Senior Accountant - DE JONG PHILLIPS LTD - Remote
(2024-07)
- Prepare and file VAT returns in accordance with HMRC Making Tax Digital (MTD) requirements.
- Produce monthly and quarterly management accounts, highlighting key variances and performance insights.
- Prepare year-end accounts and Self Assessment returns.
- Reconcile payroll journals, pension contributions.
- Liaise with external auditors, HMRC, and clients to resolve accounting queries and ensure smooth reporting.
- Support junior staff with bookkeeping and reconciliations, providing training and quality review where necessary.
- Maintain accurate accounting records and ensure all financial data is up to date and properly filed.
- Use accounting software such as Xero, QuickBooks, Dext for bookkeeping, reconciliations, and reporting.
- Assist clients with budgeting, cash flow forecasts, and other ad-hoc financial analysis.
Accounts Assistant - Aubrey and Co - Ross-on-Wye
(2022-09 - 2024-07)
- Client record keeping and communication, VAT return preparation and submission.
- Record financial transactions and ensure financial records and statements are accurate and up-to-date using spreadsheets, Quickbooks, Xero, Sage, FreeAgent softwares.
- Supplier statement and bank reconciliations.
- Job planning to ensure deadlines are met.
- Client Management Accounts and Final Accounts preparation, Tax Returns.
Accounts Assistant - Crowthers Chartered Accountants - Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire
(2016-03 - 2022-08)
- Client record keeping and communication, VAT return preparation and submission, VAT reviews.
- Preparation of VAT recoveries and write off reports.
- Record financial transactions and ensure financial records and statements are accurate and up-to-date using spreadsheets and software's such as Kashflow, Quickbooks, Xero, Sage, Landmark.
- Supplier statement and bank reconciliations, processing payment runs, assistence with Payroll.
- Job planning to ensure deadlines are met.
- Client Management Accounts and Final Accounts preparation.
Accounts Payable Clerk - Anixter Ltd - Gloucester
(2013-09 - 2016-03)
Performing bookkeeping duties in the maintenance and operation of account processing for all payable transactions for the business.
- Paying vendors by monitoring discount opportunities; inputting Pro –Forma payments; resolving purchase orders, invoice or payment discrepancies and documentation; ensuring credit is received for outstanding memos; issuing stop-payments or purchase order amendments.
- Maintain accounting ledgers by verifying and posting account transactions.
- Verifying vendor accounts by reconciling monthly statements and related transactions.
- Maintaining historical records and filing documents.
- Communicating with vendors over the phone and via email.
- Key communicator with office in Russia (Moscow) and Russian vendors as speaking several languages including English, Russian, Latvian and Lithuanian.
- Prepare supplier payments and send remittance advices, deal with queries from suppliers relating to payments.
Site Manager - EURO GARAGES LTD - Ross-on-Wye
(2007-12 - 2013-09)
In charge in a very busy Motorway Service Station including Spar shop, Subway and Forecourt operations.
- Fuel and stock orders, stock checks, banking, site maintenance, staff recruitment and performances.
- General office administration tasks, petty cash, purchase ledger postings, invoices, credit notes, answer and place telephone calls, file information and reports, provide weekly figures to Head Office.
- Meeting deadlines and targets, managing 17 members of staff.
- Working on a till and serving customers when necessary.
- Dealing with customer complaints and issues.
