An employee whose work has been described as ‘pivotal’ to keeping the Reading Buses business safe and operating through the pandemic has been rewarded with ‘Star’ status.
Overall work ethic, commitment, helpfulness and insight have resulted in Sharmila Perera, 43, Management Accountant, being recognised as a Star of the Month at Reading Buses where she has worked for the last 16 years.
HR Director Caroline Anscombe said today: “Sharmila has done a fantastic job in managing our Covid-19 Bus Service Support Grant (CBSSG) reconciliation submissions over the past 18 months – something that meant we could receive much-needed funding at the height of the pandemic to keep our business running.
“Sharmila created a system that took a lot of manual work out of the process of submitting information for the funding, saving a huge amount of resource.
“This allowed us to focus on reviewing the numbers and ensuring the submissions were justifiable and robust.
“Where questions have been posed, Sharmila has been able to answer the questions quickly and follow up with supporting evidence and documentation leading to all questions being fully closed out and resolved.”
Caroline added: “Sharmila was nominated by our Finance Director Laurence Jenkins and this award is a true testament to her hard work, not only over the last 18 months, but during her whole time at Reading Buses”.
Sharmila lives in the Southcote district of Reading.