Bookkeeper CV Example

Look after the bookkeeping, VAT and payroll for a portfolio of 28 small business clients, from sole traders to companies with 40 staff.

• Prepare and submit around 70 VAT returns a year under Making Tax Digital, all filed on time with no HMRC penalties
• Reconcile bank, credit card and loan accounts every month, and cleared a backlog of 1,800 unreconciled transactions for a new client in 3 weeks
• Run weekly and monthly payroll for 9 clients and 160 employees, including auto-enrolment pensions and RTI submissions
• Produce monthly management accounts for 6 clients, flagging cash flow risks to the owners and the client manager
• Moved 11 clients from desktop software and spreadsheets to Xero, setting up bank feeds and rules that cut monthly processing time by around 40%
• Train and review the work of a junior bookkeeper and an AAT apprentice
• Prepare tidy year-end packs for the accounts team, reducing review queries before the accounts are signed off

In-house accounts role for a marine equipment distributor with a turnover of £6 million.

• Processed around 400 purchase invoices a month and ran fortnightly supplier payment runs
• Chased overdue customer accounts, reducing debtor days from 52 to 38 in 18 months
• Prepared quarterly VAT returns and reconciled the VAT control account
• Supported the year-end audit, preparing schedules and answering auditor queries
• Kept the fixed asset register, accruals and prepayments up to date each month
• Maintained the stock valuation spreadsheet used at month end

Front desk and payments role in a 6-surgery dental practice.

• Took patient payments and reconciled the till and card machine every day
• Chased unpaid treatment invoices, reducing the overdue balance by around half