Victoria Doherty

Accomplished Schools Director skilled in securing new business engagements, nurturing client relationships, and driving revenue growth through strategic sales initiatives. Balancing a part-time role as Finance Officer, overseeing accounts receivables, and ensuring financial health within the organization.
Key Competencies:

School Sales:

• Spearhead the process of lead generation, leveraging various marketing strategies to attract new school contracts.
• Manage the full sales cycle from initial contact through to closing, including conducting tailored product demonstrations and detailed training sessions for clients.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with key decision-makers in schools, understanding their needs, and proposing solutions that enhance educational outcomes.
• Achieve, and often exceed, set sales targets through diligent planning, needs assessment, and persuasive selling techniques.

Finance & Accounts Management:

• As a Finance Officer, manage and oversee the organization's accounts receivables, ensuring timely collection and reporting.
• Work closely with the finance team to implement and refine financial strategies, optimising cash flow and financial operations.
• Monitor financial transactions, reconcile invoices and payments, and maintain accurate financial records.

Skills:

• Strong analytical skills, combined with a strategic mindset.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, adept at building relationships with clients and team members.
• Proficient in CRM software and financial management systems.

This dual-role capacity highlights a unique blend of financial acumen and sales expertise, making a significant impact on both revenue growth and financial health of the organisation.

As the account and administration person, I was in charge of both the Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable departments, reporting to the Office Manager.

Key Competencies:

Accounts receivable role:

• Reconciled daily cash receipts and applied payments to the appropriate accounts.
• Prepared monthly aging reports for review by management.
• Assisted in the month-end closing process, including account reconciliations, journal entries, and accruals.
• Investigated and resolved customer inquiries regarding billing issues or discrepancies.
• Developed and maintained relationships with customers to ensure timely payment of invoices.
• Issue invoices and distribute them electronically.
• Manage collections for C.O.D. customers and credit card payments.
• Analyzed customer accounts to identify and resolve discrepancies.
• Customer credit applications.
• Conducted credit checks on new customers before extending credit terms.

Accounts payable role:

• Monitored daily accounts payable activities and ensured compliance with established internal control procedures.
• Maintained accurate records of invoices, purchase orders, and other financial documents.
• Reviewed vendor invoices for accuracy and completeness prior to payment processing.
• Reconciled monthly statements from vendors and suppliers.
• Processed refunds for returned merchandise in a timely manner.
• Organized the return and processed the paperwork for products under warranty with suppliers.

Adhoc duties:

• Managing CRM databases.
• Executed an electronic record filing system to improve document organisation and management.
• Implemented departmental policies and projects to improve efficiency.

As the accounts receivable officer working in a team of 3, I manage the High-Value portfolios of customers for AE Smith's large construction projects.

Key Competencies:

• Reconciled daily cash receipts and applied payments to the appropriate accounts.
• Prepared monthly aging reports for review by management.
• Assisted in the month-end closing process, including account reconciliations, journal entries, and accruals.
• Prepared monthly statements for clients to ensure timely payment of outstanding balances.
• Researched discrepancies in financial data and resolved any issues or problems accordingly.
• Assisted with the collection of overdue payments from customers by making phone calls and sending emails and letters.
• Answered incoming inquiries from customers regarding account status, payment options and other related topics.
• Processed refunds and credits as requested by customers promptly.
• Generated reports on accounts receivable aging, bad debt write-offs, and cash receipts.

Working as a part-time accounting services assistant, in a team of two in the insolvency department.

Duties included:

• Maintain client bank accounts
• Open and close accounts, draw cheques/raise EFTs, monitor bank funds, reconcile accounts, Bank reconciliations, invest surplus funds
• Prepare and lodge various statutory documents with ASIC (e.g. ASIC Forms 524 Presentation of Statutory Account of Receipts and Payments)
• Liaise with the ATO re GST/ABN registrations/cancellations, monitoring GST refunds
• Prepare and lodge BAS
• Maintaining database for each administration (e.g. updating creditors, debtors, employee’s names and addresses, amounts owed and processing proofs of debt and proxies).
• ▪ Maintain and update client databases to record critical dates and details of work completed

▪ Pre and post appointment debtor control

▪ Maintain database of staff accesses and authorities to various software, on-line facilities etc

▪ Maintain Invoice system for coding of internal payment requisitions

▪ Ordering documents company/director/land titles/bankruptcy searches

▪ Adhoc data entry, assistance with mail outs and preparation of various correspondence