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- 1. Catherine XU 3 Farm Way Hornchurch Essex RM12 5SR Tel: +44(0)7402070180 Email:cathxu@hotmail.com PERSONAL PROFILE An enthusiastic, highly motivated, and committed individual; ACCA Part Qualified Accountant with a flexible disposition, excellent communication and interpersonal skill; strong bookkeeping background with analytical mind; and able to work on own initiative and with others. Well-versed in, acquired hands-on experience on: ï‚Ÿ Financial reporting and analysis ï‚Ÿ Statutory accounts preparation ï‚Ÿ Budgeting/Management accounting ï‚Ÿ Investment/Project proposals ï‚Ÿ Excel and word at advanced level ï‚Ÿ Sage 50 Accounts/SAP/Xero EMPLOYMENT Dec.15 - Finance Manager Eternal Futures Ltd London N1 4EN UK Current Eternal Futures owns brand Calmia that offers home fragrance, home spa, skincare, yoga mats and travel products and accessories. The company manufactures its own designed products in China, Taiwan and Turkey; it has customers from UK, Europe, USA and Canada. I work closely with the General Managing Director and responsible of the accounting functions of the company. Also liaise with the external auditors of the company as required. ï‚Ÿ Performing bookkeeping function on daily basis ï‚Ÿ Performing payroll function on monthly basis ï‚Ÿ Monthly end closing processing and journal postings ï‚Ÿ Producing management accounts on quarterly basis ï‚Ÿ Preparing and submitting VAT on quarterly basis ï‚Ÿ Fix assets registering and maintenance ï‚Ÿ Producing cash flow forecasts and monitoring on weekly basis ï‚Ÿ Producing sales and costs analysis by using formulated format for future reference ï‚Ÿ Y/E closing procedures/Ratio analysis ï‚Ÿ Producing statutory accounts at the end of financial year and filling ï‚Ÿ Company annual returns submission and filling ï‚Ÿ Recommended and improved internal control with standard working procedures ï‚Ÿ Ad hoc tasks may require on daily basis such as meeting with bank manager ï‚Ÿ Advising financing options for the company ï‚Ÿ Dealing with any issues relating to the accounting function internally and externally Sep.15 - Financial Accountant TD&A Accountancy Canary Wharf London UK Nov.15 TD&A Accountancy and Finance Services is a firm of Certified Accountants in public practice and also providing wealth management and business growth strategy services. I was supervised by a qualified accountant who has written five books so far and gained valuable practical work experience for the following areas. ï‚Ÿ Journal entries adjustment (Accruals, Prepayment, Depreciation, Payroll) ï‚Ÿ Control accounts reconciliation (Debtors, Creditors Bank, VAT, Wages) ï‚Ÿ Bank reconciliation/VAT preparation, reconciliation and submission to HMRC ï‚Ÿ Stock take, posting opening and closing stock/Fixed assets register ï‚Ÿ Nominal error checks and corrections/Adjusted trial balance ï‚Ÿ Producing financial reports (P&L, Balance Sheet, Debtors and Creditors) 1
- 2. Mar.06 - Finance Coordinator Grupo Antolin Leamington Ltd. Leamington Spa UK Feb.14 Grupo Antolin is a multinational company at the cutting edge of design and production of components for car interiors for the automobile industry. Operating in 22 countries and the head-quarter is in Spain, I work in its UK head-office with SAP – SD module.  Achieved goals to have sales accounts under control; liaising with all departments such as commercial, quality, logistic and plant manager to resolve all the outstanding issues and responsible of the monthly end closing for the sales area and always meet the deadlines;  Produced monthly cash flow forecasts to ensure that funding requirements were met;  Produced, analysed, and reconciled sales reports on monthly basis;  Produced commercial reports and debtor’s analysis on monthly basis;  EC Sales - Intrastat calculation and submit to HMRC on monthly basis;  Training and supervising new staff and students in the sales area. Apr.05- Dec.05 Assistant Accountant Canada Life Assurance Ltd. Dublin IRELAND Canada Life is part of the Great-West and Power Financial Group. Canada Life manages funds exceeding €3 billion and employs over 500 people in the head office. I worked as a member of the Self- Directed Funds (SDF) project team. • Worked with the stockbrokers to implement reporting system met the requirements of Canada Life. Managed the valuations review process and reconciliations; • Reviewed procedures, drafted new procedures and ensured compliance; • The monthly/quarterly tasks would include initially informing stockbrokers of cut-off dates and subsequently issuing reminders, following-up by valuations and generating reconciliation spreadsheet. Performed and amended reasonableness review at the policyholder level. Requested quarterly settlement of Management Fees by the stockbrokers, confirmed settlement, reconciled the calculations and investigated any related issues. May 02 - Feb. 05 Accounts manager Mark H Ltd. Hatfield Herts AL9 7JE UK Mark H is a fashion manufacture and wholesale company, and has business partners across the world. It has turnover £30m and 50 staff in the head office; I worked closely with the General Managing Director and provided accounts and management information as required. • Responsible for all aspects accounts of the company, including fixed assets and VAT returns. • Also included preparing cash flow forecasts, cost analysis, financial ratios analysis and financial reports such as Profit and Loss Account and Balance Sheet at monthly basis; • Liaising with external auditors and set up the management information database; performed Cost and Profit Analysis for the manager; • Achievement included setting up accounting procedures; improving the quality control to prevent errors or fraud; making recommendations and adding new measurements to the existing system, as well as supplying more accurate and relevant information for the management control and audit purpose; Aug.00 - Apr.02 Accounts Assistant G&R Engineering Ltd. Basildon Essex UK G&R is a small engineering company and produces bespoke tools or parts as required.  In charge of the running of the office on my own, and dealt with a variety of accounting duties; responsible for credit control and processing all accounting transactions, including all aspects of book-keeping and bank reconciliation;  Calculated wages and processing payroll accurately and on time; EDUCATION AND QUALIFICAITONS Current Studying for the ACCA exams at professional level. Sep.97- July 00 University of East London BA (Hons) Accounting and Finance (2.2) Sep. 96- Aug. 97 Sep.95- South East Essex College C&G Advanced Diploma in Programming Level 2&3 Coding and Programming in C++ Level 3/System Analysis Level 3 2
- 3. Aug.96 Basildon College BTEC NVQ Accounting Level 2 and 3 - References & Supporting Documentation Will Be Provided Upon Request - 3