1. Stefania Schellino
Accounts Payable Specialist
Areas of Expertise:
• Accounts Payable
• Accounts
Receivable
• General ledger
• Credit control
• Financial reporting
• Bank accounts
reconciliation
• Managing
international
currency
operations
• Payrolls
• VAT return
• Intrastat
• Month/year end
• management,
training and
coatching people
• Oracle
• Noetix
• Sage
• Excel spreadsheet
• Adapt
Personal Skill
• Attention to detail
Flat 9 Optima House- 43a High Street South – Dunstable LU3 6RZ
+44 7526 455836
schellino@stefaniaschellino.it
PERSONAL SUMMARY
Currently Account Payable Specialist with extensive experience in AP, AR, GL, Credit
Control, International Currency, reconciliation of all ledgers, accruals & prepayments,
reconciliation of bank and cash accounts; financial reporting, VAT returns, Intrastat; data
entry and general office administration.
Long experience in managing, motivating and training people.
Accurate and organized with strong problem-solving skills, extraordinary attention to detail,
and willingness to go above and beyond the job description. Fast learner with proven
adaptability to new technologies and applications.
WORK EXPERIENCE
• 3D Systems Europe Ltd – European Shared Finance Services Centre
Hemel Hempstead 3D printers
EUROPEAN ACCOUNTS PAYABLE SPECIALIST
19 May 2014 – present day
Duties:
• Responsible of UK and Italian ledgers maintenance, end to end.
• Raise suppliers invoices, check the correct application of VAT, matching against PO, coding
and process into Oracle
• Approvals checking and request when necessary
• Expense notes control, process and payment
• Payment run proposal preparation, process and execution on the bank site – Italy.
• Managed day-to-day relationship with Suppliers via email and telephone
• Supporting the plants for any issue regarding AP
• Statement reconciliation
• Bank reconciliation for all entities
• Month end and year end
• Managing general accounting queries and completing general accounts administration duties
• Eaton Corp. – European Shared Finance Services Centre
Glasgow Energy-efficient solutions
ACCOUNTS PAYABLE (Temp)
4th
November 2013 –16 May 2014
Duties:
• Raised suppliers invoices, coding, scanning and process into Oracle
• Check correct application of VAT and PO no.
• Managed day-to-day relationship with Suppliers via email and telephone
2. • Problem solving
• Adaptability and
flexibility
• Results orientated
• Efficient and
reliable
Personal details
Schellino
Stefania
Flat 9 Optima House
43a High Street South
Dunstable
LU6 3RZ
M: +44 7526 455836
schellino@
stefaniaschellino.it
Driving license: Yes
Nationality: Italian
• Supporting of European Plant for any issue regarding AP
• Statement reconciliation
• Bank reconciliation
• Manipulating data on excel maintaining sales ledgers
• Supported the manager to the creation of the new DMO – Document management Office –
which involved the whole process of documents recording, starting from the physical setup of
the office until the complete definition of the process.
• PRG Recruitment – Edinburgh Recruitment
FINANCE ASSISTANT (Temp)
19 August – 1st
November 2013
Duties:
• Responsible for allocation of all bank receipts and payments, monitoring and chasing aged
debtors, identifying accounts that required special attention and updating customer records;
• Maintained Purchase and Sales Ledgers: raising sales invoices; invoicing
• General ledger maintenance, updating and entering journals for sales revenue, expenses and
other transactions
• Sending out copy invoices and monthly statements
• Investigating misallocated cash and monies gone missing.
• Managed day-to-day relationship with Customers and Supplier for general finance enquiries, via
email and telephone
• Manipulating data on excel and running aged debt reports.
• Writing cash flow forecasting reports.
• Bank and balance sheet reconciliations; reconciliation of sales ledger accounts, on monthly and
weekly basis, investigating any variances
• Monitoring and reconciling credit card expenses and expenses claims.
• Gastronomica ltd – London Import and distribution of Italia food
ACCOUNTS ASSISTANT – BOOK-KEEPER
01 May 2012 – 01 June 2013
Full charge bookkeeping/accounts assistant, including payrolls, operating with accounting system to
record, store and analyse information.
Duties:
• Raised purchase and sales invoices and posted into ledgers
• Responsible for chasing suppliers invoices, checking VAT application, matching against PO,
coding
• Monitoring supplier accounts ensuring payments runs on time; payment run preparation and
payments execution on the bank site by internet banking
• Responsible for supplier and intercompany invoicing
• Daily banking and allocation of all monies
• Issuing regular statements
3. • Credit Control monitoring customers credit limits, chasing overdue payments and negotiating
payment plans when necessary
• Payroll and note expenses claims processing
• Responsible for reconciliation of all ledgers and multicurrency bank accounts, intercompany and
cash accounts
• Completed and submitted quarterly VAT returns and monthly Intrastat
• Production of trial balance for month/year end
• Managed day-to-day office operations in different currencies
• Managed day-to-day relationship with Customers and Suppliers
• Managing general accounting queries and completing general accounts administration duties.
• Emmecom Srl - Turin Italy Business services – telephony sector
VERIFIER OF COMMERCIAL VIABILITY September 2011 to April 2012
Duties:
• To verify the commercial viability and the economic feasibility of a new service – telephony sector –
for business customers
• Verified target, pricing, redemption, profitability and profit making also with conjoint measurement
• Diners International – Milan Italy Business and Corporate Credit Cards
• American Express –Milan Italy
ACCOUNTS MANAGER April 2006 to august 2011
Duties:
• Responsible for generating new business finding new customers as well as managing the
company portfolio of accounts
• Responsible of building a new area and ensuring the achievement of the sales target
• Responsible for maintaining and expanding relationships with existing clients, attending meetings,
ensuring clients’ demands were satisfied, answering their questions and ensuring problems were
resolved
• Ubi banca SpA – Italy International Commercial
Bank
OPERATIONAL MANAGER –FOREIGN DEPARTMENT 1999 to 2004
Duties:
• Managing a team of four, ensured financial transactions were handled efficiently and quickly
• Responsible for the revenue of the office, with full responsibility of charges and fee applicable to
the single transaction or customers
• Responsible for Export Guarantee, Confirming or Opening Letter of Credit, swift and international
payments, foreign currency accounts, non-residents deposits
• Supported the manager to set up the annual budget and responsible for its achievement or
motivating and proving the cause of the possible discrepancy
4. • Training, supervision, managing and supporting the staff, and periodical employee evaluation
OPERATIONAL MANAGER 1991 to 1999
Duties:
• Managing a staff of eight, supported the Branch Manager by overseeing the efficient operation of
the branch, ensuring all operational functions were completely and properly performed by the staff
while conveying a feeling of trust, service, security and satisfaction to customer and staff
• Responsible to monitor and achieve the department budget assigned in particular in terms of
revenue, reporting and analysing any possible discrepancy and suggesting strategies or
amendments
• Responsible to keep informed the staff about policy and procedures and any changes to these,
ensuring the full understanding and adherence
• Responsible for ensuring the branch opened on time ran efficiently
• Managed and assisted the tellers and other staff with training and motivation, and encouraged staff
to keep the branch running smoothly and meet their personal targets; periodical employee
evaluation
• Responsible for maintaining the relationship with business/corporate customers, looking after their
needs and finding the best solutions for them
• Responsible for helping to bring in new customers and boosting the bank's profits
KEY SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES
• Proven ability to work under pressure and to meet deadlines
• A positive 'can-do' attitude.
• Long experience managing and training people.
• Experience of working both with small and medium-sized companies and big sized.
• Have an in-depth understanding of foreign currency and VAT rules.
• Excellent working knowledge of Oracle and Sage 50 Accounts.
• Able to work well as part of a team and with strong communication skills.
• Able to work well with clients helping to build good business relationships.
EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS
• High Diploma in Accountancy 1985 - 1990
I.T.C. Tesauro – Fossano –Italy
• ACCA: early stages 2015 - present
• ESOL: Higher level certificate May 2014
LANGUAGES
• Italian – Mother tongue
5. • English – High level
• French – Intermediate level
REFERENCES – Available on request.
6. • English – High level
• French – Intermediate level
REFERENCES – Available on request.