The friendly face of finance
meet the team
Jean Bentley Accounts Payable Manager
When Accounts Payable Manager Jean isn’t totting up figures she can be found teeing off on the fairway. An avid golfer, she has an impressive handicap of eight – not bad for a busy grandma!
Making sure the numbers add up is part and parcel of the daily duties of our finance team here at Whistl, but it’s not all about crunching numbers. It’s about living up to our promises day in, day out. Whether it’s giving you handy solutions that make your life that little bit easier or just making it simpler to deal with us, we’re constantly reviewing our processes to ensure you receive the best possible service. Lighter, brighter, quieter facilities When you work in finance you need a keen eye for detail tomake sure every decimal point is in the right place! Our move to a lighter, brighter, quieter office really makes a big difference to the way we work as a team, the service you receive and how we support you. Faster, smarter, greener e-accounting We always like to put ourselves in your shoes to think about how we can make your life that little bit easier. That’s why we’ve introduced automated billing to deliver your invoice faster than ever before and a paperless invoice query system ensuring a faster turnaround for you the customer, whilst avoiding any paper wastage! Simplified, centralised, unified Providing a quality service is central to everything we do. Simplifying, centralising and unifying our internal processes provides on-time accurate invoicing that gives you the information to organise your accounts efficiently and build closer working relationships with our finance people. Open, honest and transparent We’re currently developing a new highly-automated finance system that will produce faster statements, initiate faster responses from credit control and facilitate one-to-one meetings with a credit controller as and when needed. It’s all about improving our reporting so that we can do the right thing by dealing with any issues in an open and honest way.
Mandy Bahra Treasury Manager
Prior to joining our finance team, Treasury Manager Mandy worked as a security guard at Heathrowwhere shemixed with some of the world’s celebrity jet-set, including Tina Turner, David Bowie and the Queen.
GregWigmore Senior Financial Controller
When Greg’s not in the driving seat at work he’s behind the wheel of a Lightning GT - a limited edition electric supercar that can go from 0-60mph in 4 seconds!
Samantha Bolt Strategic Credit Controller
Out of hours, Strategic Credit Controller Samantha can be found behind the bar pulling pints at her local pub or out and about serving festival goers at Buckinghamshire’s PennFest.
Jodie Carey Payroll Supervisor
Meeting Take That star Gary Barlow after queuing up for 10 hours was an experience Payroll Supervisor Jodie will ‘Never Forget’.
10 Whistl Magazine • Summer 2016
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