Managing People and Careers

This assignment explores the topic of managing people and careers, focusing on the role of a financial assistant. It covers various aspects such as writing a cover letter, job application, CV, and reflective statement. The importance of communication and time management skills is emphasized.

Managing People and
Careers

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................1
1. An appropriately targeted cover letter.....................................................................................1
2. Appropriately targeted competency based job application answers to supplied questions.....2
3. CV............................................................................................................................................4
4. Reflective Statement................................................................................................................6
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8
Books and Journals:.....................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
Managing people is considered as a procedure that helps in offering different types of
training, motivation as well as direction to subordinate in order to increase the productivity of
organisation. Their main focus is to increase performance level of employees on continuous
basis. The company which is chosen for this assignment is FES Group UK as well as job
description is adopted for this assignment is financial assistant. There are various topics which
are covered in this project such as cover letter, job application, CV as well as reflective statement
by using Gibbs model. The HR professional of business organisation is responsible to handle the
inner operation by recruiting the subordinate and managing the inner operation in an effective
manner. For recruiting right applicant for the available job position, it is necessary to undergo
with different processes such as group discussion as well as interview for hiring best candidate
for available job position. Therefore, by handling portfolio, the manager of business organisation
collects all the necessary information for growth as well as development of organisation.
MAIN BODY
1. An appropriately targeted cover letter
Cover letter
1st December 2020
F097 FES Group
United Kingdom
458988547
Respected recruitment executives,
Myself Elena Munteanu, and I am submitting an application for job of financial assistant in FES
group at UK. I have perceived an advertisement about available vacant job position in the
company. I have a 2 year experience in financial services which will be advantageous for me if
I get chosen within business organisation. My strength also provides guidance in order to fulfil
or satisfy need for performing entire task in good manner. Comprehensive information
regarding my strength as well as experience is given in my curriculum vitae. Through my CV
you can assess that my skill or knowledge is match with your job need or not.
As per my past experience, I am good in processing payment, billing as well as payroll that help
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in maintaining different task in an appropriate manner. I have a good communication skill that
helps me in completing my project in college time that is related to financial services. I am
focusing on making appropriate plan before performing my work in limited time. My capability
is to perform work under pressure is superior which is advantageous for me. If I am choosing
for post of financial assistant because it provides guidance to perform my work under all
situation or condition. My past experience in the company assists me in interacting with other
individual person in an appropriate manner. It also helped me in improving my communication
skills that is necessary for making good relations within business organisation. Through my past
experience, I am able to manage payrolls, billings, purchasing, expense reports as well as
processing payment and many more in an appropriate manner. I can give surety to you that I
will attempt my best for achieving target which will be offered by higher authority of business
organisation. To perform work within business organisation, the confidence level is enhanced
which is considered as the main role of job profile of financial assistant. As determined in CV, I
have a good communication skill performing various tasks in easy manner as well as I have a
skill and knowledge to assess the problem related to accounts. I will provide my efforts for
performing my work in a good manner. Depend upon my skill as well as knowledge; I think
that I am appropriate applicant for the employment provided by you for FES group. This
opportunity helps me in enhance my career and achieve growth in future period of time.
Thanks for providing me allowance to determine my application of job for the available job
position of financial assistant in FES group. I hope that my application will determined by you
as well as I have also mentioned the details that help you in contacting me that is mentioned or
determined in my CV.
Regards
Elena Munteanu
2. Appropriately targeted competency based job application answers to supplied questions
Why you have decided to apply for the post of Financial Assistant in FES Group
Company?
I have determined to apply for the available job position within business organisation
because it is considered as the biggest organisation at market place. The image of the sector is
very superior and it will be a superior opportunity for boosting my career in future period of
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time. The organisation use advanced technology as well as tool that display well known brand in
the sector and superior career opportunity for individual person for accomplishing growth. The
main purpose of the organisation is to become market leader in upcoming years. Therefore, it is
considered as a good opportunity for me to accomplish growth in upcoming period of time. I
have capability of thinking in creative manner and the organisation also offers opportunity to its
staff to display their experience as well as fulfil expectation of its user. So that, I want to work
with FES group that will be considered as entrance point for me.
Share your experience of working in teams and managing difficult situations at
workplace?
In present time, working in UK connects training Limited London at position of financial
administrator. While conducting different operation in the job I have also performed my work in
team and I have confronted various situations which were handled by me in productive manner.
For managing the entire office, I needed to ensure that employees were performing their work in
proper manner or not. For this process, I am working in a team and stay in office. In the year
2018, our office was transferred from one location to another and I was focusing on reducing
different kind of difficulties as well as problems such as reduce workload of subordinate and
increase productivity. All these kind of conditions were managed by me in proper manner while
performing work. It is also necessary to make ensure that all persons should perform their work
in a team for increasing productivity in future period of time.
According to you which activities are performed by Financial Assistant and do you
think that you are suitable for the same or not?
As per me, financial assistant is responsible for different activity in relation to
billing, payroll as well as many more and performed different function in an appropriate manner.
They also focus or maintaining superior relation with other individual in better way. The other
duty for this job profile is to provide training to its staff member that help the business
organisation in increasing success as well is growth in future period of time. There are different
functions which are performed by the financial assistant such as maintaining Purchase; Manages
sales ledger, payroll, taxes as well as many more. All this duty could be performed by me and I
think that I will be capable to carry out all work or task which will be allotted to me as a
financial assistant. I have capability of thinking in creative manner and the organisation also
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offers opportunity to its staff to display their experience as well as fulfil expectation of its user.
So that, I want to work with FES group that will be considered as entrance point for me.
How will you manage time and priorities at workplace?
As I have mentioned in my CV that I have good time management skills so with the help
of that quality I will always try to manage priorities according to that. When I was in college,
different tasks were provided to me and other students in the class and the lecturer always
wanted that all of us completed in given time limit. I was the first people who always submit
assignments in the time period and never gets late due to this I have also got praise from the tutor
and other lecturers. Even in UK Connect Training Ltd, I have worked productively and
accomplished all the tasks in the predetermined time limit so that I can monitor and update work
of all the individuals working under me.
Do you think that advance technology plays a vital role in creating value addition?
If yes then how?
Advanced technology is considered as an innovation which is connected to information
technology and adjusts business organisation and individual person to achieve the goal in pre-
decided period of time. For appropriate implementation of operational activity, there is a need of
advanced technology because it can provide guidance to its staff to perform their work in less
time period. I think that latest technologies are very important for generating value addition
within business organisation. It also assists organisations to adopt advanced techniques in order
to conduct difficult task in easy manner. As financial assistant, it is my responsibility to adopt
advanced technology for achieving goal as well as objective of business organisation in future
period of time.
3. CV
Elena Munteanu
I am focusing on learning new concept as well as adopt changes as well as modification
according to the external need. I have completed my under graduation from the High School
Constantine Bratescu. I am looking for a job of financial assistant for boosting my career in
future period of time. For understanding different subject related to finance in an appropriate
manner, it is necessary for me to strengthen my ability in an appropriate manner. My regular
performance did not assist me in increasing excellent or superior grade but I was participating in
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other activities such as debates, sports as well as many more. It provides me more confident to
perform different function in an appropriate manner.
Education and Qualification
Year Qualification Educational institution Grade
2016 Under
graduation
High School Constantin Bratescu Constanta,
Romania
A
Former Post:
September-2012 - January-
2013
Hostess, The Bank Club
Constanta, Romania
October-2016 - September-
2017
Hostess/PR, Fratelli Constanta
Constanta, Romania
September-2015 - March-
2017
Financial assistant, Gold Gaz SRL
Constanta, Romania
March-2017 - July-2019 Financial assistant, UK Connect Training LTD
London, United Kingdom
Roles and responsibility as a Financial Assistant
 There are various roles as well as responsibility of financial assistant such as assessed
invoices which is due for payment, track credit notes, maintain payment run as well as
receivable of purchase invoices in an appropriate manner.
 Raising sales invoices and credit control as and when required is the main responsibility
of financial assistant.
 Manage or handle online banking and make all accepted payment by using online
banking. And also the financial assistant focuses on finishing the reconciliation of four
different bank accounts.
 Managing expenses as well as assistance on tax return preparation is the responsibility of
financial assistant.
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 Purchase order raise as and when required, keep track of organisation assets as well as
many more responsibility which is performed by the financial assistant as per the order of
higher authority of FES Group Company.
Skill and Achievements
 Excellent communication skill helps in communicating different activities and task in
relation to finance to its employees in an appropriate manner.
 It is necessary for individual person to have a skill for assessing problem which is related
to account in better way that is needed for the available job position
 It is necessary to have a confidence level that help in bringing changes as and whenever
required
 The other skill which is required for the available job position is AAT qualified to meet
the requirement of organisation.
 It is vital to have a capability to conduct multiple tasks in an easy manner and also have a
strong awareness regarding the financial processes
Languages
 Advance English
 Spanish
 Medium
Romanian
Hobbies
 Read novels
 Discover new area and increase skill or knowledge regarding language as well as region.
4. Reflective statement
Gibbs model generated his structure debriefing to provide support to experience learning.
There are six stages such as description, feeling, evaluation, assessment, conclusion as well as
action plan which is used for effective communication skill as well as time management skills
that is going to be given below:
Description it is necessary to have a good communication as well as time management
skill that are necessary for performing different function in an appropriate manner. It is also
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helpful in interacting with other individual person in better way and completed different project
in timely manner.
Feelings it is important to have a good communication skill thus it impose positive impact
on the individual person. The appropriate communication skill as well as time management skill
is necessary for performing different task in an appropriate manner.
Evaluation when I was at University I did not have a good communication skills so that I
did not make good friends. Therefore I am focusing on increasing my communication skills as
well as time management skills for completing project in timely manner.
Analysis herein, they focus on increasing my communication skills as well as time
management skills in order to complete different task in an appropriate manner. It is also helpful
in conducting different activity and operation in an appropriate manner.
Conclusion The main focus is to improve my communication as well as time management
skills for carry out different activity and function in an appropriate manner.
Action Plan the communication as well as time management skills will help me in
increasing knowledge as well as experience in future period of time. It also helps me in learning
innovative things that help me in different activity and function in an appropriate manner.
Therefore, in this assignment, I adopts Gibbs model for improving my communication as
well as time management skills that helped me in performing different activities as well as task
in an appropriate manner. It will help me in carry out various operations in an appropriate
manner during the particular phase of time period.
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CONCLUSION
On the basis of above given assignment, it has been analysed the HR professional of
business organisation is responsible to handle the inner operation by recruiting the subordinate
and managing the inner operation in an effective manner. For recruiting right applicant for the
available job position, it is necessary to undergo with different processes such as group
discussion as well as interview for hiring best candidate for available job position. Therefore, by
handling portfolio, the manager of business organisation collects all the necessary information
for growth as well as development of organisation. Managing people is considered as a
procedure that helps in offering different types of training, motivation as well as direction to
subordinate in order to increase the productivity of organisation. There are various topics which
are covered in this project such as cover letter, job application, CV as well as reflective statement
by using Gibbs model.
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