1. Neil Burrows
20 St. Marks Close, Flitwick, Bedfordshire, MK45 1HG
Telephone: 07444 840124 Email: neilstuartburrows@gmail.com
References can be supplied on request
Personal skills & qualities
I have good I.T. user skills and a lot of experience with office productivity software packages, such as Word, Excel
and Outlook. I am also very familiar with Windows based desktop and file management. I have also completed
the Level 2 AAT (Association of Accounting Technicians) Accounting Certificate which involved the use of Sage Line
50 accounting software. I am currently studying for the Institute of Certified Bookkeepers (ICB) qualifications in
my spare time.
I have strengths in problem solving and creative thinking, along with organisational skills to carry out work
efficiently and effectively.
I am also conscientious and pay a high level of attention to detail in my work.
 Basic accounting knowledge and financial administrationexperience
 Have been involved with thanking and acknowledging donors via email or letter, and handling filing and data entry
around this
 Have been involved with entering donor details and actions taken on their behalf on software packages such as
Raiser’s Edge and Act
 Recording income information such as donations and subscriptions via accounting packages such as QuickBooks,
Sage Line 50
 Analytical report writing
Qualifications
NVQ Level 2, Accounting Certificate (current standards)
Association of Accounting Technicians August 2014
Association of Accounting Technicians (old standards, pre-2006)
Intermediate Level – NVQ Level 2 July 1997
Secondary Education:
A-levels: Communication Studies: C, General Studies: C July 1995
GCSEs: English Language: B, English Literature: B, History: B
Geography: C, Mathematics: C, Business Studies: C July 1993
Experience
Kleeneze & Avon catalogue distribution, carried out in the local area.
Present time from July 2014 onwards. (Current & Ongoing, part-time)
Duties include:
• Distribution & collection of catalogues in the local area.
• Placing orders and delivering these to customers.
• Cash-handling of payments received.
• Administration of customer orders, recording data of deliveries and
retrieval of catalogues carried out to identify possible future leads, existing customers and
those who have rejected brochure deliveries.

2. Administration & Events Assistant, Marston Vale Community Rail Partnership,
Bedfordshire Rural Communities Charity. January 2009 – March 2015
Duties included:
• Updating & maintenance of contact databases and mailing lists.
• Creating flyers for distribution to venues and letters to subscribers.
• Answering queries and information requests regarding travelling on the
Marston Vale Railway Line and other local transport issues.
• Typing up of minutes taken by the Partnership Officer at committee meetings.
• Sending relevant information to enquirers about the Marston Vale Line and attractions
near to it.
• Maintaining stocks of leaflets and information for display at exhibitions and events,
distribution of these to public venues such as libraries, tourist information centres
and train stations.
• Stocking and preparation of various publicity materials for events to promote the Marston
Vale Line, and assisting with the running of these events.
Finance Administration Assistant, DANDA (Developmental Adult Neuro-Diversity Association)
September 2008 – January 2009, and June – December 2005
Duties included:
• Recording ofsales receipts, invoices for billing, expenses paid, manual petty cash
reimbursement andother transactions onthe Quickbooks accounting system.
• Updating and maintenance of cash sales receipts files, bank deposit analysis and
expenses files. Cross referencing of Cash sales receipts to bank deposit slips and
on computerised accounting system.
• Occasional answering ofin-house helpline / enquiryline, andtaking messages.
Fundraising & Finance Administration, Depression Alliance. September 2004 – January 2005
Duties included:
• Processing of subscription anddonation payments using various packages such as
QuickBooks accounting andActmarketing software.
• Preparationof fundraising acknowledgements, response letters and informationpacks
to requests for fundraisingpacks, information packs for depression and other related
subjects, and whenpeople hadcompleted a fundraisingactivity.
• Recording and banking cash and cheques received on a daily basis.
• Allocating remittances to invoice and debtor records on the QuickBooks accounting system.