Eleanor Harris
Harrogate
Summary
Highly organised and communicative professional with expertise in accounting software including Pinnacle, Sage, MS D365, and Navision. Demonstrates a strong understanding of double-entry bookkeeping. Reliable, committed, enthusiastic, and proactive in all tasks undertaken.
Overview
28
28
years of professional experience
7
7
years of post-secondary education
Work history
Accounts Assistant
Transdev UK
Harrogate
03.2025 - 09.2025
- Responsible for the day to day management of Accounts Payable and Receivable for 3 – 4 operating companies
- Managing and maintaining good relationships with both internal and external stakeholders, in particular key suppliers and customers.
- Ensure that the purchase and sales ledgers are operated accurately, efficiently and to agreed timescales, posting supplier/customer invoices timely and accurately.
- Ensure that creditors are paid accurately and on time and that customers are invoiced correctly, and debts are collected by payment due dates
- Responsible for credit control of ‘owned’ companies
- Preparing bi weekly payment runs.
Purchase/Sales Ledger Assistant
Homes For Students
Harrogate
04.2023 - 03.2025
- Processing and producing high volume invoices accurately and on time.
- Setting up supplier and customer accounts
- Reconciliation of supplier statements
- Review and process employee expense claims, ensuring alignment with company policy.
- Daily bank reconciliation
- Support month-end processes, including bank reconciliations, journal postings, and assisting with management accounts.
- Respond professionally to financial queries from staff, students, and suppliers, providing accurate and timely information.
Accounts Assistant
Evans Halshaw Hyundai Leeds
Leeds
05.2014 - 06.2018
- Daily banking and bank reconciliation
- Processing refunds
- Purchase ledger - coding and inputting of invoices and credit notes, supplier statement reconciliations, payment runs.
- Sales ledger - producing client statements, credit control.
- Control of finance commission and bonus accounts.
- Processing credit references for new clients.
- Petty Cash
- Control of vehicle debtors and creditors
- Reconciliation of manufacturers statement
- Assistance in the production of monthly management accounts
- Setting up fleet deals - liaising with Pendragon vehicle contracts and fleet clients to ensure correct vehicles are ordered registered and delivered and correct bonuses are received
- Vehicle and parts stock checks
- Sales admin - bringing new and used vehicles into stock, invoicing and setting up products, internal vehicle transfers.
Administration Assistant
Dacre Son & Hartley, Leeds
Leeds
04.2011 - 05.2014
- Administration of property details, correspondence, reports and accounts.
- Front line customer service support both on the phone and in person.
- Use of management information system for all sales and lettings.
- Diary management, minute taking and ad hoc negotiation.
Administration Assistant
William Hill
Leeds
01.2009 - 02.2011
- Record keeping, archiving, production and upkeep of database.
- Advising customers on all betting products and taking bets over the phone.
- Use of companies management information system.
- Filing, photocopying, scanning and faxing of documents.
Administration Assistant
Newmans
Leeds
07.2006 - 12.2008
- Provision of administrative support to debt recovery agents.
- First contact for all incoming telephone calls and dealing with routine or general business enquiries.
- Updating, maintaining & developing client records using the company management information system.
- Managing all incoming and outgoing post.
Administration Assistant
Meddaid
Leeds
03.2003 - 07.2006
- Provision of administrative support to company directors and IT department.
- Use of MS Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint to produce correspondence, documents and maintain client records and spreadsheets.
- Handling telephone enquiries, management of incoming and outgoing mail, ordering stationary and supplies and managing petit cash.
Clerical Officer
Rheumatology Research, Leeds General Infirmary
Leeds
03.1998 - 03.2003
- Reception for weekly clinics and providing administrative support to a team of doctors.
- Use of MS excel to create spreadsheets to record data from research projects.
- Upkeep of patient records, managing the appointment system and registering new patients.
- Chasing reports, ordering office and clinic supplies and managing petty cash.
Education
AAT level 2 - Accounting
Premier Training
01.2013 - 01.2014
Access to Higher Education - Chemistry, Biology and Psychology
Dewsbury College
01.2008 - 01.2009
10 GCSEs - Maths, Science and English
Allerton High School
01.1990 - 01.1995
Skills
- Good organization and communication skills
- Accounting software - Pinnacle, Sage, MS D365, Navision
- Double-Entry bookkeeping understanding
- Reliable and committed, enthusiastic and proactive
Custom
01/01/18, 01/01/22, Due to having children
Timeline
Accounts Assistant
Transdev UK
03.2025 - 09.2025
Purchase/Sales Ledger Assistant
Homes For Students
04.2023 - 03.2025
Accounts Assistant
Evans Halshaw Hyundai Leeds
05.2014 - 06.2018
AAT level 2 - Accounting
Premier Training
01.2013 - 01.2014
Administration Assistant
Dacre Son & Hartley, Leeds
04.2011 - 05.2014
Administration Assistant
William Hill
01.2009 - 02.2011
Access to Higher Education - Chemistry, Biology and Psychology
Dewsbury College
01.2008 - 01.2009
Administration Assistant
Newmans
07.2006 - 12.2008
Administration Assistant
Meddaid
03.2003 - 07.2006
Clerical Officer
Rheumatology Research, Leeds General Infirmary
03.1998 - 03.2003
10 GCSEs - Maths, Science and English
Allerton High School
01.1990 - 01.1995