Danielle Barney

Joined GKA Accountants Ltd in October 2024 and have had numerous roles during my time here and experience in various roles and different business sectors. Provided essential administrative and entry-level financial support to the accounting department for various clients by performing duties such as processing invoices, managing accounts payable and receivable, maintaining financial records, performing bank reconciliations, submission of VAT returns, PAYE, preparing basic financial reports and preparing accounts to Trial Balance. This role involves strong attention to detail, organisational skills, and proficiency with their accounting softwares to ensure accuracy, efficiency, and compliance with financial policies.

Assistant Accountant - GKA Accountants Ltd - Wickford

(2024-10)

Joined GKA Accountants Ltd in October 2024 and have had numerous roles during my time here and experience in various roles and different business sectors. Provided essential administrative and entry-level financial support to the accounting department for various clients by performing duties such as processing invoices, managing accounts payable and receivable, maintaining financial records, performing bank reconciliations, submission of VAT returns, PAYE, preparing basic financial reports and preparing accounts to Trial Balance. This role involves strong attention to detail, organisational skills, and proficiency with their accounting softwares to ensure accuracy, efficiency, and compliance with financial policies.

• Weekly, monthly and quarterly book-keeping for various clients using QuickBooks.
• Monthly payroll preparation and submission for approximately 15 limited companies using Money Soft Payroll Manager. This Includes if any SSP, SMP, SPP and relevant Pension submissions.
• Raising sales invoices on behalf of clients when advised too.
• Managing debtors and creditors for various clients.
• Preparation and submission of quarterly VAT returns, including a full VAT reconciliation each quarter.
• CIS, PAYE, VAT reconciliations for clients each quarter.
• Preparation and submission of monthly CIS returns.
• Assisting clients with CIS subcontractor verifications and CIS assistance when needed.
• Monitor and record company expenses and ensure proper documentation.
• Reconciliation of various bank accounts, credit cards, electronic suspense and card machine accounts.
• Payroll journals.
• The preparation of working papers for the company yearly financial accounts to trial balance onto Tax Calc for the accountant to review. Including any asset additions, depreciation, mileage, work in progress, stock, accruals, prepayments and all relevant journals etc.
• Assisting the accountant with various tasks for company yearly financial accounts.
• Training clients in our accountancy software (QuickBooks)
• Registration for PAYE, Corporation Tax, CIS and VAT.
• Managing emails and office landline calls on a day to day basis.

Accounts Manager - Flo Office Support Limited - Rochford

(2020-07 - 2024-09)

Joined a local accountancy and bookkeeping firm in July 2020. As of July 2020 I was the Accounts Administrator undertaking a Level 3 Business Administrator apprenticeship. Then got promoted in October 2021 to Accounts Manager, finished apprenticeship with a Distinction in 2022.

Used Sage 50 Accounts on a daily basis for roughly 15 clients to submit CIS returns, quarterly or monthly VAT returns, manage purchases and sales ledger accounts, payroll journals, bank reconciliations for bank accounts and credit cards, calculate and email out weekly/monthly project costs. Used Sage 50 Payroll to complete weekly, fortnightly and monthly payrolls this includes any sick pay, holiday pay and/or deductions. Advised clients of PAYE liabilities and deadline for payments.

Also used Sage 50 Payroll to submit the CIS Employer Payment Summary (EPS) figures. Used Quickbooks to raise sales invoices and payroll for specific clients who use this software.

• Managed clients sales and purchase accounts, making payments to suppliers via telephone or BACS payment, sending out CIS statements to subcontractors, sending out statements to customers, raising and querying invoices.
• Raised monthly invoices and additional invoices when work is completed using Sage 50 Accounts from Flo Office Support Limited to the client. Also raised invoices on Excel for approximately 5-10 clients.
• Chased outstanding monies and debt collection if invoices aren't paid on time.
• Sent out weekly subcontractor spreadsheets on Excel to specific clients. This shows their day rate, days worked, gross amount, CIS deduction, their net pay and any loans or expenses they may of had during that time period. For certain clients, these spreadsheets are also project costed.
• Was in control of approximately 5 clients bank accounts. Duties include but are not limited to: transferring monies to directors when advised too, ensuring bounce bank loan payments are paid back each month, paying insurance, vehicle tax, subcontractors, wages, dart charge, congestion charge, suppliers, CIS/PAYE to HMRC and VAT payments to HMRC.
• Managed phone calls from an office mobile, office landline and dealing with correspondence via telephone and emails for approximately 20 clients.
• Updated aged creditors spreadsheets and reports and sending to clients on a weekly basis to update them on their liabilities.
• Setting up of new companies through Companies Made Simple. Once a new company has been formed, I set up if needed VAT, PAYE, CIS and Corporation Tax through HMRC Government Gateway.
• Yearly confirmation statements through Companies House.
• Assisting the accountant with tax returns, working papers, entering financial transactions into internal databases, general admin and assistance.
• Writing letters using Microsoft Word and posting out to the relevant recipient.
• Good knowledge of the Construction Industry Scheme (CIS) and reverse VAT charge.
• Personal assistant to approximately 15 clients. This included but not limited to ordering plant hire, materials, business work clothing, business cards, signage, setting up meetings and events using Outlook, setting up and keeping track of a calendar/diary on Outlook for certain clients, paying mortgages, council tax, parking fines, keeping track and adding money to clients dart charge and congestion charge accounts when needed, booking hotels and taking meeting notes when advised too.

Lounge Bar Assistant - Fusion Lifestyle - Clements Hall Sport Centre - Hockley

(2018-07 - 2020-07)

Joined Fusion as part of their catering team performing numerous roles including serving customers, till operation, cooking and general catering related activities including stock ordering. Also covered supervisor duties when management absence dictates which included stock checks, stock ordering and monitoring and assisting with the weekly rota. Additionally, trained Barista for Costa Coffee which is part of the Fusion Catering offering.

The role requires hard work and flexibility working as part of a small team providing a 7 days a week service from 0800-2000 Monday to Friday (0800-1700 Saturday and Sunday with occasional work outside these hours for children's parties).

Waitress - Hockley Cafe - Hockley

(2016-08 - 2018-07)

Started full time work at Hockley Café as a waitress with the role covering several duties including serving customers, general waitressing and kitchen related cleaning activities. There is also a requirement to undertake a small amount of book-keeping as well as the handling of money and general till operation activities. The role requires a flexible attitude and the ability to multi-task in a small but very busy cafe often requiring working hours to be extended at short notice.

Equine Groom - Equine Rugwash - Hockley

(2015-01 - 2015-07)

Completed two week work experience at Equine Rugwash in Hockley. Was required to undertake many physical roles and functions of the business such as labelling items, washing the rugs in the machines, drying the rugs, packing the rugs and delivery to customers with the manager. Had to engage in professional communications with the businesses customers, as well as handling money and book keeping on the accounts side of the business.

Gained invaluable experience in the running of a business from both the frontline and behind the scenes workforce. Furthermore gained excellent communicational skills by conferring with customers as well as the employers with whom I worked.

Volunteer Stable Hand - Barling Hall Riding School

(2012-01 - 2014-12)

Undertook voluntary work at Barling Hall Riding School at weekends in return for riding lessons and equestrian experience.

• Feeding and grooming the horses
• Mucking out and filling water buckets
• Tacking up and leading young children for their lessons

Level 3 Business Administration - Business Administration - South Essex College of Further and Higher Education (2020-08 - 2022-08)

GCSE - Greensward Academy (2011-09 - 2016-06)