• Sales ledger including raising sales invoices and credit control, monitoring cash flow, managing invoice asset finance, quarterly VAT returns, bank reconciliations, maintaining fixed asset register, ad hoc financial reports. • Purchase ledger invoices and payments and Sales Admin functions including all ordering, checking sales acknowledgements and liaising with warehouse and clients re deliveries.• I designed and implemented a credit management process to streamline credit control, ensuring more timely collection and accurate cash flow planning.• Overseeing annual bank and external accountancy audits. • Responsibility for petty cash as well as checking and payments for all employee expenses.• Preparation of monthly, quarterly and annual management accounts and any ad hoc reports for the Management Team.• Accrual and prepayment journals and nominal ledger analysis.• Analysis of project profit and margins as well as monthly nominal ledger analysis and comparison with budgets.• Development of interior and furniture quotes for clients ensuring financial accuracy and highlighting profit margin status. • Liaising with suppliers and contractors to obtain quotes and calculate mark ups, minimising errors to maximise profit margins. • Maintaining CRM database, adding new clients and setting up filters for marketing purposes. • I was CSR rep for 5 years and organised our company’s participation in a sponsored sleep out in Reading for Launchpad, Reading’s homeless charity raising over £2,000 as well as organising our Easter and Christmas charitable donations and Macmillan cake sales.

I assisted my husband run his photography and video business, mainly by managing his accounts. As it was a limited company I took the role of Company Secretary.

I worked evenings as a home tutor, specialising in Literacy and Numeracy tutoring for children in Years 3 - 6. I also tutored for SATs preparation. I loved this job as you could really tailor the learning to the child, build a rapport and see results. Seeing the children grow in confidence was amazing.

Class teacher and IT co-ordinator

I worked as Finance Assistant, reconciling sales and purchases in many different currencies, including sterling, US$ and yen.

I worked in the Finance Department reporting to the Management Accountant and assisted in preparing the monthly, quarterly and annual accounts for one of the biggest law firms in Europe.•Maintaining monthly accounting records including the preparation and posting of accruals and prepayments.•Maintaining fixed asset records and prepare depreciation calculations and journals.•Assist with the annual budgeting and regular forecasting exercises.•Assisting with the reconciliation of inter-company accounts•Preparation of year end schedules and reconciliations.•Proactively engage with project work as required.•Support ad-hoc analysis work and other tasks as required