Experience

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  Jane Tindall Limited

  • Ilkley, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom

  • Director

    • Jan 2014 - Present
    • Ilkley, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom

    I am an experienced Chartered Accountant and business adviser with the benefit of over 30 years experience in Chartered Accountancy practice (15 as a Partner in Practice). I operate as an independent Consultant advising owner-managed businesses in accountancy and tax.My expertise includes management and administration, statutory accounts compliance, management accounts, corporation tax, personal tax, VAT, bookkeeping, payroll and staff training. I advise established businesses and start-up ventures.It is my responsibility to understand the financial challenges faced by my clients and to provide pro-active timely advice to help keep their financial reporting up to date and to maximise their business and personal tax efficiency.I am very organised, ultra-reliable, pay attention to detail, and meet deadlines. I enjoy the nitty-gritty of figure-work. There is huge variety in my work and I like the variety of new challenges as they arise. I strongly believe that communication and team-work is the key to successful client relationships.

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  Winburn Glass Norfolk

  • United Kingdom
  • Business Consulting and Services
  • 1 - 100 Employee

  • Partner

    • Aug 1997 - Dec 2013

    Accountancy Partner at leading Leeds based Chartered Accountants, Tax and Business Advisers WGN (Winburn Glass Norfolk). I am a very experienced general practitioner and business adviserto a wide range of owner-managed SME and unincorporated businesses.At WGN it was my responsibility to understand the financial challenges faced by my clients. Together with the other Partners and our staff we provided pro-active timely advice to keep their financial accounts up to date, meet reporting deadlines and maximise their tax efficiency.I delivered a comprehensive accountancy and taxation service including statutory accounts compliance, management accounts, corporation tax, personal tax, VAT, bookkeeping and payroll services. I also advised start-up ventures and present seminars on this subject outside the firm. I was responsible for administrative and personnel matters and recruitment at WGN. I joined WGN in 1986 and became a Partner in 1997 having qualified with Whinney Murray (which became Ernst and Young).

  • Chartered Accountant

    • Oct 1986 - Jul 1997

    I joined Winburn Glass Norfolk as a Chartered Accountant in Octobr 1986 responsible for year end and monthly management accounts preparation and taxation services for a wide-ranging client portfolio of owner-managed businesses.My work also included working closely with the Partners advising and supporting businesses from start-up to exit via flotation.In 1997 I became a Partner of the Practice.

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  Jane Tindall

  • Leeds, West Yorkshire , England

  • Self-employed subcontractor

    • Feb 1979 - Oct 1986
    • Leeds, West Yorkshire , England

    During this time I took a career break to start a family. In order to keep my skills up to date I worked as a part-time accountancy contractor to small businesses (eg language school, lawyer) and also as a subcontractor to a Leeds-based firm of Chartered Accountants.

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  Cawood Smithie, Stockbrokers

  • Harrogate, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom

  • Financial Controller

    • Feb 1976 - Feb 1979
    • Harrogate, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom

    As Financial Controller at Cawood Smithie I was responsible for every aspect of the financial accounting of the firm from record keeping, alll reconciliations to financial reporting and liaising with the auditors.

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  Ernst & Young

  • Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom

  • Senior Accountant

    • Sep 1972 - Feb 1976
    • Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom

    Trained as a Chartered Accountant under 3 year Articles. Obtained experience of a wide range of PLCs through audit work. Also spent 3 month secondments in the Small Business Section, Tax Department and Trust Department.1st time pases of all examinations. Qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1976.