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Jane Keys

Name Jane Keys
Biography Certified Accountant (MAAT). Experienced Farm Business Administrator.  Carbon Foot print calculations. Book keeping, VAT returns, Payroll, Crop Recording, Farm Assurance, Livestock recording (including pedigree registrations).  Experience of looking after commercial and residential tenants and various other Farm Diversification projects. Able to produce a wide range of management reports, budgets, cashflows, enterprise profit analysis to help you to manage your business. MIAgSA.  HMRC Agent for VAT returns.
Software Experienced XERO user (certified user and certified to migrate businesses from other systems), FarmPlan Business Manager, Key Prime (Landmark), QuickBooks Desktop, Quickbooks Online, Excel, FarmPlan GateKeeper, Livestock Manager, BrightPay, HMRC Basic Payroll system - and a few other systems. Happy to learn other systems if required.
County Northamptonshire
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Bookkeeping

Bank reconciliations - Manual

Creating Cash Flow/Budgets/Forecasting & Financial Reporting using Excel/Manual

Use of Accounting Software

Understanding of Double-Entry Bookkeeping

Fixed asset register & depreciation

Gross margins & fixed cost analysis

VAT preparation & submission using MTD compliant software (including bridging tools)

Wages incl. use of software, Auto-enrolment, working time directive and National Minimum Wage & Personnel records

Whole farm, partial & gross margin budgets and cash flow forecasting

Undertaken AML Training

Advanced book keeping

Basic book keeping & Invoicing

Management of Accounts and Analysis Reports

Self - Assessment

Agriculture/Horticulture

Annual Census or similar

Statutory Livestock Recording - Desktop packages

Statutory Arable Crop Recording - Desktop packages

Environmental And Funding schemes

Other Administration and Business Skills/Experience

Microsoft Office - Word

Microsoft Office - Excel

Database set up and use

Website Management

Communication - use of email, and virtual meeting software eg Zoom or Microsoft Teams

Cloud document storage / management systems eg Dropbox , OneDrive, Sharepoint

GDPR & Data Protection

External Communication inc. written correspondence, telephone manner/first impressions

Time Management

Decision making, problem solving, assertiveness

Farmplan Business Manager

Farmplan cattle manager

Farmplan flock manager

Landmark Key Accounts

Planet

Quick Book Accounts

Sage Payroll

Estate Management / Property Rentals

Training Provider

Gatekeeper

Xero Accounts

BrightPay Payroll Software