typing, minute taking (60 wpm,) producing letters using word 2010.Producing
spreadsheets using excel.
• Email managementand processing
• Planning and co-ordinating meetings including collation ofpaperwork and agendas
• Attending meetings and taking minutes and distributing to attendees

3. Imscan Systems
Finance Manager 2004 – 2009
• Responsible for the running of the accounts department,invoicing,creditcontrol
monthlyP&L information provided to the director.
• Responsible for one member ofstaff
• Responsible to provide and update ISO information in the files.
• Identify and develop training needs for staff
Microwarehouse
Credit control clerk 1999– 2004
• Responsible for the collections of500 blue chip companydebt collections,
resolving all queries,under deadlines to collectwithin a timescale. • Reconciling
the bank with debts received
Career break – Gave birth to my daughter
Civilian with the British Army – Oxford and Germany
Administrator for the armed forces, 1994 - 1997
• Investigate with other depots all over the UK and Germanyof the locations of
pieces ofequipment,i.e., tanks to guns and items ofuniforms
• Completion offorms and sending them to the relevant departments for
authorisation for transferring equipmentback to the correct barracks.
Education Appleton Hall County High School
GCSE’s Maths, English,Geography,Office Studies,Typing
French, Word Processing level 2 Excel intermediate
Further Education Germany – CLAIT
Warrington Collegiate – AAT Level 2 & 3
Interests Spending time with my family, music and walking the dog
I am married to Paul and we have two children,Ben and Sophie
I am willing to relocate
References available on request