Svetlana Nicholls

Experience

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  Astrol Ltd

  Jan 1994 - Dec 2000

  Financial Accountant

  Responsible for all aspects of financial management retail company including sales support and client relationship development.

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  Mega-Flex M Ltd

  Dec 2000 - Aug 2003

  Chief Accountant

  Keeping company financial accounts, preparing financial reports, ensuring financial reporting deadlines are met such as tax returns. Supervising payroll and day to day financial activity. Financial forecasting and management of budgets. Reviewing systems and processes to highlight cost-reduction opportunities. Liaising with auditors to ensure annual monitoring is carried out; developing external relationships with appropriate contacts, eg auditors, bankers and statutory organisations;

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  Internet Cafe

  Feb 2006 - Apr 2010

  Business Manager

  Solely responsible for planning, budgeting and setting up this new business in France. Subsequently was responsible for the smooth, day-to-day running of the financial side of the business. This project involved a need to learn rapidly French corporate law and taxation together with French accounting principles and practice. Also required acquiring detailed knowledge of the proprietary systems and software.

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  KSL Carratu Ltd

  Sept 2010 - Apr 2012

  Financial Accountant

  Managing all day to day financial activities, posting Accruals & Prepayments, Bank reconciliation, payroll, VAT returns, CT computation, Full and Abbreviated Annual Accounts. Creating invoices and manage the credit control. Allocating expenses to the job projects. Prepare management reports and financial statements using Sage 50 accounts Plus and Microsoft Excel.Key Contributions:Contributed to a strategy which substantially reduced corporation tax payable by applying the right methods to offset company losses .Succeeded in improving company management structure resulting in an increase of Sales by providing advice and support to junior colleagues in the methods of regular reporting and time management. Contributed substantially to reducing outstanding accounts receivable by setting up improved collection processes. Show less

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  Keypoint Discovery Limited

  May 2012 - Dec 2013

  Accountant

  Freelance Payroll, General Bookkeeping Services

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  AmbientWW

  Jun 2012 - Aug 2014

  Accountant

  Working as a sole accountant, responsible for:• All accounts up to Trial balance and providing assistance and support to the external Accountant in preparation of VAT returns and assist during interim and year and audits.• Payroll processing for Directors and large number of Employees using Sage Payroll (including Pension & RTI reporting modules), deal with any queries in an effective and efficient manner and with all year end reporting within the set time-scales.• Conduct weekly and month end reporting such as aged debtors/creditors and overall company profitability, resolve any customer queries. Invoicing process, preparing monthly management reports , project cost reports for Finance Directors and Management team.• Process, calculate and reimburse all employee expenses, checking records and ensuring accuracy at all times.• Multicurrency Banks reconciliation. Batch payments processing.• Cash flow forecasting, Budgets control.• Managing company Pension scheme. Leasing with external accountants and auditors on regular basis. Show less

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  KW Chartered Accountants

  Jan 2016 - now

  Senior Accountant
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  COUNTESSCO LTD

  Feb 2016 - now

  Founder, Director, Senior Accountant

  Countess & Co is a team of dedicated professionals who are passionate about helping their clients to grow their businesses.We specialise in Xero online accounting software which is cost effective and an intelligent way to manage your accounts. It allows access to your figures 24/7 from any location.