ACCA Qualified Practice Bookkeeper
About Candidate
Education/Qualification
- ACCA Qualified
- 2007 University of Manchester – BSc Honors in Management Specialising in Accounts and Finance
- 2004 Audenshaw Sixth Form – A Levels in Mathematics, Business Studies, Computing, General Studies and French
- 2002 Fairfield High School – 10 GCSEs including Mathematics and English
Systems used
- Microsoft Word and Excel
- Xero
- QuickBooks
- VT
- Free Agent
- Sage
Career Summary
Current Employer – Accountants
Position – Senior Accountant
Dates – May 2015 – Present
- Prepare accounts for a range of clients, under FRS102 and FRS105. I help many clients, on their bookkeeping needs, including general ledgers and reconciliations and I have assisted some of our clients in completing month end management accounts to help with their account’s functions
- Ensure compliance of our clients with regulatory bodies, including companies house and HMRC
- Maintaining up to date fixed asset registers has also become more important to many of our clients, and this is something I have helped many to work on, to ensure accurate reporting to relevant authorities
- Supervising other, junior members of staff is another of my skills, I have developed
- I have learned that to be part of a team, delegation is extremely important and my skills to review others work, constructively criticise, and communicate clearly has greatly improved
Previous Employer – Accountants
Position – Semi Senior Accountant
Dates – July 2011 – May 2015
- Continued to build on my knowledge and compiled the accounts for a variety of sole traders, partnership and limited companies, with a turnover from a few thousand pounds up to almost £1 million
- Once the accounts were approved by our clients it was then my responsibility to send them to the relevant authorities before the due deadlines
- Developed my skills significantly and have learned much about the statutory requirements a company needs to follow to ensure compliance with the law
- I was also a mentor within the practice, training and guiding colleagues in best practice procedures and signing off the work that they carried out
Previous Employer – Accountants
Position – Trainee Accountant
Dates – June 2007 – June 2011
- Compiled basic sets of accounts
- Part of the team which compiled and sent out clients VAT returns before a given deadline was due
- Provided with the opportunity to calculate break even analysis and cash flow forecasts for clients. As well as the compilation of business plans – particularly for the public house sector
- Gained some basic knowledge of payroll laws and how it should be calculated
Previous Employer – Women’s Clothing Company
Position – Bookkeeper and Accountant
Dates – Ongoing
This is an ongoing family run business. I carry out the day-to-day bookkeeping of the business, and prepare a draft set of accounts up to trial balance stage on an annual and quarterly basis
