SHALINI SELVARAJ
Singapore
Summary
Enthusiastic individual as an experienced in Banking Trade Assistant with over 3 years of experience in Commercial Banking. Good reputation for resolving problems, improving customer satisfaction, and driving overall operational improvements.
Meticulous accounting professional bringing 3 years of experience in strategic planning, customer relationship management, and account reconciliation. Strong Quickbooks and SAP proficiency with precise and accurate nature. Expertise in financial data entry and record-keeping.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Accounts and Admin Assistant
Covalent Capital Pte Ltd
12.2020 - 06.2023
- Answered multi-line phone system, routing calls, delivering messages to staff and greeting visitors.
- Maintained confidentiality of sensitive information by adhering to strict privacy policies and implementing secure filing systems.
- Supported executive staff through scheduling meetings, coordinating travel arrangements, and preparing crucial documents.
- Managed expense reports for executive staff members, ensuring accurate documentation of spending for budgeting purposes.
- Assisted in preparation of financial reports, gathering data that contributed to budgeting accuracy.
- Developed filing system for historical documents, preserving important company records and improving access to information.
- Recorded new hires, transfers, terminations, changes in job classifications and merit increases to main human resources files.
- Coordinated travel arrangements for staff, ensuring cost-effective and timely accommodations and transportation.
- Completed accurate bank reconciliations, identifying errors and rectifying any discrepancies promptly.
- Set up and updated Excel spreadsheets to track financial data.
- Reconciled account information and reported figures in general ledger by comparing to bank account statement each month.
- Enhanced financial accuracy, maintaining detailed records of all transactions and bank deposits.
- Assisted in the preparation of monthly financial statements to provide insight into company performance.
Trade Finance Assistant
HSBC Singapore
04.2017 - 07.2020
- Worked in Global Trade Receivables- Finance
- Handled both Export and Import (Documentary Credit Bills and Collection Bills)
- Document Checking and recording of Trade documents (Documentary Credit and supporting documents)
- Perform world check and Lloyds sea search when required
- WDM Monitoring and liaise with Client Service
- Collaborated with compliance department to eliminate procedural errors and margin breaks
- Support in order processing, filing, scanning, fax, and maintenance tasks
- Monitoring of daily reports for processed transactions
Accounts Assistant
Alphamed Pte Ltd
07.2016 - 02.2017
- Handled Complete AP and Partial AR
- Prepared and mailed invoices to customers, processed payments and documented account updates
- Communicated and resolved disputes with clients regarding outstanding invoices, payments and adjustments
- Verified postings to ledgers to confirm accurate entry and account balances
- Maintained account accuracy by reviewing and reconciling checks monthly
- Communicated regularly with customers regarding account questions and issues
- Arrange daily delivery orders for Clients
- Used SAP to prepare weekly and monthly financial reports
- Maintained clean and organized files by keeping accounts payable records up-to-date
Accounts Assistant
Toyo Ink Pte Ltd
03.2015 - 07.2015
- Handle Partial A/P and A/R
- Performed administrative and clerical duties such as word processing, data entry, faxing and copying.
- Input financial data and produced reports using SAP HANA.
- Prepared and mailed invoices to customers, processed payments and documented account updates
- Maintained clean and organized files by keeping accounts payable records up-to-date.
Junior Accounts Assistant
ACTEON Singapore
09.2013 - 11.2013
- Facilitated efficient data entry and record-keeping, ensuring accurate financial information for company use.
- Contributed to a well-organized filing system for easy retrieval of financial documents when needed.
- Handled day-to-day accounting processes to drive financial accuracy.
Education
Diploma - Accountancy
Kaplan Higher Education Institute
01.2014
Higher Nitec - Accountancy
ITE College East
03.2013
GCE ‘O’ Level - undefined
Shuqun Secondary School
01.2010
Skills
- Conflict Resolution
- Leadership
- Motivation
- Critical Thinking
- Problem Solving
- SLA fulfillment
- Administrative support
- Team management
- Relationship building and management
- Compliance, banking laws and regulations
- SAP
- Microsoft Dynamics NAV
- MS Office
Languages
English - Spoken
English-Written
Tamil - Spoken
Tamil - Written
Hobbies and Interests
Music, Baking, Blogging, Volunteers in Migrant Workers Outreach in Church
Certification
Crisis and Conflict Management
Hobbies
Playing guitar
Reading books
Freelance Video Editing
Timeline
Accounts and Admin Assistant
Covalent Capital Pte Ltd
12.2020 - 06.2023
Trade Finance Assistant
HSBC Singapore
04.2017 - 07.2020
Accounts Assistant
Alphamed Pte Ltd
07.2016 - 02.2017
Accounts Assistant
Toyo Ink Pte Ltd
03.2015 - 07.2015
Junior Accounts Assistant
ACTEON Singapore
09.2013 - 11.2013
Higher Nitec - Accountancy
ITE College East
GCE ‘O’ Level - undefined
Shuqun Secondary School
Crisis and Conflict Management
Diploma - Accountancy
Kaplan Higher Education Institute
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