Experience

Communication and Technical Services Limited (CTS) (Est 1985)

• United Kingdom
• Wireless Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Freelance Accountant

  • Aug 2017 - Present

  I am responsible for preparing monthly management accounts and I oversee the bookkeeper. Monthly management account consists of accruals, prepayment, journals, payroll, VAT return, CIS and assist the accountant with the year end account. I am responsible for preparing monthly management accounts and I oversee the bookkeeper. Monthly management account consists of accruals, prepayment, journals, payroll, VAT return, CIS and assist the accountant with the year end account.



Stamford Contracts Limited

• United Kingdom
• Construction
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Freelance Accounts Manager

  • Aug 2015 - Present

  I have been appointed as the Accounts Manager to ensure the company's books are up to date. My responsibility is to maintain the sales and purchase ledger, bookkeeping up to trial balance, VAT return, monthly CIS return, dealing with internal and external queries with regards to finance and assisting the accountants with year-end account. I have been appointed as the Accounts Manager to ensure the company's books are up to date. My responsibility is to maintain the sales and purchase ledger, bookkeeping up to trial balance, VAT return, monthly CIS return, dealing with internal and external queries with regards to finance and assisting the accountants with year-end account.



CREATIVE ACCOUNTS LTD

• United Kingdom
• Accounting

• Accountant

  • Jul 2014 - Present

  I have been working as a freelancer, after leaving a full time position with Medecho, to set up Creative Accounts Limited. I was offering accounting service to locum doctors who worked for the NHS. Payroll • Calculating PAYE and NIC • Holiday Pay • Statutory benefit payment calculations • Calculating and administering non-statutory deductions • Preparing and printing branded payslips, posted or emailed direct to employees • Reporting under Real Time Information (RTI) including processing Form P45/P46 • Preparing and processing end of year returns and online filing • Monthly payroll reporting to HMRC • Producing Forms P11D • Payment of Tax and NIC • Payment of non-statutory disbursements e.g. pension contributions • Processing expenses • Payroll Advice and assistance • Salary Sacrifice Schemes Bookkeeping • Raising sales invoices and posting to ledgers • Posting purchase ledger invoices • Posting to cash book • Posting credit card transactions • Reconciling cashbook with bank statement Management accounts • Accruals • Prepayments • Depreciation • Updating fix assets register • Making provisions • Reconciling Income Statement and Statement of Financial Position • Monthly management meeting with directors to discuss the account VAT • Running the VAT return for a period • Checking the report thoroughly to ensure there are no errors • Reconciling sales and purchase ledger to ensure they match the VAT return • After reconciliation VAT 100 is ready for submission to HMRC (online) Taxation • Personal Tax planning schedules • Self-Assessment SA100 (Personal Tax Return) • Partnership Return (SA800) • Preparation of Corporation Tax computations and Returns to HMRC (CT600) Annual Accounts • Preparing final accounts from trial balance • Reconciling P&L and Balance Sheet • Discuss the draught account with proprietor/director and make adjustments if required • Once agreed and signed by the director, submit to Companies House and HMRC Show less



Medecho Ltd

• United Kingdom
• Staffing and Recruiting
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Finance Manager

  • Jun 2009 - Jun 2014

  I was responsible for the accounts department and managing one member of staff. My duty was to oversee the sales and purchase ledger, assisting the managing director with budget, cashflow forecast, accruals, prepayment, journals, deferred income, VAT, Payroll weekly and monthly, assisting the accountant with year end account. I was responsible for the accounts department and managing one member of staff. My duty was to oversee the sales and purchase ledger, assisting the managing director with budget, cashflow forecast, accruals, prepayment, journals, deferred income, VAT, Payroll weekly and monthly, assisting the accountant with year end account.



Albermarle Interim Management and Walker Cox (Group)

• Oxford Circus

• Assistant Accountant

  • Oct 2008 - Dec 2008

  I was appointed to assist with year end for both companies Albemarle & Walker Cox and tidy up the sales and purchase ledger, and also to reconcile P&L and Balance Sheet before the year end and inter-company consolidation. The following control accounts had to be reconciled and adjusted before the year end as the deadline was very short, fixed assets register, bank, debtors control, prepayment, creditors control, accrual, VAT control, PAYE, staff loan, staff pension, deferred income. I also did the VAT return, payroll, staff commission for both companies and assisted the finance director with the management accounts as well as dealing with internal queries in connection with management accounts and adjustments I’ve made. Show less



Carluccios

• United Kingdom
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Assistant Accountant

  • Sep 2008 - Sep 2008

  I was responsible for updating and maintaining the fixed assets register, depreciation, accruals, prepayments, closing stock, posting of rent and service charges for forty café, dealing with landlords and agents regarding service charges and rents, Posting of utility bills for all the stores, reconciling payment in advance and assets in the course of construction with general ledger for new stores, and also dealing with P&L queries at month end from store managers. I was responsible for updating and maintaining the fixed assets register, depreciation, accruals, prepayments, closing stock, posting of rent and service charges for forty café, dealing with landlords and agents regarding service charges and rents, Posting of utility bills for all the stores, reconciling payment in advance and assets in the course of construction with general ledger for new stores, and also dealing with P&L queries at month end from store managers.



SunGard Public Sector

• United States
• Software Development
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Accounts Assistant

  • Oct 2007 - Aug 2008

  My responsibility was to maintain the sales and purchase ledger, raising sales invoices from sage, matching, batching and coding purchase invoices before posting, updating the ledgers, cashbook posting, keeping tight control on purchases by making sure everybody follows company’s purchasing policy, weekly bank reconciliation, processing large number of expenses, assisting in preparing monthly management accounts, these consists of accruals, prepayment, updating and maintaining fixed assets register, depreciation, payroll journal, vat return, P11Ds, credit control, cash flow forecast, reconciling P&L and Balance Sheet, assisting with year end. Also liaising with auditors and providing information for Corporation Tax Compliance. Show less



Arnold Hill & Co LLP

• United Kingdom
• Accounting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Bookkeeper

  • Sep 2007 - Sep 2007

  Preparing management accounts for various different client of Arnold Hill using Sage Line 50 (V13), bookkeeping up to Trial balance, posting sales and purchase invoices, matching batching and coding, bank reconciliation of foreign and inland accounts of various clients, dealing with multi currencies, e.g. converting $USA and euros into sterling, VAT return, posting regular monthly journals, accrual prepayment, payroll journal. Preparing management accounts for various different client of Arnold Hill using Sage Line 50 (V13), bookkeeping up to Trial balance, posting sales and purchase invoices, matching batching and coding, bank reconciliation of foreign and inland accounts of various clients, dealing with multi currencies, e.g. converting $USA and euros into sterling, VAT return, posting regular monthly journals, accrual prepayment, payroll journal.



Prestige Communications Ltd

• Southwark

• Accounts Assistant

  • Feb 2005 - Jul 2007

  I was responsible for the following: cash book, bank reconciliation, posting credit card transactions, reconciling credit card account, finance company’s current account reconciliation, checking sales and purchase invoices entries, posting all regular monthly journals, reconciling net wages and PAYE control accounts, printing monthly VAT returns and agreeing to nominal ledger, posting VAT journal at month end, running Sage month end, stock taking, posting all monthly accruals and prepayments, depreciation, payroll, reviewing balance sheet and P&L for possible errors and helping to prepare monthly cashflow forecasts. I also did the annual tax return for the directors and P11Ds for all staff receiving benefit in kind. Show less



First Impression Printing

• Printing Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Accounts Assistant

  • Jan 2004 - Dec 2004

  I dealt with sales and purchase ledgers and credit control for this and a sister company called Trafika. Sales ledger entailed: raising invoices and credit notes using Sage Line 50; keeping invoice records; posting and allocating payments; banking, bank reconciliation and dealing with queries. Purchase ledger entailed: obtaining job costings; processing invoices for payment; obtaining signatures; reconciling purchase statement; raising cheques; dealing with queries. Credit control entailed: monitoring debts and chasing debtors with aged debtors analysis report; liaising with the finance company regarding outstanding debts; ensuring reminders, final reminders and solicitors’ letters are sent out, and instigating legal proceedings. I also used cash flow forecasts and deputised for the account manager. Show less



First Option Hotel Reservations Ltd.

• United Kingdom
• Insurance

• Accounts Assisitant / Credit Controller

  • Jan 2001 - Dec 2003

  Credit Controller Jan – Dec 2003 I was responsible for chasing annual contract fees from hotels and commission invoices for reservations, dealing with purchase ledger queries, raising manual invoices, reconciling sales ledger payments, allocating payments, banking, printing statements and raising invoices. Accounts Assistant Jan 01 – Dec 02 My duties involved processing 250 purchase ledger invoices a day, liaising with colleagues and clients to resolve problems with invoices or outstanding payments, answering telephone queries, preparing statements for clients and telephoning them to settle their hotel invoices, and reconciling purchase ledger statements. Show less