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Overview
Work History
Education
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Timeline
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Teresa Pirrit

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Summary

Skilled test analyst that also has a background in accounting, which enables to having a strong attention to detail and methodical approach. Brings motivation to learn and excel combined with skills developed from training and previous experience.

Overview

25
25
years of professional experience

Work History

Test Engineer

Sky Network Television Ltd
11.2012 - 06.2021
  • Worked effectively in fast-paced environments.
  • Created Test Plans, Strategies, Scenarios & Test-cases for the latest builds, improvements & patches. Also document them in JIRA for further use & reference.
  • Regression testing for various integrated systems & verifying all the data, functionality & integration is intact.
  • Monitored resolution of bugs, tested fixes and helped developers tackle ongoing problems by providing QA perspective.
  • Kept scripts and test cases updated with current requirements.
  • Providing daily status updates showing progress of testing efforts and open issues to be resolved.
  • Projects worked on include -
  • Sky My Account App - Mobile device testing
  • Corporate Core - Billing & Development - UAT testing
  • Neon - Big Screen TV App testing - Mobile & Web testing, Tablet
  • Sky Go - Mobile App testing
  • IVP - Infinite Video Platform - Functional Testing on Puck - 3 year project
  • IBMS - Integrated Broadcast Management Testing
  • Messina - Vodafone & Sky Project - IP Connected - On Demand
  • Milano - Fusion - PDL - Progressive Download Testing
  • Alex - Voice Recognition Testing - Amazon Product

Test Analyst

Webtest Ltd
05.2012 - 11.2012
  • Providing testing services to Sky Network Television Ltd
  • Ongoing training at the site office, which includes using FitNesse to set up a test suite for tests that are going to be used for automation, format using ATDD. Completion of ISTQB Advanced Test Analyst course.

Software Test Engineer

British Sky Broadcasting Ltd
12.2004 - 04.2012
  • PDL - Progressive Download Testing on HD STB's
  • Interactive Tester Software Validation Team for Acceptance Testing, using Test Director to run test scripts, report defaults within latest build being tested, on HD (High Definition – Thomson set top boxes, Sky +, Digiboxes
  • Functional System Testing, EPG testing. Regression Testing
  • Flashing code onto STB’s, disaster recovery streams
  • Involvement Field Trials Team
  • Identified and tracked software defects and supported developers in resolving problems by completing additional tests.
  • Completion of ISEB – Foundation Certificate in Software Testing
  • Staff Safety Solutions – First Aid at work.

Accounts Production Team Member (Contract)

Department For Constitutional Affairs
03.2004 - 12.2004
  • Assisting small team of accountants, government sector in production of resource accounts
  • Involved in production of small set of financial accounts along with preparing audit file and liaison with auditors
  • Updating contact details for budget cost center's
  • Various routine tasks

Assistant Accountant (Contract)

Retail Solutions & Recruitment Ltd
09.2003 - 02.2004

Retails Solutions is a Recruitment company in the Beauty and Fashion industry


  • Using Facflow Factoring system linked with Sage Line 50
  • Sales ledger
  • Purchase Ledger
  • Bank Reconciliations
  • Credit Card Reconciliations
  • Expenses
  • Bacs Payments
  • Overseeing payroll dept
  • Payroll Journals
  • Month End Reports

Assistant Accountant (Temp Assignment)

GMTV
09.2003 - 09.2003
  • Updating costings for GMTV with airtime used on GMTV (Good Morning Television)

Overseas Payroll Administrator (Contract)

Tui (UK) Ltd
03.2002 - 06.2003
  • Thomson's Group in Travel - SHG (Specialist Holiday Group) Payroll for up to 400 staff monthly
  • Overseas payroll for Italy, Simply Group Headwater Group
  • Calculating payroll from information given from resorts
  • Using CMG Payroll system
  • Payroll queries, issuing P45's, P46's
  • Dealing with Inland Revenue queries, Job seekers allowances
  • Performed calculations in overtime, vacation, and sick hours to provide accurate data to payroll processing database
  • Month end reports

Assistant Accountant (Contract)

CBC Insight Ltd, CBC, Pushing Boundaries Ltd
03.2002 - 10.2002
  • Company that organizes and sets up worldwide conferences, arranging delegates to attend
  • Reporting to Accountant & Financial Director
  • Debt collection – collecting debts from overseas, from Africa, Nigeria, Ghana
  • Debtors Analysis – Invoicing and maintain invoices thru a database, also matching to Sage system
  • Month end procedures, prepayments and accruals
  • Expense Claim Forms – Excel – Analysis and convert foreign currency into GBP
  • Reconciliation of Bank Statements, all payment cheques, Intercompany payments and receipts, debtor receipts, so that cashflow forecasts can be updated
  • Reconcile Debtors credit card payments with CBC – linked Company
  • Liaison with Payroll (outsourced) Employee details, P45s
  • Arranging Payroll schedules
  • Maintaining Franking Machine – payments and setup
  • Helping with staff queries, issues that need sorting out with management.

Assistant Accountant (Contract)

Media Group Plc U
07.2001 - 03.2002

Profile Media Group is a broadly based media and communications group focused mainly on custom publishing. Incorporating: Programme Master Ltd, Match Programmes Ltd, Premier Match Day, People Pushing Boundaries Ltd, Good Ski Guide Ltd, Profile Sports Media Ltd, CBC Insight Ltd.

  • Assistant Accountant for above companies under group umbrella of Profile Media Group Plc - reporting to Accountant and Company Secretary

Using Sage Line 50:

  • Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Bank Reconciliations
  • Debt Collection
  • Credit Card Reconciliations – Directors’ accounts for each company, coding and analyzing
  • Inter-company recharges; petty cash reconciliations; journal input
  • Year-end processes – reconcile all companies, USA company PPI – USD to GBP conversions
  • Trial Balance and month-end reporting
  • VAT returns and reconciliations
  • Fixed asset schedules – update monthly reports and excel spreadsheets, depreciation journals into SAGE
  • Preparation for year-end audit of Profile Media Group Ltd, Programme Master, and Good Ski Guide

Bank Reconciliations Clerk (Contract)

Hermes Pensions Plc
06.2001 - 07.2001
  • Update over 200 investment accounts
  • Bank reconciliations on excel spreadsheets

Assistant Accountant

Tek Travel Ltd
06.2000 - 04.2001
  • Supervising 1 member of staff
  • Reporting to Company Accountant
  • Calypso System – Travel Accounting System
  • In charge of Refunds Department for Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch
  • Airline Refunds and Land Refunds – Accommodation
  • Process of all journals
  • Maintaining and updating Refund Database
  • Tek Fares Bank Reconciliation’s
  • Finalization Process – Finalizing Bookings on weekly basis
  • Obtain foreign exchange rates
  • BSP – backup – for airline tickets submitted to BSP
  • Debtor’s collection – backup
  • Various tasks given by Accountant.

Assistant Accountant (Contract)

Continental Distributors Ltd
02.2000 - 06.2000
  • AccPac – Accounting Package
  • Maintained detailed financial records of accounts receivable and payable status and bank reconciliations.
  • National Accounts and Reconciliations
  • Supervision of staff members
  • Banking
  • Credit Returns
  • Proof of Deliveries
  • Inwards Goods
  • Stock Transfers
  • Stock management including stock takes
  • Set up new pricing/adjustments
  • General Purchasing
  • Petty Cash – Impress Account Reconciliation’s
  • Set up applications for New Customer Account
  • Checking with Baynet online.

Financial Administrator

Integrated Primary Care Services
04.1996 - 10.1999
  • Payroll
  • Accounts Payable
  • Accounts Receivable
  • Fixed Assets Schedules
  • Cashbook – Bank Reconciliations
  • GST Returns, PAYE
  • General Ledger
  • P & L and Balance Sheet
  • Trial Balance
  • Month-End Processing, Banking
  • End of Year – Auditing Preparation
  • Client Bulk Discount Purchases
  • Administration
  • Maintaining fixed asset registration
  • Budgeting
  • Audit preparation
  • Completed clerical and data entry tasks to optimize financial procedures.
  • Reconciled accounts and investigated variances.

Education

Xero Certificate

Career Academy
Auckland, NZ
07.2023

Software Testing

ISEB Foundation Certificate
London, United Kingdom
2005

Diploma - Business

The Open Polytechnic of NZ Correspondence
Auckland, NZ
1999

NZIM - Certificate in Supervisory Management

Unitec Institute of Technology
Auckland, NZ
1994

Skills

  • Xero
  • MYOB
  • Sage 50 Accounting Software
  • Microsoft Office
  • Word
  • Excel
  • Data Entry
  • Accounts Payable and Receivable
  • Account Reconciliation
  • CBA & IMS Payroll
  • CMG Payroll
  • Calypso
  • Accpac
  • Test Director (Quality Centre)
  • Jira

Timeline

Test Engineer

Sky Network Television Ltd
11.2012 - 06.2021

Test Analyst

Webtest Ltd
05.2012 - 11.2012

Software Test Engineer

British Sky Broadcasting Ltd
12.2004 - 04.2012

Accounts Production Team Member (Contract)

Department For Constitutional Affairs
03.2004 - 12.2004

Assistant Accountant (Contract)

Retail Solutions & Recruitment Ltd
09.2003 - 02.2004

Assistant Accountant (Temp Assignment)

GMTV
09.2003 - 09.2003

Overseas Payroll Administrator (Contract)

Tui (UK) Ltd
03.2002 - 06.2003

Assistant Accountant (Contract)

CBC Insight Ltd, CBC, Pushing Boundaries Ltd
03.2002 - 10.2002

Assistant Accountant (Contract)

Media Group Plc U
07.2001 - 03.2002

Bank Reconciliations Clerk (Contract)

Hermes Pensions Plc
06.2001 - 07.2001

Assistant Accountant

Tek Travel Ltd
06.2000 - 04.2001

Assistant Accountant (Contract)

Continental Distributors Ltd
02.2000 - 06.2000

Financial Administrator

Integrated Primary Care Services
04.1996 - 10.1999

Xero Certificate

Career Academy

Software Testing

ISEB Foundation Certificate

Diploma - Business

The Open Polytechnic of NZ Correspondence

NZIM - Certificate in Supervisory Management

Unitec Institute of Technology
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