The Team

A BBC-trained secretary, Helen has a diligent approach to admin and runs a very tight ship. Known as the queen of calm and common sense, she’s tenacious, resourceful and is always quick to find a solution to any office problem.

A member of the Institute of Certified Bookkeepers (ICB), Helen has made it her mission to stay on top of the rapidly changing software in this busy area of business.

Above all else, Helen enjoys implementing systems and business change management into the workplace. A big fan of IT, and a true champion of Microsoft Office, she loves sharing her extensive knowledge of Word and Excel. A whizz with WordPress, Helen spends much of her time creating content and updating websites and relishes the challenge of running social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn.

A real extrovert, Helen gets her energy from being around people and brings a sunny vibe to the Knutsford Admin team. Outside work she’s a keen traveller and is gradually working her way through some of the amazing destinations on her bucket list.

Rebecca qualified as a management accountant in industry and had a successful career for 15 years, working with several SMEs in Cheshire and progressing to Finance Director in a multi-million pound private equity backed company. In 2014, Rebecca decided to change tact and went into running her own business helping smaller SME’s grow to the next level, predominately using SAGE software.

As FD at Knutsford Admin Limited, Rebecca brings her industry experience and local contacts to us, enabling us to offer a higher level of reporting and expertise as well as bookkeeping. She can help business owners understand how they can use their finance systems and available reports, to better understand and manage cashflows, set budgets and monitor information. When businesses need to talk to their banks or are looking for finance, having accurate and clear financial information at your fingertips is invaluable.

Rebecca shares her enthusiasm for better controls and management reporting with our team and our clients. As an avid fan of Xero and Excel, she will help automate processes to ease the admin burden and ensure a high level of accuracy is maintained.

Katie is our Payroll Manager. She joined us in 2019 as a Business Apprentice, and graduated from Salford Uni with a 1st Degree in Business and Chartered Management in the summer of 2023. She is a member of the ICB and has completed her Professional Diploma in Payroll Management.

Katie likes to be organised and has a strong interest in business, especially marketing and sales, making her a great addition to the team. She loves meeting clients and enjoys the wide variety of tasks that come with her role, particularly payroll, credit chasing and bank reconciliation.

Always on the go, Katie is a real social butterfly. When she’s not at KA, she can either be found on the ski slopes in France, or enjoying the beautiful sunshine of the Canary Islands!

With a degree in Zoology Liz didn’t exactly set out to be an accountant, more of an arctic explorer. However, she found herself qualifying as a CIMA accountant and enjoying an interesting career working in television.

Now with two children to keep her busy Liz is enjoying working with a variety of clients rather than in a busy corporate environment.

Nothing gives Liz more pleasure than a tidy bank rec and with her management accountant experience, she enjoys sharing how to understand and read your accounts with business owners.

With a background in garden design and horticulture Tom became a natural to be sorting out the admin side of running a nursery which lured him to study CIMA.

Excel is his middle name and using it to produce useful reports is his dream.

He enjoys his time planning trips out with his young daughter and wife and they particularly enjoy the great outdoors.

Rachael joined KA in September 2022, as a Business Administrator.  Rachael’s background is in Marketing and Secretarial work, meaning she is a whizz at Word and pulling documents and templates together. She manages our Meeting Room bookings, orders our office supplies and supports the team and clients with a huge variety of admin tasks.

With no previous finance experience, it didn’t take long for the team to entice her into the world of accountancy, and she has recently completed her ICB qualification in Payroll Management.  She will be assisting Payroll Manager Katie with our many client’s payroll needs.

Outside of work, Rachael volunteers at Egerton Football Club, running the Holiday Camps and Tournaments. She has two sons, lives in Knutsford – and can often be found either on the Moor, or with a cappucino in Tatton Perk !

Mollie joined the team in Spring 2023 , coming from a background in data protection and customer service.  With a degree in Neuropsychology and a Psychology Masters, Mollie has now decided to follow her passion for numbers and is enjoying her role as Bookkeeper here at KA, continuing her studies with AAT Level 2 in Bookkeeping. 

She has a very keen eye for detail, and has recently managed the launch of new password protection software ‘Keeper’ across the company.   She loves a good Zumba class – oh and a packet of tangy Haribo!

Clive is a Chartered Management Accountant with almost 20 years post qualification experience.  He has worked in a variety of industries including Nuclear, Manufacturing, Engineering and Leisure. 

His role at Ka involves helping clients with the cash flow, forecasting and budgeting.

Outside of work Clive enjoys a run (often accompanied by his dog!) and can regularly be found at the practice nets at Toft supporting his son’s junior cricket career. 

With a God-given talent for working things out, troubleshooting is Jon’s middle name. He’s amazing with Excel and has even written a few short user guides, which have proved really popular with clients.
 
Quick at getting to grips with bookkeeping software, Jon is the office go-to for support on Quickbooks, SAGE, Xero and AutoEntry. He is also brilliant at creating bespoke templates and reports, including invoice layouts, in SAGE 50 software, which is no mean feat. Complementing his already impressive spectrum of skills Jon has a first in Finance and Accounting from MMU Business School and is a mathematical whizz.
 
Outside the exciting world of bookkeeping, Jon enjoys working on the back end of websites; using WordPress to weave in new content and keeping site databases up to date.
 
When he’s not in work, Jon can often be found in front of a different kind of screen, indulging his love of gaming. Stepping away from the screen, he’s a keen fisherman and spends weekends whiling away the hours in front of the water, hoping for a prize catch.

Polly came to KA in Spring 2023 from KDR Recruitment, with a background in accounts administration. Recently achieving her Level 3 AAT in bookkeeping, she is now making good progress with her Level 4.  Like the rest of the KA team, Polly delivers outstanding results for our clients and is always willing to go the extra mile.

An early bird, you will be guaranteed to find Polly in our office first thing when you arrive for your meeting room booking! She is also very creative and a wonder at crochet.