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Eleanor Harris

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

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