Bookkeeper

Education/Qualification

• Blackburn College – AVCE Business Course
• St Wilfrids C of E High School

Systems used

• Microsoft Word and Excel – Formula’s and Links
• Xero / QuickBooks,
• Sage and Sage Payroll
• In House Systems

Career Summary

Current Employer – Freelance / Temporary Contract

Position – Bookkeeper

Dates – January 2024 – Present

• Responsible for record keeping and monthly reporting for 2 small Clients
  • Assisted in setting them up for HMRC reporting
  • Yearly Tax return
• Also working as a Finance Assistant for a small Construction Company

Previous Employer – Intellectual Property Law Firm -DominicanRepublic

Position – Accounting Clerk

Dates – January 2022 – January 2024

• Responsible for all aspects of accounting processes within 3 companies (Wood, Design, Construction)
• Included job costing, budgets, accounts payable/receivable, reconciliations, preparation of tax reporting
• Set up own reporting system using Excell to report all the daily transactions through to month/year end reports and P&Ls
• Cleared a backlog of 1 years’ worth of accounts not recorded/ignored
• Dealt with employees and clients both in English and Spanish language

Previous Employer – Party and Event Planning

Position – Accounts / Administrator

Dates – February 2019 – December 2021

• Sole control of the Accounts and Reporting for an Airbnb holiday rental

Previous Employer – Engineering Services

Position – Sales Ledger / Accounting Clerk

Dates – June 2017 – January 2019

• Reported to the Finance Controller
• Created and sent out staged applications/invoices for payment on the various projects the company had
• Managed the payment applications and chasing payment when they became due
• Weekly meetings with directors to discuss the projects payment application stages and any aged debt
• Helped manage incoming accounts calls, answering in a professional manner and dealing with any queries
• Kee check on all receipts on to the bank and managing the application aged debt spreadsheet
• Cover for the purchase ledger 
• Weekly wages and monthly salaries including directors using Sage Payroll. This was started to finish payroll including sending across pension data and payroll information

Previous Employer – Construction Company

Position – Accounts Assistant – Temporary

Dates – December 2016 – May 2017

Previous Employer – Organisation

Position – Various Roles

Dates – June 2008 – November 2016

Position – Credit Control, Sales Ledger and Payroll

Dates – August 2010 – November2016

• Entered the weekly payroll information for around 100 staff – working out all hours including overtime and any holiday pay or average earnings owed and any back pay or underpayments
• 1st point of contact for any pay queries
• Weekly wage analysis to collate information to then enter a journal on to our system at month end
• Kept control and recording of holidays and absences
• Daily bank reconciliation
• Posted of all cash in / out on to our bespoke manufacturing system
• Convert all sales invoices from the delivery notes and produce any extras invoices or credit notes required
• Lodged cheques at the bank
• Kept control of all petty cash used
• Rang / chased debtors (around 50 accounts)
• Month end reporting of sales ledger and weekly payroll
• Covered the purchase ledger for any holidays or sickness

Position – Purchase Ledger

Dates – June 2008 – August 2010

• Sole maintenance of purchase ledger
• Processed around 700-1000 invoices per month
• Matched and entered purchase invoices to a bespoke manufacturing system
• Processed payments to suppliers by BACS and by cheque
• Processed and paying expense claims
• Monthly reconciliation of supplier statements to purchase ledger
• Monthly intrastat return
• Reconciled monthly board sales and pre-invoiced stock
• Month end reports/accruals
• Entered and printed purchase orders
• Holiday and lunch time cover of reception duties – answering calls, taking messages, met and greeted customers/suppliers, franking and distributing post
• Holiday cover of credit control/payroll

Previous Employer – Bailey Construction NW Ltd

Position – Accounts Assistant

Dates – October 2007 – June 2008

Previous Employer – NHS (RBH)

Position – Payroll Administrator

Dates – August 2006 – October 2007