KAREN COLLETTE REDDINGTON

• Manage travel licensing and renewals, handling all applications for ATOL, ABTA, and IATA to ensure businesses stay fully compliant.
• Arrange required financial bonds and insurance, managing the paperwork and submissions to meet regulatory safety standards and protect consumer interests.
• Designed and put in place the core spreadsheet systems used across the consultancy to systematically log client details, track the progress of live applications, and monitor regulatory deadlines.
• Assist in preparing and reviewing financial forecasts, checking data to prove company solvency to authorities.
• Submit accurate booking and financial reports to regulatory bodies like the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) to meet all licensing rules.
• Serve as the main point of contact, coordinating directly between travel businesses, insurance providers, and regulatory authorities.
• Oversee daily accounts administration, using Sage Accounting Software to create invoices and Excel spreadsheets to update databases and keep records organized.

• Managed corporate regulatory filings, preparing and submitting timely quarterly VAT returns and mandatory Companies House documents.
• Handled operational cash flow, overseeing petty cash balances, tracking inbound customer payments, and issuing client invoices.
• Organized company documentation, setting up clear Excel spreadsheets to format financial data and managing day-to-day business correspondence.

• Supported the daily finance function, assisting with core office bookkeeping, balance tracking, and ledger administration.
• Managed invoice data entry, processing supplier invoices accurately and maintaining structured record-keeping spreadsheets.

• Modernized the company's financial operations, selecting, setting up, and deploying a brand-new digital accounts system.
• Ran day-to-day bookkeeping functions, managing accurate record-keeping, preparing invoice distributions, and filing quarterly VAT returns.

• Drove strong retail business growth, successfully scaling the high-street branch's total turnover from £1.0M to £2.5M.
• Supervised and trained a team of 6 staff members, organizing daily shift schedules and managing general high-street store operations.
• Oversaw branch financial targets, managing localized store budgets and tracking performance metrics to ensure maximum profitability.

• Earned rapid promotion from Travel Consultant to branch Relief Manager based on strong operational performance.
• Stepped in to manage branch networks, supervising staff teams and keeping retail sales targets strictly on track.

Began career directly following college, providing expert travel advice, building customer holiday packages, and handling booking systems.