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Agnieszka Olszar
1. AGNIESZKA OLSZAR
Assistant Finance Manager
Flat 8, 67a ShirleyRoad Tel:00 44 7948975851
Birmingham, B27 7NB E-mail: aga.olszar@gmail.com
PERSONAL SUMMARY
An enthusiastic,strongly motivated and highly organised individual,ACCA affiliatewith excellent knowledge of
financeand accountingprocedures. Possessingexceptional analytical and problemsolvingskills alongwith
good working knowledge of double entry bookkeeping and ledger maintenance.
Keen to find a challengingfinance/accountancy position within an ambitiousand vibrantorganisation where I
will beable to make best use of existingskillsand experience as well as further develop my abilities.
KEY SKILLS & COMPETENCIES
Excellent understandingof accountancy and book-keeping
Experience of Sage line50 and strong MicrosoftOfficeskills
Good organisation and communication skills
Ability to work under pressurein a busy office environment
Excellent attention to details,a positive ‘can –do’ attitude
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS
When I started my current position I took over busy FinanceDepartment with very few procedures in
place,I managed to identify inefficiencies and introducesomepositivechanges
Duringdifficulttransition period I covered absenceof FinanceManager; dealingwith many queries
from creditors sideas well as givingadviceto the General Manager on any financial enquiry
I Introduced new controls to reduce expenditure and improve business performance
I also suggested to take over some duties of Revenue Manager includingpreparation of daily revenue
reports and submittingrevenue figures to our franchisor
WORK EXPERIENCE
SGS Hotels(UK) Ltd February 2014 – present
Assistant Finance Manager
Responsibility for producingaccuratefinancial and management accountinginformation,preparingfinancial
reports and analyses, maintainingpurchaseledger and internal controls.
Duties:
Management Accounts preparation,includingmonthly P&L and VarianceAnalyses
Income auditing,ensuringcontrol procedures are being followed
Daily Revenue Reports preparation,issuingminutes from the HOD meetings
Interpreting and communicatingfinancial data to non-financial managers
Multipledepartment Cash/Creditcard reconciliation
Invoiceprocessingand nominal coding,daily Bank reconciliation,
BACS Payment runs / issuingcheques,allocatingpayments
Payroll Journal posting,PAYE reconciliation,Payroll processing
Purchaseorder raising,communicatingwith suppliers,
Investigatingand resolvingsupplier invoices under query
2. KensingtonMills August 2011- September 2013
Accounts Assistant
Responsibility for processingpurchaseand sales ledger invoices,completing reconciliations,dealingwith clients
and general office administration
Duties:
PreparingVAT returns for variety of customers, monthly control accounts reconciliation
Dealingwith daily postand email correspondence,filingpaperwork; preparing professional
documents
Assistingin Payroll preparation,reviewingwork of junior staff
PreparingAnnual Accounts includingVAT summaries,Wages summaries and PAYE Control Accounts,
ETB’s, Payables and Receivables, Fixed Asset Registers and Nominal Analysis
Attending clientmeetings
ACADEMIC & PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
ACCA Qualification(successfully completed all of the 14 examinations),
2011 – 2013 FinanceBusiness Training
Option Papers studied and passed
Advanced Tax (UK)
Advanced Audit and Assurance(International)
BA (Hons) HospitalityBusinessManagement(2nd Upper),
2007 – 2010 University of Birmingham
Modules include:
Strategic Management
Financial Strategy
Risk Management
Operational Management
TRAINING
2015 Excel with Business – ongoing
Advanced Excel Techniques includingFunctions and Superpowers,What If
analysis,ProblemSolving,Macros and PivotTables
2012 Sage Line 50
UsingSage Software in a small businessenvironment
2011 Financial Modelling (Excel)
Designingand usingFinancial Models to supportdecision making
PERSONAL DETAILS
Date of Birth: 10/04/1986
Interest : Music,dance, traveling
Languages: Polish –native, English – fluent
Personal features: Creative, hard-working,reliable,honest, punctual and outgoing
REFERENCES
Availableon request