Aliona Niculescu
Ramelton
Summary
Detail-oriented ACCA Accountant (F5, CAT) with over 8 years of experience across non-profit, property, finance, and commercial sectors. Specializes in accounts payable/receivable, payroll, month-end close, reconciliations, and audit support. Proficient in Sage, Aggress, Pegasus Opera, Quantum, and Exchequer, effectively managing high-volume tasks while meeting tight deadlines.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Accountant Assistant
StartBright Early Learning Centres
Dublin
05.2024 - 08.2024
- Oversaw accounts payables function within a team of three, ensuring timely processing and accuracy
- Invoice and payments processing on Sage
- Executed bank and account reconciliations and completed month-end reporting to maintain financial integrity
- Managed Soldo system and imported transactions into Sage
- Supported Finance manager in management and financial reporting, contributing to informed decision-making
- Updated policies and procedures
- Negotiated with internal stakeholders, suppliers and customers, resolving queries efficiently
- Assisted non-profit initiatives by coordinating activities and resources
- Left StartBright to move to Donegal
Accountant assistant
BEO Asset Management
Dublin
07.2022 - 12.2022
- Joined the team of three of BEO Asset Management as an Accountant assistant and Accounts payable
- Posting invoices and payments on TAS and Sage for three companies
- Posting bank transactions;creditors, bank and cards reconciliation
- Maintaining the properties service charge file, preparing invoices for bimonthly payment by third party
- Posted accruals and journals for month-end reporting, supporting accurate financial statements
- Resolved queries from creditors and stakeholders efficiently while managing shared mailbox
- Processed booking and tenant deposits regularly, ensuring accurate backup documentation
- Communicating regularly with property managers regarding the info of new properties
- Completed additional tasks assigned by the manager
- Worked for residential company as part of the accounting team.
Accountant Assistant
Bloomfield Health Services
05.2021 - 06.2022
- Joined the team of four of BHS Finance Department as Accounts Payable and Payroll
- Reviewing and verifying invoices, posting invoices and payment into Pegasus Opera accounting system
- Sorted, coded, and matched invoices for approximately 200 creditors to ensure timely payments and accurate records
- Prepared and processed EFT, BACS, calque, and cash payments to maintain financial operations and support cash flow
- Month end bank reconciliation and creditors reconciliation
- Maintenance of Creditors files and PO system; petty cash management, process improvement
- Communicated with creditors and internal stakeholders regarding invoice and purchase order issues
- Dealing with a large amount of emails and enquires on a daily basis
- Acting as a point of contact for the clients, providing debtors statements and resolving issues over the phone and in person
- Following the internal procedures and policies in dealing with customers' funds
- Processing fortnightly company's payroll on Snowtechnology Quantum system for around 200 employees
- Processed payroll updates accurately and on time for new hires, terminations, and pay rate changes to ensure compliance with company policies
- Recording payroll data by gathering, calculating, and inputting data according with company's policies
- Uploading TMS reports into Quantum, liaising with relevant departments on timesheets issues
- Maintaining payroll processing system
- Answering staff questions about wages and deductions
- Worked in non-profit sector, supporting financial operations
Accountant Assistant
Mythos Studio D'Arredo
Sacile
09.2019 - 12.2020
- Joined a family business of furniture, electrical appliances and accessories installation
- Recorded and generated invoices, posted receipts, payments, and expenses in TC Pro Zucchetto accounting system to ensure accurate financial tracking
- Recording prepayments and accruals,bank and accounts reconciliation
- Prepared monthly debtors and creditor reports along with P&L and BS reconciliation to provide clear financial oversight
- Investigated and resolved issues with debtors and creditors to maintain strong financial relationships and ensure timely payments
- Budget preparations
- Constantly liaising with customers and around twenty external partners on delivery/product issues
- Resigned from position to relocate to Ireland.
- Furniture dealer
Accountant assistant
Capitalflow
Dublin
01.2018 - 07.2019
- Joined the team of eight of the Capitalflow Finance Department
- Preparation of daily, weekly, monthly bank reconciliations
- Posting receipts, payments and expenses into Aggress accounting system
- Maintained fixed assets register and depreciation, ensuring accurate postings in Aggress
- Processing of manual/system credit payments for asset finance clients
- Financial security check of documents
- Assisting with audit preparation
- Assisting with year-end statutory statements preparation, financial analysis and KPI
- Preparing Intrastate/Vies reports for the assets supplied to clients
- Produced daily cash movement reports and prepared month-end reports under tight deadlines
- Generated weekly and monthly debt movement reports for asset finance and invoice-based lending activities from backward, Power's, and IBL systems
- Weekly posting of data from backward to Aggress, managing direct debits
- Supported various ad-hoc projects to meet departmental goals
- Supported financial operations in a finance company.
- Left Capitalflow for travelling to Italy
Accountant assistant
SEDA College
Dublin
11.2016 - 12.2017
- Joined SEDA College accounting team of three performing accounts receivable duties
- Managed accounts for approximately 1000 customers; issued invoices, posted and allocated receipts
- Investigating payment discrepancies, running biweekly aged debtors report, debtors reconciliation
- Investigating and resolving issues involving both debtors and creditors
- Bank and accounts reconciliation, recording intercompany transactions
- Liaising with suppliers; creditors reconciliation and payments settlement
- Preparing month encaged debtors and creditor reports, P&L and BS reconciliation
- Liaising with the in house and overseas marketing agentsregarding collection issues, process improvement
- Enhanced sales report format to ensure consistency and reliability of information
- Calculating monthly commissions; monthly sales reports reconciliation
- Recording suppliers' invoices and payments
- Recording prepayments and accruals; Budget preparations
- Processed monthly payroll for 40 employees using Thesaurus, ensuring timely payments
- Left SEDA College once I got an opportunity to try myself into another field and sector.
- Attended English language school to enhance language skills.
Accountant assistant
Carr Golf Services
Dublin
06.2014 - 06.2015
- Joined the company accounting team of five on a year contract, performing bookkeeping, accounts payables, and receivables duties.
- Efficiently recorded all source documents into Exchequer, recorded VAT, bringing accounts to Trial Balance stage
- Processed purchase invoices, reconciled suppliers' statements, and liaised with creditors to ensure timely payments and maintain accurate records
- Creditors payment via calques, credit cards and online transfers; authorizing and processing payments
- Created POs and checked and controlled deliveries; invoices reconciliation, reconciled expenses against the budget and liaised with Operations department
- Processed receipts, liaised with Sales department for investigations, invoices and statements run
- Performed bank reconciliations within deadlines and reconciled intercompany accounts for five companies to ensure financial accuracy
- Recorded prepayments and accruals, capitalized fixed assets
- Managed online banking payments, set up payees, followed up the transfer progress, tracked receipts, managed direct debits, managed merchant credit card terminal
- Recorded transactions with overseas customers and suppliers with different currency
- Provided monthly debtors and creditors reports with detailed insights to Financial Director for strategic decision-making
- Assisted with audit preparation
- Provision of information to the other Department Managers as and when requested
- Compliance with the company policies and procedures
- Left the company when the contract ended to continue my studies and seek another opportunity to increase and broaden my experience
- Assisted in managing operations for Golf Company.
Education
ECDL course -
FAS Finglas training centre
Dublin, Ireland07.2015
ACCA Certified Accounting Technician Course -
Dublin Business School
Dublin, Ireland07.2011
ACCA Certified Accounting Technician Course -
Dorset College
Dublin, Ireland12.2010
Degree in Latin and Romanian Language and Literature -
State University of the Republic of Moldova
Chisinau01.1997
Skills
- Accounts receivable processes
- Accounts payable processes
- Expense Tracking
- Bank Reconciliation
- Accounts Reconciliation
- Intercompany accounts management
- Fixed assets and depreciation
- Accruals and prepayments
- Month-end reporting
- Payroll Administration
- MS Office Proficiency
- Proficiency in Exchequer
- Proficiency in Aggress
- Proficiency in Opera
- Proficiency in Quantum
- Proficiency in Thesaurus
- Customer Relationship Development
- Excellent attention to detail and accuracy
- Organizational and analytical skills
- Goal-orientated
- Critical thinking
- Quick learner
- Flexible and willing to go the extra mile
Languages
English
Proficient (C2)
C2
Italian
Proficient (C2)
C2
Romanian
Native
Native
Russian
Proficient (C2)
C2
References
Available upon request.
Timeline
Accountant Assistant
StartBright Early Learning Centres
05.2024 - 08.2024
Accountant assistant
BEO Asset Management
07.2022 - 12.2022
Accountant Assistant
Bloomfield Health Services
05.2021 - 06.2022
Accountant Assistant
Mythos Studio D'Arredo
09.2019 - 12.2020
Accountant assistant
Capitalflow
01.2018 - 07.2019
Accountant assistant
SEDA College
11.2016 - 12.2017
Accountant assistant
Carr Golf Services
06.2014 - 06.2015
ECDL course -
FAS Finglas training centre
ACCA Certified Accounting Technician Course -
Dublin Business School
ACCA Certified Accounting Technician Course -
Dorset College
Degree in Latin and Romanian Language and Literature -
State University of the Republic of Moldova