Description

Freelance Finance Operations Support | Bookkeeping | AP & AR

I provide reliable, hands-on finance operations support for SMEs, startups, and growing businesses that need accurate, well-organised financial processes without the overhead of a full-time hire.

With several years’ experience across finance operations, bookkeeping, and financial administration, I support businesses with the day-to-day running of their finance function, ensuring records are accurate, up to date, and audit-ready.

Languages

English
Native or bilingual
Swahili
Fluent

Workplace preferences

Can work on-site

London (up to 50km)

Pause Online LTD
Finance Controller
July 2021 - Today (4 years and 11 months)
• • Ensuring invoices are drafted and generated on time for completed projects. This includes precise inclusion of contract details, purchased services, prices, and client's information.
• • Support the processing of employee expenses by verifying receipts.
• • Liaising with contractors/creators to ensure all KYCs are in place and with client representatives for sign off service delivery.
• • Calculating and ensuring accurate monthly/daily payments.
• • Improving payment processes through enabling technological improvements.
• • Preparing accurate and timely monthly management accounts.
• • Quarterly VAT returns and year end accounts.
• • Employee payroll and foreign exchange management.
• • Maintaining accurate financial records on Xero.
• • Managing credit control weekly & liaising with clients where required.
• • Completing daily bank reconciliations of incoming and outgoing transactions.
• • Preparation of payroll data to be sent to the external accountants.
• • Verifying balances in accounts and rectifying discrepancies.
• • Assisting talent management staff with various tasks, including preparing budgets, records, and statements.
• • Undertaking general administrative duties as required.
• • Detailed management of cashflow.
• • Suggest changes or improvements to increase accuracy, efficiency, and cost reduction
Content marketing year end accounts xero Finance sector
National Youth Jazz Orchestra
Finance Manager
March 2022 - November 2022 (8 months)
• • Monitor the day-to-day financial operations within the company, such as payroll, invoicing, and other transactions
• • Reconcile and record credit card use and expense payments.
• • Reconcile payments received with invoices issued by colleagues.
• • Manage credit control, chasing overdue payments to NYJO.
• • Monthly salary journals, checking nominal code allocations.
• • Oversee financial department employees, including financial assistants and accountants
• • Track the company's financial status and performance to identify areas for potential improvement
• • Review financial data and prepare monthly and annual reports
• • Present financial reports to board members, stakeholders, executives, and clients in formal meetings
• • Quarterly gig liability as an accrual .
• • Quarterly Gift Aid journals.
• • Establish and maintain financial policies and procedures for the company
• • Understand and adhere to financial regulations and legislation.
Pure Planet,
Finance Administrator/Digital Service Advisor.
November 2020 - February 2022 (1 year and 3 months)
Bristol, UK
• • Account Receivable administration and management including credit control.
• • Gathering, analysing, and interpreting relevant financial data
• • Responsible for coordinating business travel (when required)
• • Supporting the current team within Purchasing
• • Processing purchase orders and general order management
• • Recording of invoices and tax payments
• • Assisting in preparation of monthly management, Quarterly VAT returns accounts
• • Supporting the Finance Director with monthly and end of year auditing
• • Liaising with finance director, associated companies, external auditors, and compliance consultants
• • Xero, reconciling of invoices and banking with the client/supplier database, filing, record keeping and correspondence, maintaining and updating the client database
• • Expense processing
• • Annual P11D preparation
• • Assisting with FCA Reporting
• • Preparation of monthly management accounts
• • General and ADHOC support
• • Communicate with customers across multiple digital channels (chat, social media, and emails)
• • Provide outbound support via the phone to vulnerable customers
• • Engage and educate customers through 2nd line support
• • Document correspondence and case progress on CRM system (Sales force)
• • Direct customers through self-serving material via Pure Planet's online community