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LIDIIA DRIBNA
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OVERVIEW

Highly organised and hard-working student. Completed Institute of Financial Accountants Level 3 Accounts Assistant Practical
Training. Studying towards ACCA. Good knowledge of accounting processes and procedures including double entry system, UK
legislation regarding payroll system, and control accounts. Enjoy working as part of a team, taking initiative, and completing
individual tasks. Able to remain focused and attentive in a busy work environment. Effective communicator with good interpersonal
skills and a positive attitude. Motivated, adaptable, dependable, and ethical individual.

SKILLS

• Bookkeeping
• Payroll
• Bank Reconciliation
• VAT Returns
• Xero, Sage 50, QuickBooks, BrightPay, Microsoft Excel

WORK EXPERIENCE

XPLUS LONDON ACCOUNTING FIRM London, UK
Accounting Intern December 2022 - March 2023
• Analysed monthly bank statements for clients in different industries such as retail, construction, education, automotive, and
others for purposes of tax returns and statutory accounts submission
• Analysed daily business transactions into relevant accounts, including standard-rated, mixed, and zero-rated sales, for VAT
purposes; conducted research to ensure the correct VAT rate was applied
• Created Excel files with analysed transactions of the business for VAT preparation, reconciliation, and submission to HMRC
• Classified business transactions into relevant expense accounts used for annual statutory accounts preparation and tax returns
• Took initiative in assisting senior accountant with payroll function in the firm; outside of work learned BrightPay software;
participated in payroll for more than 20 clients
• Processed monthly payroll and conducted communication with payroll clients
• Updated payroll records with leavers and joiners in BrightPay Payroll software for companies with 5-20 employees
• Issued weekly/monthly pay slips to over 20 payroll clients' employees and generated employer payment summary
• Maintained correct and complete physical and electronic filing of accounting payroll documentation; worked in a team of four on
checking the completeness of accounting records for annual audit
• Performed accounting entries in various accounting software including Xero, Sage 50, QuickBooks
• Learned from senior accountants how to submit annual personal and corporation tax returns
• Undertook manual daily accounting and data entry in Microsoft Excel; navigated accounting databases to obtain required
information
• Carried general office and ad hoc duties together with 3 other interns by communicating with clients via email, answering phone
calls, and printing required accounting documentation
• Managed induction of 3 new interns joining the firm; explained the filing system, assisted with queries regarding bank analysis

KBM CHARTERED CERTIFIED ACCOUNTANTS AND REGISTERED AUDITORS London, UK
Trainee Accounts Assistant January 2022 - June 2022
• Set up nine different companies using various VAT schemes in accounting software such as Xero, Sage50, QuickBooks
• Created customers' and suppliers' accounts for nine companies operating in various industries
• Issued and processed suppliers' and customers' invoices and credit notes, including foreign currency transactions, for nine
companies over the period of 3 months to 1 year
• Allocated daily supplier payments and customer receipts against correct invoices and processed them in the accounting software
• Generated relevant monthly aged receivables and payables reports for credit control purposes and other statements of the
businesses as required
• Entered end-of-month/year adjustments to control accounts in Microsoft Excel
• Maintained fixed assets register of the company in Excel files, calculated yearly depreciation on fixed assets using different
methods and wrote off fixed assets
• Conducted monthly bank and petty cash reconciliation for nine companies
• Processed payroll and generated pay slips in Sage 50 Payroll software, calculated and processed statutory payments to employees
EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON, London, UK
MSc Management 2023 - 2024
• Finance Pathway Programme with a focus on finance-related subjects

ACCA, BPP UNIVERSITY, London, UK
Advanced Diploma in Accounting and Finance 2021 - 2022
• Programme structure: Papers F1 - F9
• Passed first time: F1(88%), F2 (90%), F3 (92%), F4 (86%), F5 (84%), F6 (72%), F7 (66%), F8 (78%), F9 (88%)

NEW YORK ENGLISH CENTER, New York, USA
Business English Course 2018 - 2020
• Business writing and communication for non-native English speakers

KAPLAN INTERNATIONAL, New York, USA
GRE Preparation Course 2017 - 2018
• Pre-master course focused on Analytical Writing, Quantitative and Verbal Reasoning

YURIY FEDKOVYCH CHERNIVTSI NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, Chernivtsi, Ukraine

MA Foreign Languages (English, German) 2010 - 2011
BA Foreign Languages (English) 2006 - 2010

Private ESL Tutor, Ivano – Frankivsk, Ukraine 2012 - 2017
Tutored children and grown-ups in English as a Second Language

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
LANGUAGES: Ukrainian (native), English (fluent), German (intermediate)
TECHNICAL SKILLS: Ability to use Microsoft Excel including Monte Carlo Simulation and TreePlan for Decision and Risk
problems