Lorraine Bliben
Potters Bar,Hertfordshire
Summary
Diligent Bookkeeper with experience maintaining accurate, timely accounting operations. Proactive with excellent planning to meet payroll, reporting and return deadlines. Attentive and logical to remain calm and productive under pressure.
Overview
42
42
years of professional experience
1
1
year of post-secondary education
Work history
Bookkeeper
Creative Leadership Consultants Ltd
Hendon, London
2024.05 - Current
- Prepare purchase and sales ledger
- Prepare and submit quarterly VAT
- Create excel reporting
Bookkeeper
Institute of Psychosynthesis
Hendon, London
2023.08 - Current
- Manager Purchase Ledger
- Reconcile and Review all bank accounts
- Journal nominals for opening and closing balances
- Prepare accounts for end of year processing
- Use of Quickbooks software
Bookkeeper
Ashridge Vehicles Ltd
Little Gaddesden, Hertfordshire
2011.04 - Current
- Manage Purchase and Sales entries
- Reconcile and Review all bank accounts
- Process payments from Aged Creditors and employees
- Journal nominals for opening and closing balances
- Prepare and submit management reports including Profit and Loss and Balance Sheet to management and financial institutions
- Prepare and submit quarterly VAT to HMRC
- Prepare and submit monthly payroll to HMRC
- Prepare and analysis cash flow forecasts
- Prepare and submit monthly payroll to HMRC
- Create new joiner contracts and starter pack
- Assist in staff appraisals, disputes and dismissals
- Delegate to assistant administrator
- Use of Motor Industry software, SAGE accounts and SAGE payroll, excel reporting
Bookkeeper
Venezia Marketing & Distribution Limited
Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire
2011.03 - Current
- Manage Purchase and Sales entries
- Review all bank accounts
- Journal nominals for opening and closing balances
- Use of Retail software accountancy package
Bookkeeper
The Mayfair Printing Company
City of London
2011.03 - 2013.11
- Manage Purchase and Sales entries
- Reconcile and Review all bank accounts
- Journal nominals for opening and closing balances
- Prepare and submit management reports
- Use of SAGE accounts
Bookkeeper
Venezia Designs Ltd
Southgate, London
1988.01 - 2011.01
- Financial Director managing purchase and sales ledger entries
- Reconcile and review all bank accounts
- Process payments on aged creditors and debtors, employees
- Journal nominals for opening and closing balances
- Prepare and submit management reporting
- Prepare and submit quarterly VAT to HMRC
- Prepare budgets and monitor expenditure
- Prepare and submit monthly payroll to HMRC
- Create new staff contracts and joiner packs
- Manage staff and delegate to assistant administrator
- Assist in buying and stock reports
- Use of Retail software, SAGE accounts, IRIS Payroll and excel reports
Secretary
DIAWA Europe Limited
City of London
1985.10 - 1987.01
- Secretary to Personnel Director
- Assisting the Director in letter writing using shorthand and typewriting skills
- Employing and managing temporary staff to all levels and departments
- Assisting in payroll
- Assisting in bookkeeping for manual reconciliations
- Delegating to Junior Secretary
Secretary
Federation of Recruitment and Employment Services
City of London
1983.05 - 1985.10
- Junior Secretary to Director Secretary
- Assist in letter writing with use of shorthand and type writing skills
- Schedule meetings and appointments
- Document minutes of the meeting
- Assist and attend conferences
Education
Secretarial Studies - Secretarial
East Herts College
Hertfordshire 1982.09 - 1983.07
Skills
- Bookkeeping
- Customer relations
- Payment Processing
- Microsoft Excel
- Attention to Detail
- Payroll administration
- Business development
- Account management
- Sales expertise
- Data Entry
- Account reconciliation
- Order processing
- Project budgeting
- Invoicing
- Accounts payable, receivable, general ledger accounting
- Xero
- VAT reporting
- Sage
- Intuit Quickbooks
Timeline
Bookkeeper
Creative Leadership Consultants Ltd
2024.05 - Current
Bookkeeper
Institute of Psychosynthesis
2023.08 - Current
Bookkeeper
Ashridge Vehicles Ltd
2011.04 - Current
Bookkeeper
Venezia Marketing & Distribution Limited
2011.03 - Current
Bookkeeper
The Mayfair Printing Company
2011.03 - 2013.11
Bookkeeper
Venezia Designs Ltd
1988.01 - 2011.01
Secretary
DIAWA Europe Limited
1985.10 - 1987.01
Secretary
Federation of Recruitment and Employment Services
1983.05 - 1985.10
Secretarial Studies - Secretarial
East Herts College
1982.09 - 1983.07