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- 1. Lara Richards 116 Victoria Road, Brynteg, Wrexham, LL11 6NL | 07902799874 | lararichards1976@gmail.com PROFILE I have worked for my current employer, a further education college, for 14 years. I am currently employed as a Student Services Adviser. My role involves various areas of work, including raising and verifying invoices, raising purchase orders and receipting goods, assessing applications for student financial aid, and using spreadsheets to record and analyse data. In my previous role as an Administration Assistant within the Admissions department, I was responsible for counting monies, taken by approximately 7 members of staff, and reconciling against financial reports. It is performing tasks such as these which lead me to research accounting as a profession, after which I set myself a career goal to work in a finance/accounting capacity. Thereafter, I enrolled onto the AAT Level 2 Certificate in Accounting (distance learning), which I studied during evenings and weekends alongside my full-time job. I passed this qualification in March 2015, and have since enrolled onto the subsequent level, the AAT Level 3 Diploma in Accounting, once again via distance learning. I have completed 50% of this qualification, and I aim to complete it by autumn 2016. KEY SKILLS • Excellent communication skills (face-to-face, email, and telephone) • Experience of working to tight deadlines • Work well within a team, or on my own • Experience of confidentiality in the workplace • Knowledge of cash reconciliations • Knowledge of purchase ledger, sale ledger, and payroll (workplace and/or study) WORK EXPERIENCE Student Services Adviser | Coleg Cambria Feb 2014 to Present Further education college • Processing and raising invoices • Raising purchase orders and receipting goods • Using spreadsheets to record and analyse data • Advising current and prospective students on a variety of issues including financial support • Assessing applications for student financial aid and assisting students completing student grant forms • Acting as a representative of the college at internal and external events • Responding to incoming enquiries via email and telephone • Interviewing prospective students to assess their suitability for courses Administration Assistant (Admissions) | Coleg Cambria Jul 2001 to Feb 2014 Further education college • Counting monies and checking against till reports for accuracy • Recording student college applications • Interviewing prospective students to assess their suitability for courses • Communicating with tutors and arranging interviews for courses • Responding to enquiries in person, by telephone, and via email • Nominated for ´Staff Member Of The Year´ Page 1
- 2. Telesales Representative | Wrexham Mail Mar 1999 to Jul 2001 Local newspaper • Sold advertising space by telephone • Won the ´Runner Up Salesperson Of The Year´ award in 2000 Customer Service Representative | Manweb Oct 1997 to Sep 1998 Utilities provider • Worked in a call centre responding to incoming telephone enquires EDUCATION & QUALIFICATIONS First Intuition College – AAT Level 3 Diploma in Accounting In progress Home Learning College - AAT Level 2 Certificate in Accounting 2015 Distance learning Home Learning College - AAT Level 2 Award Computerised Accounting 2015 Home Learning College - AAT Level 2 Certificate Bookkeeping 2015 Coleg Cambria - NVQ Level 4 Advice and Guidance 2011 Coleg Cambria – ECDL Parts 1 and 2 Pass 2009 Coleg Cambria - Level 3 NVQ Customer Service 2005 University of Salford - Bachelor of Science Business Information Systems Management (Pass with Honours) 1998 Yale College (now Coleg Cambria) - A Levels English Literature (D) French (E) 1994 Groves High School - GCSEs Welsh (A) English Language (B) Mathematics (C) English Literature (C) French (C) History (C) Science Double Award (D:D) Information Technology (D) 1992 REFERENCES References available on request. Page 2