Nicolette Mills

• Currently temping:

Transitioned the setup from Sage to Xero.

Debtors brought up to date from 2022.

All accounts up to date and moving forward.

• Developed strong relationships with clients through effective communication and support.
• Collaborated with team members to streamline administrative tasks and improve efficiency.
• Engaged positively with each customer, providing professional, and polite support for sales and service needs.
• Answered customer questions and responded quickly to problems and complaints in person, on phone and by email.

• Setting up and running the company finance department including the transition of all accounts from the buy out company onto Xero.
• Running all aspects of the Finance department including payroll for 70 + employees
• Making sure all areas of the Finance department were up and running efficiently
• Balance and maintain ledgers (Xero)
• Prepare and produce monthly and weekly reports.
• Monthly and weekly payroll
• Monthly and weekly reconciliations, invoicing, and bills.
• Preparing reports for management meetings
• Liaise with HMRC/Accountants/auditors/banks
• Deliver on HMRC reporting/complete VAT returns
• Understand regulation, legislation, and industry developments.
• Updating all technological systems and accounting software to be used for financial purposes

• Setting up of Accounts department (new premises)
• Balance and maintain ledgers (Sage)
• Prepare and produce monthly and weekly reports
• Monitor Monthly and weekly payroll, invoicing and other transactions
• Monthly and weekly reconciliations
• Dealing with all aspects of bookkeeping
• Preparing reports for management meetings
• Liaise with HMRC/Accountants/auditors/banks
• Deliver on HMRC reporting/complete VAT returns
• Understand regulation, legislation and industry developments
• Updating all technological systems and accounting software to be used for financial purposes

• Dealing with all aspects of bookkeeping
• Balance and maintain ledgers (manual and sage) across 11 companies
• Prepare quarterly tax returns for 5 companies
• Prepare and produce monthly reports
• Prepare end of year accounts for 11 companies within a tight deadline
• Manage all legal requirements regarding leases/services/insurances/rents etc

• Credit control
• High volume invoice checking (attention to detail)
• Monthly reconciliations
• Ensuring all deadlines and targets are met

• HR - update and maintain office policies/ hiring of staff/interviews/inductions
• Provide ongoing support to admin staff and engineers
• Bring up the standard of the company through procedures to ensure certification of ISO 9001
• Staff training
• Maintaining accurate records
• Ensure all targets and deadlines are met
• Generating daily and monthly reports/reporting to management/presentations
• Schedule meetings and appointments
• Organise office operations and procedures

• Meet cash and debtor day targets
• Maintain accurate records of all chasing activity
• Undertake account reconciliations as required
• Setting up legal action when required.
• Negotiate with customers repayment plans
• Maintaining accurate records
• Providing ad hoc reporting as and when required

• Running all aspects of the office.
• Accounts: setting up new accounts; invoicing/credits; remittance collation; maintenance of all data; monthly statements; monthly reports; logistics;
• Purchase ledger;
• Monthly reports;
• Interviewing of potential new employees:
• Setting up accounts; credit checks;
• Organisation of office:
• General administration: setting up new systems: computer/files/customers: invoicing;
• Dealing with customer complaints: chasing outstanding debt;
• General organisation of business: making sure everything runs smoothly and efficiently; ensuring
• Meeting and greeting clients/potential clients;
• Organisation of diaries/appointments:
• Book keeping (quarterly) bacs/cheque/cash: Liaise with Hmrc/Accountants; monthly reconciliation
• Petty cash:

• Accounts: setting up new accounts; invoicing; client set up; remittance collation; maintenance of all data:
• Dealing with complaints: outgoing and incoming; unpaid bills;
• General administration: setting up new systems:
• Debt management set up
• PA duties to Senior Manager
• Quickbooks management: purchase ledger
• Overseeing of employee’s work
• Organisation of diaries/appointments

• Accounts: setting up new accounts; invoicing; product set up; remittance collation; maintenance of all data:
• Purchase ledger:
• Wages:
• Interviewing of potential new employees:
• Organisation of new suppliers/supplies and stock:
• Organisation of workforce: drivers; warehouse; office:
• General administration: setting up new systems: computer/files/customers: invoicing; credits;
• Dealing with complaints: Deliveries; outgoing and incoming; unpaid bills; stock; employees:
• Meeting and greeting clients/potential clients;
• Organisation of diaries/appointments::
• Book keeping (quarterly) bacs/cheque/cash: VAT
• Petty cash:
• Any ad hoc duties that need to be done:

• Data input
• Admin Assistant
• Previous to 1997