Jas Pabla
AAT Teacher
Jas Pabla FCCA
I’m a fully qualified ACCA accountant with over 10 years’ experience with various finance roles. Currently working as a finance manager for a fashion sales agency in Farringdon. Previously studied AAT to completion and used this to propel myself in ACCA. I’ve always admired the role of the tutor and I never will forget the great tutors who made the subjects enjoyable to learn.
Now that I have completed my professional qualifications I would love to pass on my knowledge and experience through teaching. In my career I’ve managed staff and have excellent communication skills both verbal and written.
Credentials
- Accountant
- AAT Tutor Sepera College
- AAT Level 4 Accounting
- AAT Fully Qualified
- Finance Manager
- Finance Controller
- Accounts Assistant & Payable
Accounting Experience
- Preparing Management Accounts for Limited Companies
- Assisting in the preparation of Statutory Accounts for Limited Companies
- Preparing and filing financial records with Companies House (Confirmation Statements and Statutory Accounts for Limited Companies)
- Completing and filing VAT Returns, PAYE and Directors P11D’s
- Reconciling Bank and credit cards statements on a monthly basis
- Preparing and processing company’s payroll every pay period by gathering, calculating, and inputting data
- Adhering to Automatic Enrolment Under Pensions Act 2008 eg putting certain staff into a workplace pension scheme and contribute towards it
- Answering staff questions about wages, deductions, attendance, and time records
- Receiving and coordinating requests for leave and other absences
- Adhering to payroll policies and procedures and complying with relevant law by providing P45 and P60 forms for employed staff
- Preparing payroll reconciliations for purposes of Statutory Accounts
- Processing weekly supplier payment runs
- Balance sheet monthly reconciliations
- Main point of contact with auditors
Work Experience
- Although I have not got a lot of teaching experience, I have over 10 years of relevant business experience
- I have a passion to pass on what I have learnt to the future accountants/finance professionals
- I first completed an Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT) fully Qualified Finance/Accounts qualification.
I used this to propel my studies and complete my Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA). - During my career, I have had the privilege in managing and mentoring several young people to help them progress in their careers.
- Confident in Excel and several accounting platforms
Work & Education Experience Timeline
Polly King Ltd
Finance Manager | United Kingdom
Fashion sales agency based in Farringdon with offices in New York and LA. Permanent role taking over from the Finance Director who is on maternity.
Mondrian Ltd TA Carpenters Workshop Gallery
Finance Manager | United Kingdom
Art Gallery of contemporary design and functional art based in Mayfair with galleries in Paris and New York. Currently constructing a multi-use facility in Kensington which will house a restaurant, gallery, photo/film studio.
Key Highlights
- Introducing Anti-money laundering procedures in accordance with new regulation
- Green ambassador for our department to help deliver sustainability goals
- Manage the change of new VAT number as group entity was created
- Worked closely with project managers in building budget for multi million pound development on Grade II listed building
Key Responsibilities
Reporting to the Finance Director the role duties are:
- Responsible for full accounting function in main entity and holding company
- Core support for Finance Director
- Bank Reconciliations with multiple currencies
- Managing Payroll and Pension submission
- VAT Submission
- Process weekly payments
- Manage monthly close and reconciliations including Accruals and Prepayments
- Produce Artist Statements
- Intercompany Reconciliation
- Main liaison with Auditors and External accountant
- Support and grow finance function with 1 direct report
Marcolin UK and Nordic
Finance Manager | United Kingdom
Wholesaler of luxury eyewear, produced in Italy and exported around the world. Brands include Tom Ford, Guess, Swarovski and Adidas to name a few.
Managing the finances of 5 separate Marcolin subsidiaries with one in the UK and the rest in the Nordic countries.
- 3 direct reports including an AR manager, AP manager and management accountant
- Present financial reports to Directors and other stakeholders in formal meetings
- Monitor day to day financial operations of the business
- Manage outside services for tax, audit, banking and accounting services
- Manage payroll in different countries
Key Highlights
- Rolled out Concur expense software to all subsidiaries
- Implementation lead for switching payroll provider in countries such as Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Finland
- Steadied the ship whilst without a finance director for 6 months
Bestseller Retail UK Ltd
Financial Controller | United Kingdom
Bestseller is a privately held business based in Denmark with a wide portfolio of in-house brands. Bestseller Retail UK operates 21 stores in the UK selling Jack & Jones menswear apparel.
Managing all finance and accounting operations for Bestseller Retail UK Ltd.
- Complete month end procedures including providing high-level financial reporting and analysis
- Ensure that all financial transactions are properly recorded, filed, and reported
- Develop budgets and constantly review
- Supervise and manage Accounts Assistant
- File VAT and Intrastat
- Support stores whichever way possible and communicate best practise
- Main point of contact with auditors
- Maximize customer satisfaction by creating accurate and timely invoicing and payments
- Designs and implement procedures to ensure accurate accounting
Key Highlights
- Able to reduce month end reporting time from 5 working days to 3
- Experience in recruiting and developing new staff
- Successfully transferred all business processes through ownership change
- Helped train staff in Ireland to get up to speed with processes in place at Bestseller
- Developed a good working relationship with key staff who can provide valuable insight into performance of business
Bestseller Wholesale UK Ltd
Accounts Assistant | United Kingdom
- Took opportunity to learn more from Wholesale business and develop other finance experience
- Provided accurate reports on performance to sales team
- Reported directly to finance manager
Bestseller Retail UK Ltd
Accounts Payable | United Kingdom
- Took opportunity to join an exciting company and work in Central London again
- As well as normal AP duties started to take on more month end duties
- Gained invaluable knowledge of inner working of a retail business
Sainsbury’s
Accounts Payable | United Kingdom
2nd largest chain of supermarkets in UK, with head office in Holborn, London.
Accounts Payable Analyst, Apr 2010 – Jul 2013
- Responsible for weekly payment runs to suppliers with Month end payments in excess of £200m
- Main lead for System testing for upgrade AP software
- Lead and participated in many projects including creating supplier payment schedules for system outage
Treasury Assistant (Secondment), Feb 2012- Feb 2013
- Ensured all Treasury transactions are reflected in the accounts
- Produced periodic reports including net debt figure and counterparty credit risk which are communicated to Sainsbury’s CFO
- Employed smarter use of Bloomberg system to access credit information on key counterparties
Royal Holloway University of London
Economics with Management | United Kingdom
Royal Holloway University of London
Economics with Management | United Kingdom