This document is a resume for Susan Fisher, an experienced accounts assistant with over 25 years of experience in accounting roles. She has extensive experience in accounts payable, accounts receivable, bookkeeping, and project management. Her most recent roles include positions as an accounts assistant for several companies where she was responsible for accounts payable, accounts receivable, reconciliations, and other accounting tasks. She has qualifications in Sage Line 50 bookkeeping and a BTEC in Business Studies.

1. S U S A N F I S H E R 63 Stewart Road
fishtiles@btinternet.com Bournemouth
07968 017 303 Dorset, BH8 8NZ
P R O F E S S I O N A L P R O F I L E :
An experienced accounts assistant with significant experience of working for one of the top
financial services businesses with excellent leadership, management, people and customer
relationship skills. An articulate communicator, able to adapt and flex my interpersonal skills
which enables me to influence at all levels of the organisation, leading at all times with respect
and integrity.
M A J O R A C H I E V E M E N T S :
 Level 3 Sage Line 50 Bookkeeping IAB.
 Successful project management, UAT and analysis on key client projects involving daily
conference calls, customer visits and supporting implementation.
 Provided system support to production groups involving the investigation and resolution of
system issues encountered by Fund Accounting staff.
C A R E E R S U M M A R Y :
Accounts Assistant: Double H nurseries, New Milton June 2016 to Sept 16
 Responsible for daily upkeep and reconciliation of sales excel spreadsheets, logging delivery
issues and sales invoices for M&S using SAP2, accounting system.
 Assisting A/P inputting invoices and Employee expenses on a daily basis
Purchase ledger : Hoburne Ltd, Highcliffe Oct 2015-April 2016
 Responsible for all aspects of the purchase ledger , input of very large volume invoices for 6
holiday parks using Navision software, including food and beverage stock reconciliation through
the Zonal system.
 Covering reconciliation of large vendor accounts across all parks.
 Weekly payment runs
 Employee expenses
 Intercompany recharges and journals
 Making sure all invoices are authorised to the correct level of authority.
 Ad hoc duties when required
Accounts Assistant, various Temporary assignments for CMA recruitment: Oct 2014-Feb 2015

2.  Responsible for all aspects of Sales and purchase ledger, cash posting Bank reconciliations UK
and Foreign Currency accounts, and some credit control.
Accounts Assistant, David Hart Aerospace pipes Ltd, Temporary assignment Jun 2014-Oct 2014
 Responsible for all aspects of the Sales ledger including credit control for a large aerospace
company of approx. annual turnover of £9,000,000.
 Using the Sage line 50 accounting system
 Reconciling sales ledger with month end balance sheets
 Month end journals.
 Assisting with Purchase ledger including posting invoices and reconciling supplier statements
 Dealing with both supplier and customer queries
 Bank Reconciliation and posting branch cash sheets
 Ad hoc duties as and when required
Accounts Assistant, Advanced Enterprise Software Ltd, Dorset Jun 2012—Oct 2013
 Responsible for all aspects of the purchase ledger for 3 companies with a total approximate value
of £3,000,000
 Accurate inputting of over 200 supplier invoices every month, ensuring the correct authorisation
is obtained to enable timely payments.
 Working with suppliers to ensure accounts are reconciled and any incorrect invoices are re-
issued.
 Responsible for the processing of employee expenses for 4 companies ensuring they comply with
the expense policy and are processed to the deadline for inclusion with the payroll.
 Completing the bank reconciliations for 3 companies 12 bank accounts, both Euro and Stirling, in
line with the month end timetable.
 Ensuring any 3rd party software costs are being recharged to customers in line with their contract
 Providing cover for other members of the finance team where required including processing of
daily cash receipts, customer queries, updating Siclops and Webrel.
Unemployed Aug 2011—May 2012
 Following being made redundant from my previous role I decided to complete the Sage Line 50
Bookkeeping IAB course. Areas of study included:
 Purchase/sales ledger
 General ledger
 Bank reconcilation
Fund Accounting Specialist, JP Morgan Chase, Dorset Mar 2007—Jul 2011
 Responsible for the production of accurate daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly and yearly
accounting valuations for the German and Middle East pension funds with adherence to strict
deadlines and procedures.
 Direct contact with clients to resolve any issues they raised.
Bookkeeper/Director, Fisher Tiling Ltd, Dorset Nov 2003—Feb 2007
 Responsible for keeping organised and accurate records of transactions including accounts
payable and accounts receivable.
 Resourcing and tracking of materials and tools ensuring high levels of quality at reasonable cost.

3.  Negotiation of contracts with customers and ensuring payments collected on time in line with the
contract terms.
 Completion of government returns including VAT and CIS tax deductions.
Project manager / Business Analyst, Chase Manhattan, Dorset Jun 1997—Nov 2003
 Member of the European monetary union conversion team responsible for the conversion activity
of over four hundred UK pension funds. Including overseeing automatic and manual conversion
processes from security conversions through to fund rebasing activities.
 Full end to end testing of the Wins accounting system for the Y2K (millennium) project .
 Project managed and implemented new releases involving the UAT.
 Participated in central testing effort in the Dallas hub, working with the systems team in order to
complete end-to-end testing of the wins system.
 Completed the definition, documentation and implementation of system enhancements in
conjunction with global fund accounting locations.
Fund Administrator, Chase Manhattan, Dorset Jan 1997- Jun 1997
 Responsible for the production of accurate monthly accounting valuations for a variety of clients
to include UK Pension Funds and Middle Eastern clients ensuring adherence to strict deadlines,
procedures and required quality standards.
 Liaising with other departments to resolve queries of a varied nature within the custody and
systems area.
 Member of the Quality Assurance team in conjunction with system development and testing.
Senior Bookkeeper, Lieberman Research, California Feb 1988—Nov 1993
 Responsible for all aspects of accounting for $10 million Company including sales ledger,
purchase ledger, payroll and nominal ledger accounting.
 Special projects and analysis for in house accounting systems.
 Instrumental in the transition to a new in house accounting and payroll system
Q U A L I F I C A T I O N S /T R A I N I N G :
 Sage Line 50 Level 2, Bournemouth and Poole College
 O-Level English Language, English Literature, History, Mathematics
and Religious Studies
 BTEC Business Studies, Bradford Technical College
S Y S T E M S :
 Exchequer – Accounting system
 Navision- Accounting
 SAP Business systems
 Siclops – CRM system
 Microsoft Office