BENJAMIN PALEAAE
Brisbane,Australia
Summary
Dependable Accounts Assistant acknowledged for reliability, integrity and quick-learning ability. Highly skilled in Payment reconciliations both in Accounts payable and receivables, with an eye for detail in identifying and correcting errors. Dedicated with strong work ethic and resourceful nature and practice good time management skills and very customer centric.
Overview
33
33
years of professional experience
Work History
YOUI Sales Internet Advisor
You Insurance
06.2024 - Current
- Answering calls
- Advise customers on YOUI products
- Assist customers to make informed decisions
YOUI Claims Car Care Advisor
YOU Insurance
01.2024 - 06.2024
- Process car claims
- Follow up on claims
- Liaise with customer on all updates regarding claims
Accounts Assistant
New Zealand Police
12.2018 - 03.2023
- Manage the issue and collection of Police credit and debit cards
- Upload and complete all daily banking journals
- Assist with month end processing
- Creating accounts
- Communicated and resolved disputes with clients regarding outstanding invoices, payments and adjustments.
- Preparing and processing daily payment runs for both staff wages and vendor payments nationally
- Processing payments for international vendors
- Payment reconciliations and account reconciliations
- Investigate and follow up on any unidentified deposits
- Colleagues/customers
Shared Services Snr Advisor
Inland Revenue Department
03.2014 - 12.2018
- Matching and processing of invoices correctly ensuring all invoices have been coded and signed off by the appropriate budget manager
- Following up and resolving vendor queries and invoice problems
- Actively participate in the Department's on-going performance and development planning and review
- Work collaboratively with the purchasing team to resolve purchase order related issues
- Action rejected direct credits, stale/stop cheque
- Daily uploads of bank statements
- Checking and processing payments against customer invoices
Snr Accounts Officer
Department of Internal Affairs
01.2010 - 03.2014
- Accurately prepare invoices for batch entry and payments including LGB (lottery grants board) administration and grants
- Data entry of local and overseas supply invoices and employee reimbursement/cash advances
- Process and reconcile interface invoice files, including upload of sub-system extracted files
- Process payment runs, including weekly EFT cheque runs and one-off manual cheque payment
- Following up with vendor statements ensuring outstanding invoices are captured and approved for payment
Accounts Supervisor
National Library Of New Zealand
01.1992 - 12.2009
- Manage Accounts Payable & Receivable workflows, ensuring processing deadlines are met
- Provide support to Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable staff on AP/AR related issues
- Set up and transmit payments to vendors via Deskbank include requesting drafts
- File audit trait reports
- Undertake daily batching, data entry and accurately maintaining accounts files
Education
Diploma - Business Studies
Massey University
Wellington, New Zealand06-2006
Skills
- Accounts preparations
- Ledger and journal entries
- SAP, Oracle & Epicor
- Payment reconciliations
- Effective communication skills
- Committed to excellent customer service
- Embrace learning and developing new skills
- Demonstrated strength in establishing and fostering relationships with customers
Hobbies and Interests
I enjoy catching up with family and close friends. I love watching sports and going for walks.
Timeline
YOUI Sales Internet Advisor
You Insurance
06.2024 - Current
YOUI Claims Car Care Advisor
YOU Insurance
01.2024 - 06.2024
Accounts Assistant
New Zealand Police
12.2018 - 03.2023
Shared Services Snr Advisor
Inland Revenue Department
03.2014 - 12.2018
Snr Accounts Officer
Department of Internal Affairs
01.2010 - 03.2014
Accounts Supervisor
National Library Of New Zealand
01.1992 - 12.2009
Diploma - Business Studies
Massey University
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