Bookkeeper

Education/Qualification

• AAT Level 2 Certificate in Bookkeeping
• AAT Level 2 Certificate in Accounting
• 2017 Professional Certificate in Accounting and Business Management – The Open University
• 2010 GCSEs achieved in Maths and English at grade A

Systems used

• Microsoft Word and Excel
• QuickBooks
• Sage
• Xero
• Iris

Career Summary

Current Employer – Technology-Enables Solutions

Position – Treasury Assistant

Dates – July 2024 – Present

Being Made Redundant

• Working in a Team of 6 – Reporting to Treasury Manager
• Using D365 to Reconcile Bank Transactions Against Journals
• Posting Journals via D365 To the Relevant Entities
• Investigating Issues with Journals That Didn’t Match/ Were Posted in Error
• Using Systems Such as Taranto/Key IVR to Pull Off Reports of Refunds Processed by DVLA
• Processing Any Failed Refunds Using Key IVR
• Splitting Out Bank Statements to the Correct Entities Using Excel and Macros
• Using Lloyds Commercial Banking to Import Payments/Export Bank Statements
• Balancing Bank Accounts Using Excel Ensuring All Payments/Receipts Were Matched to a Journal and Any Discrepancies are Investigated
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Previous Employer – Accountancy Practice

Position – Bookkeeper / Accounts Assistant

Dates – October 2023 – July 2024

• Worked In a Team Of 2 – Reported to Practice Partners
• Prepared Annual Sets of Accounts to Pass for Checking to the Directors, Using Systems Such As IRIS, Sage, Xero, QuickBooks, and Excel
• Prepared And Submitting VAT Returns Using Absolute/Excel/Sage/Xero
• Liaised With Clients to Ensure They Receive Receipts and Invoices in Time for The VAT Deadlines
• Liaised With HMRC In Regard to Client’s Debts and Payments
• Investigated Prior Years Accounts to Find Errors or Information Required for Current Accounts
• Manually Prepared Ledgers on Excel Ensuring Closing Balances Agree with The Postings On IRIS/Prepared Control Accounts Such as Payroll, VAT/Debtors/Creditors Etc
• Posted Sets of Accounts from Either Excel/Sage/Xero – Onto IRIS Ensuring the Correct Debits/Credits Were Used – And the Postings Were Made to The Correct Nominal Codes
• Prepared Schedules to Help Directors When Looking at the Accounts – Such As Directors Loan Schedules Etc
• Monthly Bookkeeping for Clients Including Processing Payroll Journals/Inputting Sales Invoices/Sales Receipts/Purchase Invoices/Payments/Reconciling Bank Accounts
• Used IRIS Business Tax to Gain Corporation Tax Liabilities Due

Previous Employer –Roofing Service

Position – Voluntary

Dates – 2018

• Pay up to 20 staff members on a weekly basis
• Deduct the relevant CIS/Tax
• Create monthly CIS spreadsheets to prepare for the accountant to report to HMRC
• Create invoices using QuickBooks and sending these
• Credit controlling by ensuring invoices are paid on time and chased if not
• Pay invoices and bills ensures I keep a good cash flow in the bank account
• At the end of each month, I go through all the receipts to ensure they are all accounted for and put these into a folder with a bank statement attached to ensure VAT can be claimed back
• Send quotes to clients for works to be carried out, ensuring profit was made and enough materials were accounted for
• Arrange training courses for the staff members
• Deal with holiday requests/ sickness
• Create weekly payslips
• Create yearly CIS statements for the staff so they can use these to claim back from HMRC
• Arrange jobs for the staff members and planning routes
• Deal with pay queries/ Invoice queries
• Track jobs to ensure they do not go over budget I do this by creating a spreadsheet with a formula on
• Check through large invoices to ensure nothing has been incorrectly charged/ missed
• Ensure any expenses, materials bought by staff members are documented and have the relevant receipts
• Create costs for each job by working out cost of materials, cost of labour, VAT etc
• Assist the Managing director with anything he requires
• Liaise with the accountant on behalf of the managing director
• Create RAMS and method statements for each job and ensuring these are followed

Previous Employer –Recruitment Agency

Position – Payroll and Billings Administrator 

Dates – July 2021 – April 2023

• Ran Payrolls ranging from £8,000 to £50,000 per week, from the approving of timesheets up to creating the submissions ready to be paid
• Invoiced these payrolls with the use of Sage and merging them with the correct evidence on Adobe
• Set up many new starters using excel and formulas such as V-Look up
• Liaised with clients regarding staffing queries, purchase orders and invoice queries
• Processed large festival timesheets and ensuring these are invoiced and paid correctly
• Dealt with pay queries over the phone and via email
• Used BACS files to resolve pay queries
• Delegated tasks within the team and managing my workload to ensure deadlines for payroll and invoicing are met

Previous Employer – Council

Position – Administration Assistant/ Receptionist

Dates – April 2018 – July 2021

Previous Employer – Collection agency

Position – Debt Collector / Debt Advisor

Dates – January 2015 – August 2016