Connor Harrison
Coogee
Summary
Dedicated, thorough, and well-organised finance professional with experience in FTSE 100 and ASX listed companies. Proven success in both managing accounts and projects within the construction sector. Thriving in fast paced environments and excel as a team player and equally as an independent contributor. Versatile, dynamic and passionate about learning, with proficiency across various finance and construction roles.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Credit Officer
Macquarie Technology Group
03.2024 - Current
- Managing a portfolio of 600+ active accounts with a monthly cash flow target of $17m
- Daily bank reconciliation and allocation of funds to all customer accounts and invoices
- Processing credit card payments
- Logging customer disputes and liaising with internal stakeholders to find resolution
- Approving new business applications – Risk assessments and Equifax credit reports
- Produce and present detailed weekly reports to review with Senior Management
- Assisting with month end reporting
- Assisting with Transformation project and user testing of new finance system
- Maintaining and running of collection plan cycle
- Act as back up when staff are away helping cover their duties
- Actioning delinquent accounts with suspensions and then defaulting with Equifax.
Accounts Receivable/Trainee Quantity Surveyor
Metcalfe Fencing Contractors Ltd
12.2020 - 03.2024
- Submission of all invoices, claims, and applications for payments
- Allocating incoming payments to customer accounts
- Raising credit notes to disputes to avoid payment delays
- Raising purchase orders to subcontractors and suppliers with agreed contractual rates
- Certifying subcontractor and supplier invoices and disputing any non-agreed charges
- Addressing payment discrepancies with customers, ensuring timely resolution
- Chasing overdue debts and outstanding retentions, maintaining a proactive approach to financial cashflow
- Sending monthly statements to customers
- Estimating projects through comprehensive analysis of client specifications, drawings, and requirements
- Utilizing software such as Bluebeam to take measurements from architects' plans and drawings, enhancing precision in project estimation
- Procurement of Sub-Contractors and materials for secured works
- Booking in labour and material deliveries with sites
- Managing day-to-day operations of live projects
- Site visits to measure completed works for billing purposes
- Site meetings with clients to discuss programme and any changes in design or scope of works
Sales Ledger Administrator
F.B Taylor Cable Contractors
03.2020 - 11.2020
- Raised daily, weekly, and monthly invoices and applications for payment to main contractors
- Monitored job performance from a financial standpoint, promptly raising issues with management if underperforming
- Queried payment notices with quantity surveyors to address deductions or discrepancies, ensuring resolution
- Chased overdue debts and outstanding retentions, maintaining a proactive approach to financial cashflow
- Inputting new clients and projects onto Redsky, ensuring upkeep of documentation.
Finance Business Support – Allocation Clerk for North England, Scotland and Wales
Wolseley UK
03.2019 - 03.2020
- Allocating all customer payments to invoices within my North region, covering the North of England, Wales, and Scotland
- Collaborating closely with branches and other business members nationwide to ensure accurate payment allocation, credit assignment, and ledger reconciliation for customers
- Sending statements and reports to customers displaying all outstanding invoices
- Running reports to identify unallocated payments and received funds, promptly updating the Finance Manager.
Credit Control – Clerk
Wolseley UK
08.2018 - 03.2019
- Managing my personal portfolio of national accounts, ensuring outstanding debt reduction
- Utilised Business Objects Reporting Suite, Microsoft Excel, and Outlook for effective credit control
- Use of Wolcen to analyse customer details, branch details, and account status
- Utilising Oracle EBS for tasks such as money allocation, managing stoppage cycles, adding comments to customer accounts, and handling invoice queries
- Implementation of credit control measures, including placing accounts on stop for overdue payments
- Negotiated credit limit increases or decreases based on payment performance and credit checks
- Collaborated with branches nationwide to resolve unpaid invoices
- Sourced necessary information for customer payments, such as PODs and POs.
Finance Business Support – Input Team (Accounts Payable)
Wolseley UK
11.2017 - 07.2018
- Inputting and approving supplier invoices onto Oracle EBS
- Coding invoices and achieved daily processing targets
- Use of Wolcen to check delivery statuses and identify issues to withhold the invoice from payment
- Assisted other teams with duties such as inputting direct orders and allocating payments to customer accounts.
Sales Coordinator
Express Group
03.2016 - 11.2017
- Processed orders and provided quotes to customers via phone or email
- Managed card payments and pursued customer debt
- Encouraged customer spending through effective communication
- Worked collaboratively in a team to meet business targets
- Liaised with accounts regarding credit limits, credit applications, and customer spend
- Inputted details of new customers into the system
- Worked closely with the warehouse team to ensure orders were arranged, packed, and sent out on time.
Education
High School Diploma -
St John Fisher Catholic High School
United Kingdom08.2012
System experience
- Services Now
- Microsoft Great Plains
- Dynamics 365
- Intermediate Excel and Word
- Oracle EBS
- Bluebeam
- Wolcen
- SimPRO
Certification
Safety Passport
Wolseley UK Anti Bribery
Wolseley UK EU Competition Law
Wolseley UK Health, Safety and Environment
Wolseley UK Manual Handling
CSCS Safety Card
References
Available on request.
Hobbies and Interests
Health, Fitness, Nutrition, Football, Music and Rugby.
Timeline
Credit Officer
Macquarie Technology Group
03.2024 - Current
Accounts Receivable/Trainee Quantity Surveyor
Metcalfe Fencing Contractors Ltd
12.2020 - 03.2024
Sales Ledger Administrator
F.B Taylor Cable Contractors
03.2020 - 11.2020
Finance Business Support – Allocation Clerk for North England, Scotland and Wales
Wolseley UK
03.2019 - 03.2020
Credit Control – Clerk
Wolseley UK
08.2018 - 03.2019
Finance Business Support – Input Team (Accounts Payable)
Wolseley UK
11.2017 - 07.2018
Sales Coordinator
Express Group
03.2016 - 11.2017
High School Diploma -
St John Fisher Catholic High School
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