Yulia Ermilova

Accounts Assistant with 13 years’ accounting experience across sales and purchase ledgers, bank reconciliations, payroll, month-end routines and internal audit. Currently working part-time in retail while also gaining practical accounting experience with an online UK accountancy practice, processing bank reconciliations, payroll, sales and purchase invoices, credit control and payment allocations in Xero for a portfolio of clients. AAT Level 2 qualified and studying towards Level 3, with practical hands-on training in Sage 50 Accounts and Sage 50 Payroll.

Organised, reliable and comfortable managing work independently while supporting a small team. Seeking a part-time/ full time Accounts Assistant role in Derbyshire. Full UK driving licence and own car.

Accounts Assistant (part-time, remote practice) - Scotia Financial Solutions - online accountancy practice

(2026-04)

• Perform bank reconciliations in Xero for a portfolio of practice clients
• Process payroll for practice clients
• Raise sales invoices and manage credit control, chasing and allocating client payments
• Process purchase invoices and maintain supplier records

Store Team Member (part-time) - TJ Morris Limited-Home Bargains - Derby, UK

(2026-04)

• Welcoming & Assisting: Greeting shoppers, answering product-related questions, and guiding customers to the exact items they need
• Handling returns, processing refunds
• Restocking & Rotating: Filling shelves, rotating perishable stock, and ensuring items are clearly priced.
• Operating Tills: Scanning items, processing payments (cash, card, and mobile)

Office Administrator - AKV Logistic Ltd - Derby

(2025-12 - 2026-04)

Second period with the company; first period Aug 2021 – Aug 2024, see below.

• Prepared financial records and reports for the company’s external accountants
• Processed supplier bill payments and reconciled bookings and expenses
• Managed scheduling, transport and accommodation bookings, and office purchasing
• Handled correspondence, mail distribution and client queries

Professional retraining (full-time study) - Derby

(2024-08 - 2025-12)

Completed AAT Level 2 Accounting, AAT Bookkeeping, Functional Skills English and Maths, and Sage 50 Accounts and Payroll training to bring my accounting experience up to UK standards.

Office Administrator - AKV Logistic Ltd - Derby

(2021-08 - 2024-08)

Duties as above: financial reporting for external accountants, bill payments, bookings and office administration.

Career break – relocation and maternity leave

(2018-12 - 2021-08)

Relocated from Russia to the UK and took maternity leave. Completed English language courses.

Senior Accountant - payroll and accounting outsourcing provider - Nizhny Novgorod, Russia

(2013-05 - 2018-12)

• Managed accounting and payroll operations in SAP for the provider’s principal client, one of Europe’s largest employers
• Processed payroll for more than 1,000 employees
• Ran month-end routines including final accounts, accruals and prepayments
• Managed receivables, payables and bank reconciliations
• Processed complex payroll calculations, income tax and statutory payments including maternity and adoption pay
• Prepared statutory returns for the Russian tax authority (equivalent to HMRC filings)
• Performed inventory control, asset verification and internal audit procedures

Accountant - public-sector education organisations - Nizhny Novgorod, Russia

(2006-09 - 2013-05)

• Maintained full accounting records for schools and nurseries using 1C software
• Planned budgets and controlled expenditure against approved allocations, with statistical reporting
• Maintained purchase and supplier ledgers, and prepared Treasury payment orders under financial regulations
• Reconciled bank statements and monitored incoming and outgoing payments
• Controlled fixed asset registers, depreciation records and asset registration documentation
• Processed cash books, inventory accounting, disability allowance calculations and internal audits

AAT Level 3 Advanced Diploma in Accounting - Accounting

AAT Level 2 Certificate in Accounting - Accounting - Derby Adult Learning (2025 - 2025)

Sage 50 Accounts and Sage 50 Payroll practical training - Osborne Training (2026 - 2026)

AAT Level 1 and 2 Certificate in Bookkeeping - Bookkeeping - Derby Adult Learning Services (2024 - 2024)

Digital and IT Skills Level 2 - Digital and IT Skills - Derby Adult Learning Services (2026 - 2026)

Functional Skills English and Maths, Level 2 - English and Maths - Nottingham College (2025 - 2025)

Level 6 / Bachelor Degree/ Specialist Diploma in Finance and credit: Economist - Finance and credit - Commercial Institute in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia (2005 - 2005)

RQF Level 3/ T Level Diploma of Secondary Vocational Education in Economics, Accounting and Control: Accountant - Economics, Accounting and Control - College – Nizhny Novgorod, Russia (2002 - 2002)

Certificate of Secondary (Complete) General Education - Russia (1999 - 1999)