• Responsible for overseeing the Sage purchase ledger system including management of all suppliers and dealing with any issues that arise as and when necessary.• Reporting to the CFO on a monthly basis for the preparation of monthly management accounts including posting monthly journals for payroll, prepayments, accruals etc.• Reconciliation of all bank accounts, petty cash and credit card statements.• Accountable for posting all payments, as well as issuing appropriate remittances.• Managing the department on a regular basis and delegating tasks to the appropriate assistants. First point of contact in line manager’s absence.• Creation and maintenance of various excel spread sheets to aid managers in analysis and reporting.• Liaising with internal and external parties daily.• Preparation of information for Intrastat reporting and national statistics.• Successful transition, including promotion to manager status due to the growth of the accounts department from an initial team of 2 to 9 staff members. This involved training new employees, adapting to new surroundings and responsibilities as well as managing a continually increasing workload. • Entrusted with extremely sensitive information that is required to be kept private and confidential.• Carrying out general administrative tasks required for the efficient running of the company including assisting HR with timesheet reconciliation and distribution of payslips.

• Preparation of financial statements from primary accounting records for sole traders, partnerships and limited companies. • Preparation of corporation tax computations and calculation of schedule D Case 1 adjusted profit for sole traders and partnerships.• Provision of bookkeeping services for clients on their accounting system (both manual and computerised) which includes VAT Return completion.• Sage Line 50, from data input to report generation, needed to extract relevant information for management accounts purposes and financial accounts preparation.