Elise Bradley
Lydney,Gloucestershire
Summary
I am detail orientated with expertise in bookkeeping training, fixed assets accounting, and audit procedures. Efficient in ledger handling, accounts payable management, and trial balance preparation. I demonstrate strong skills in financial statements preparation, accounts reconciliation, and VAT returns submission. I am capable in budgeting and forecasting with a solid understanding of accruals and prepayments. I can apply time management skills to financial and organisational tasks.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
2
2
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
Work history
Assistant Accountant
IDS Refrigeration (Climalife)
04.2024 - 12.2025
- My main roles include Daily Cash Reconciliation, monthly reconciliation of the Accruals and Prepayments data, preparing the VAT return, reconciling inter-company data and posting journals.
- Raise quarterly manual invoices and occasionally assist the Credit Controller with customer queries, raising credit notes and processing the invoice run.
- Support accounts payable activities, such aged aged reporting and payment runs to ensure accuracy and timeliness of internal deadlines.
- Produce monthly cash reconciliations to ensure accuracy in posting.
- Assist senior accountants in preparation of monthly and yearly closings, improving process efficiency.
- Work closely with the auditing team to ensure efficiency, accuracy and full cooperation in producing relevant documents.
- Maintain electronic files in an organised manner to ensure easy retrieval during audits or inspections.
- Helped with the training of new purchase ledger clerk, explaining accounting principles and procedures.
- Produce monthly reversing journals for the accruals and prepayments as well as end of financial year journals.
- Analyse balance sheets and profit and loss ledgers to identify discrepancies.
- Cover daily cash forecasting when the financial accounting manager is on leave.
- Organise and carry out month-end, quarterly and year-end processes.
Purchase Ledger Clerk
IDS Refrigeration (Climalife)
04.2022 - 04.2024
- In this role, my daily tasks consisted of Cash Reconciliation, and processing of supplier invoices. My monthly tasks consisted of the supplier payment run, inputting fixed assets on the system and reconciling the company credit card. I would also process staff expenditure.
Associate
Amazon
07.2019 - 04.2022
Warehouse Operative
Tesco Warehouse
01.2019 - 07.2019
Team Member
Tesco
03.2017 - 01.2019
Travelling in New Zealand
10.2016 - 03.2017
Checkout Operator
Tesco
05.2016 - 09.2016
Crew Member
Burger King
03.2015 - 05.2016
Work Experience
County Flowers
10.2015 - 04.2016
Domestic Assistant
Hazelwell Lodge Residential Home
10.2013 - 04.2015
Education
Richard Huish College
Taunton 09.2014 - 06.2016
Skills
- Bookkeeping training
- Fixed assets accounting
- Audit procedures familiarity
- Ledger handling
- Time management mastery
- Accounts receivable handling
- Trial balance preparation
- Financial statements preparation
- Accounts reconciliation knowledge
- Budgeting and forecasting competence
- Accruals and prepayments knowledge
- VAT returns submission
Certification
- AAT Level 2 Foundation
- AAT Level 3 Advanced Diploma
- AAT Level 4 Professional Diploma
Accomplishments
Member of IDS ‘Future Leaders' April 2024 - present
References
References available upon request.
Volunteer Experience
Welcome Bap Café, Volunteer, 2011-06, 2013-01
REFEREES
- Laura, Robertson, Financial Accounting Manager, lrobertson@climalife.dedeh.com, 07545426981, IDS Refrigeration (Climalife), 22 Apex Court, Bradley Stoke, BS32 4JT
- Darryl, Crump, 01460 66951, 07788597749, 145 Wessex Close, Chard, TA20 2JG
Timeline
Assistant Accountant
IDS Refrigeration (Climalife)
04.2024 - 12.2025
Purchase Ledger Clerk
IDS Refrigeration (Climalife)
04.2022 - 04.2024
Associate
Amazon
07.2019 - 04.2022
Warehouse Operative
Tesco Warehouse
01.2019 - 07.2019
Team Member
Tesco
03.2017 - 01.2019
Travelling in New Zealand
10.2016 - 03.2017
Checkout Operator
Tesco
05.2016 - 09.2016
Work Experience
County Flowers
10.2015 - 04.2016
Crew Member
Burger King
03.2015 - 05.2016
Richard Huish College
09.2014 - 06.2016
Domestic Assistant
Hazelwell Lodge Residential Home
10.2013 - 04.2015