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Elisa Celestino

London

Summary

Confident independent worker, used to work under pressure meeting tight deadlines, who also enjoys contributing to successful outcomes and being part of a team.

Overview

25
25
years of professional experience

Work History

Financial Accountant

Zara Head Office - London
11.2013 - 05.2023
  • Preparation of the monthly, quarterly and year-end financial closing for ITX UK & ITX Retail Ireland (calculation & booking of accruals, updating fixed assets register and calculation of depreciation, Intercompany, group confirmations, full P&L review, Internal controls – reconciliation of Balance Sheet accounts, KPI)
  • Assisting with quarterly and year-end audit queries
  • Treasury: daily and monthly Cash flow updates, including treasury transfers and Loan requests, liaising with banks and our Corporate Treasury department, calculation of a daily Financial Position
  • Bank reconciliations
  • Preparation and submission of Intrastat files – information relating to movements of goods within the member states of the EU
  • Calculation of monthly recharges to other group companies.

Junior Financial Accountant

Zara Head Office - London
07.2011 - 10.2013
  • Monthly closings for 2 of the 10 INDITEX UK & IRELAND companies, booking & control of accruals, update of fixed assets register, calculation of depreciation, control of stock valuation, group confirmations, full P&L review
  • Internal controls – reconciliation of Balance Sheet accounts
  • VAT declarations and other tax returns
  • Preparation of data for yearly computation
  • National Statistics reports
  • Prepare payments for external suppliers
  • Petty Cash.

Account Payable

Zara Head Office - London
09.2009 - 06.2011
  • Process all purchases (supplier invoices) and refunds (credit notes)
  • Analyse purchases by expense type (coding invoices)
  • Obtain invoice authorisation
  • Account for the correct treatment of VAT on expense invoices
  • Set-up and maintain supplier accounts
  • Reconcile supplier accounts and resolve differences
  • Deal with supplier queries via telephone, email and fax and resolve queries promptly Perform payment run (BACs, CHAPS, cheques, direct debits)
  • Send out remittance advices
  • Process staff expenses (cash and credit cards)
  • Process credit card statements
  • Petty cash
  • Monitor accruals for management accounts.

Payroll Assistant

Zara Head Office - London
07.2007 - 08.2009
  • Creating contracts for new employees in the UK and Ireland, including candidates for the openings of new stores
  • Reporting daily employee events, such as sickness, holidays, absence and permission
  • Dealing with queries from almost 5000 employees regarding incorrect payments, correction or compensations not processed.

Full Time Cashier

Zara Whiteleys shopping center London
10.2006 - 06.2007
  • Opening and closing of tills ad main till, customer service and general store management.

Assistant Accountant

Parma Acciai Inossidabili S.p.a
01.2001 - 01.2005
  • Preparing sales invoices & the upkeep of an accurate accounts filing system
  • Inputting, matching, batching and coding of invoices
  • Debtor and Creditor reconciliations
  • Ensuring that information is accurately collated & entered into system
  • Assist in the preparation of monthly balance sheet account reconciliations
  • Inputting of supplier invoices and employee expense claims to the ledgers
  • Invoices timely payment ensuring, following up unpaid direct debit payments
  • Fixed Asset accounting, reconciliations and depreciation journals
  • Tax administration duties, petty cash, recording hours and inserting events for employees.

Assistant Accountant

Dr. Ferrari Romani
01.1999 - 01.2001
  • Incoming-tax returns, tax administration duties, cash flow, purchase ledger, sales ledger, update of fixed assets register, petty cash, prepare and review quarterly Italian VAT, capital gains and losses, bank reconciliation, reconciliation of Supplier Statement and creditors accounts, issuing invoices, debit and credit notes.

Administrator

Conad Cronos S.n.c di Chiossi e C. Supermarkets
01.1998 - 12.1998
  • Issuing invoices and credit notes, petty cash, sending out payment to suppliers.

Education

Accountant Certificate -

Istituto Tecnico Commerciale “M.Melloni”

Skills

  • Bank Reconciliation
  • Cash Flow Management
  • Account Reconciliation
  • Accounts Payable and Receivable

Practical Information

Italian: mother tongue, English: excellent spoken and written, Spanish: fluent, French: scholastic, Microsoft Office (Excel pivot tables, Vlookups and spreadsheet creation), Business in house accounting systems (Fisterra).

Timeline

Financial Accountant

Zara Head Office - London
11.2013 - 05.2023

Junior Financial Accountant

Zara Head Office - London
07.2011 - 10.2013

Account Payable

Zara Head Office - London
09.2009 - 06.2011

Payroll Assistant

Zara Head Office - London
07.2007 - 08.2009

Full Time Cashier

Zara Whiteleys shopping center London
10.2006 - 06.2007

Assistant Accountant

Parma Acciai Inossidabili S.p.a
01.2001 - 01.2005

Assistant Accountant

Dr. Ferrari Romani
01.1999 - 01.2001

Administrator

Conad Cronos S.n.c di Chiossi e C. Supermarkets
01.1998 - 12.1998

Accountant Certificate -

Istituto Tecnico Commerciale “M.Melloni”

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