Lorraine Baker Email and Phone Number

• Maintain and reconcile cash books for UK Sterling and foreign currency bank accounts• Produce weekly cash report and forecast for UK and overseas branches • Reconcile intercompany accounts with overseas branches • Produce month-end cash reports and reconciliations• Prepare supplier and non-purchase-ledger payment runs• Maintain fixed asset register and general ledger and depreciation accounts • Prepare monthly VAT• Prepare and submit EC sales and Intrastat declarations• Maintain Construction Industry Scheme (CIS) records and submit monthly return• Month and Year end work • Review and develop accounting controls and procedures

• Maintaining and accurately updating a multiple currency computerised accounting system • Running and maintaining online SAGE Payroll system• Preparation of Payroll tax year end documentation and PAYE journals• Implementation of new payroll system• Preparing quarterly VAT returns• Preparing monthly and quarterly sales commissions• Setting up and maintaining ad-hoc management reporting spread sheets, reports and analyses• Reconciling bank accounts, credit cards and petty cash • Generating and issuing sales invoices• Performing a credit control function ensuring prompt issue and payment of invoices• Collecting timesheets from our contractors and uploading to customer portals• Tracking Purchase Order values• Maintaining the Asset register• Generating online and manual payments to suppliers• Maintaining regular contact with suppliers and customers• Processing and checking staff expenses• Implementing and maintaining good accounting procedures• Assisting with preparation of year end accounts

• Producing annual budgets and forecasts • Producing cash flow forecasts, profit and loss projections and Management accounts• Assisting with preparation of year end accounts• Maintaining the Asset register• Managing cash flow on a daily basis • Implementation of a computerised accounts system• Preparing quarterly VAT returns• Generating and issuing sales and service invoices• Performing a credit control function ensuring prompt issue and payment of invoices• Bank reconciliations• Generating online and manual payments to suppliers• PAYE and payroll journals, annual returns and P35 and P11D completion• Preparing monthly and quarterly commissions• Processing and checking staff expenses• Research and development calculations• Managing relationship with company’s bank managers and Revenue & Customs• Implementing and maintaining good accounting procedures• Purchasing• HR functions• SEO work including pay per click management and Web stat analysis

• Customer care by telephone and in person• Dealing with enquiries, complaints and orders• Calculating VAT invoices, refunds and exchanges• Serving customers in a friendly, helpful and timely manner giving first class service at all times• Maintaining safe systems of work• Training staff on checkouts, cigarette kiosk, lottery, customer service desk and health and safety policies

• Answering telephone and directing calls in a professional and courteous manner• Dealing with customer enquiries, complaints and orders• Welcoming visitors • Communicating with managers

• Assistance in preparation of the monthly trading accounts • Analysis of the major overhead items• Reconciliation of nominal ledger control accounts• Maintenance of the lease register and assets register• Assistance in the administration of the company’s pension and BUPA schemes including the payment of the monthly pensions• Assistance in the preparation of the annual budgets and annual accounts

• Managing and motivating a team of seven by setting fair targets and deadlines, distributing and allocation of work• Posting and allocating payments• Account reconciliations and resolving customer queries• Producing and analysing weekly and monthly reports for Finance Manager• Maintaining the integrity of Sales Ledger by ensuring a high degree of accuracy

Audit and Accountancy work• Preparation of accounts for sole traders, limited companies and partnerships• External auditing• Manual bookkeeping• VAT returns• Personal Tax returns• Assisting with Corporation Tax• Preparing management accounts• Assisting with payroll• Dealing with client queries