Andriea Charalambides Resume

May 2005 – Present
The Point Of Contact
Various Roles

Starting off as a research assistant researching work permit and business visa information for IT consultants, I then set up Sage Line 50 including the Chart of Accounts and reconciled the accounts.

I am also setting up a database on MS Access for the compliancy department to keep track of all consultants and their immigration and tax status.

Aug 2004 – Nov 2004
McCann Erikson – Temporary
General Purchase Ledger

As well as basic purchase ledger duties, this job entailed reconciling 2 major accounts.

Packages used included Oracle.

July 2003 – July 2004
McCann Erikson
Management Accountant

1 Year contract. I worked for the EMEA office which is a cost centre that has approximately 30 staff. I helped to analyse various cost centres and help in the timely submission of the final monthly accounts to the New York Head Office.
I set up processes to help with the reconciliation of balance sheet accounts mainly the salaries account. Other balance sheet reconciliation I have undertaken are the general accruals and prepayments accounts. I am also responsible for ensuring certain P& L accounts are correct at month end including entering accruals and prepayments where necessary. I am also helping with the year end procedures.

I helped to develop procedures with regards to the purchase ledger including ensuring the purchase ledger is accurate which entails taking a view on old invoices and writing off or chasing up as required.

Software used : SAP
May 2001 – January 2003 IBM
Financial Analyst

This analysis role concentrates on expense and headcount control in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

My main responsibilities include:

 Forecasting on a quarterly basis
 Budgeting at 6 month intervals
 Controlling expenses
 Inter company charges
 Reconciliation of balance sheet
 Analysing various costs
Packages used : Essbase, various SQL based packages
Courses attended : Basic SQL

December 1998 – May 2001 Our Price Ltd
Senior Management Accountant
This is a varied role, which requires contact with all members of the company from the Board of Directors to the staff in the shops.

My main responsibilities include:

 Accounting for fixed costs at store level
 Producing the sales report weekly
 Control of the Fixed Asset Register
 Control of Capital Expenditure
 Reconciliation of various balance sheet accounts
 Preparing the profit and loss statement
 Analysing various costs
 Producing the monthly management accounts
 Answering accounting queries at store level
 Packages used : CODA accounting system, Adaytum reporting, Lotus 123, Ami Pro, Excel

Whilst at Our Price I had sole responsibility of the control of expenses during the rebranding from Our Price to V shop from the control of the capital expenditure to the pre-opening petty cash.

I also initiated various procedures such as an internal audit procedure of vouchers received by the stores and petty cash as well as the sale of mobile phone vouchers. Towards the end of my time here I was working very closely with the Loss Prevention Team.


May 1997 – December 1998 The Kensington Hotel
Assistant Accountant
Starting as a purchase ledger clerk, I was promoted to Assistant Accountant with an assistant below me. The Kensington Hotel was a new hotel and due to this, the nature of the job was extremely varied. I was solely responsible for the writing of an accounts procedure manual and various other technical manuals for use with the various systems in place.
My main responsibilities were all aspects of book-keeping and various other duties including:
 Keeping personnel records up to date
 Various management reports
 Communicating management decisions to other staff
 SC60’s and SC11’s
 Set-up and maintenance of fixed asset register, designed on MS Access
 Security of video on demand set-up
 Packages used : Sage Line100 (Sovereign), MS Office, Blick Time Management System, IGS Front of House system.
 Courses attended : IGS training, Blick training, Innfax training (the in-house fax system), Fire training.

January 1995 – April 1997 Icon Plc
Accounts Assistant
Icon Plc is a computer reseller. I was the only employee in the accounts department. Starting with just 6 employees the company grew to a labour force of 20 employees at the time I left.
Responsibilities included all aspects of book-keeping as well as
 Sage Sovereign technical support for customers
 Various management reports
 Writing and maintaining Sage Sovereign user manual for staff use
 Training both internally and externally on various software packages
 Set up of procedures such as returns, ordering and after care services
 Covering for absent staff in Sales, Purchasing and Stores as required
 Packages used : Sage Sovereign, MS Office, Tracker Time Management System.

ACCA 1 exam to be taken at Certificate stage
1 exam passed at professional level

1984 - 1989 South Hampstead High School GPDST
9 GCSE’ s Grades B & C ( Inc. Maths and English Language)
1989 - 1991 Mill Hill County High School
2 A Levels
1991 - 1994 University of Hertfordshire
Completed 2nd year in BSc Decision Sciences. Left due to illness

I enjoy swimming and I am a qualified swimming teacher. I also enjoy travelling and reading.

Full CV and references available on request