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LIDIIA DRIBNA
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OVERVIEW

Highly organised and hard-working individual. Completed Institute of Financial Accountants Level 3 Accounts Assistant Practical
Training. Studying towards ACCA. Good knowledge of accounting processes and procedures, including the 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
●​ Self Assessment Tax Returns
●​ Bank Reconciliation
●​ VAT Returns
●​ Xero, Sage 50, QuickBooks, BrightPay, Opera, Microsoft Excel
●​ ACCA (obtained exemptions for the first nine examinations)
●​ Strong attention to detail and numerical skills

WORK EXPERIENCE

ROYAL LANCASTER LONDON London, UK
Finance Assistant August 2025 - Present
●​ Issuing all Accounts Receivable (AR) invoices, ensuring they align with the provided backup documentation, assisting with any
necessary adjustments, and supporting payment allocation as needed
●​ Daily Cash reconciliation, investigation, and reporting of discrepancies
●​ Reconciliation of the hotel's international and the UK commissions for rooms
●​ Managing Accounts Payable invoices, resolving invoice discrepancies with suppliers
●​ Monitoring the Accounts Receivable (AR) inbox and responding to all incoming inquiries in a professional and timely manner
●​ Management of credit card, room charge, and discount receipts, and other internal reports
●​ Assisting management and other hotel departments accordingly.

XPLUS LONDON ACCOUNTING FIRM​ London, UK
Bookkeeper/Accounting Intern​ December 2022 - March 2023
●​ Processed sales and purchase invoices using Xero and Excel
●​ Analysed daily business transactions into relevant accounts for VAT purposes (including standard-rated and zero-rated sales),
ensuring the correct VAT rate was applied
●​ Performed bank reconciliations using Xero, resolved queries for unreconciled items, if any
●​ Prepared Self Assessments through Excel spreadsheets
●​ Created Excel files with analysed transactions for VAT preparation and submission to HMRC
●​ Assisted senior accountants with payroll function using BrightPay software
●​ Processed monthly payroll and conducted communication with a portfolio of around 20 payroll clients
●​ Updated payroll records with leavers and joiners in payroll software for companies with 5-20 employees
●​ Issued weekly/monthly pay slips and generated employer payment summary
●​ Maintained correct and complete electronic filing of accounting and payroll documentation
●​ Worked in a team of four on reviewing the completeness of accounting records to meet audit requirements
●​ Undertook manual daily bookkeeping and data entry in Microsoft Excel; navigated accounting databases to obtain required
information
●​ Provided general assistance to the finance team, including filing and managing required accounting documentation
●​ Received and screened a high volume of communications, including email and postage
●​ Managed the induction of 3 new interns joining the firm

KBM CHARTERED CERTIFIED ACCOUNTANTS AND REGISTERED AUDITORS​ London, UK
Trainee Accounts Assistant​ January 2022 - June 2022
●​ Set up companies using various VAT schemes in accounting software such as Xero, Sage50, QuickBooks
●​ Created and maintained customers' and suppliers' accounts for companies operating in different industries
●​ Issued and processed suppliers' and customers' invoices and credit notes, including foreign currency transactions, for an
accounting 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 companies in Excel and calculated and recorded yearly depreciation on fixed assets
●​ Bank statement reconciliation
●​ 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
Tutored children and grown-ups in English as a Second Language 2012 - 2017

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
LANGUAGES: Ukrainian (native), English (fluent), German (intermediate)