Fiona left the management company a few months after I started. Then, after 8 Months of working there I decided it wasn’t the right place for me. Although I enjoyed the work, it became too much pressure as I had never worked full time in that kind of environment before. From there I contacted Fiona and I started to work with her at ‘Shed Accounts’ on a temporary basis.

I was planning to spend the summer in Italy working as an au pair and travelling, however I decided that travelling alone wasn’t quite right for me.  I’ve always been a nervous flyer but after having a scary experience when going on holiday with friends just a few weeks beforehand, I decided I definitely wasn’t ready to do that alone!

‘I jumped at the chance to join Shed Accounts and to study ICB’

Fiona then offered me a permanent position at Shed Accounts and the chance to study with ICB, so I jumped at the chance. I’ve now I’ve been there for just over a year it was just like fate…

Bookkeeping is something I just kind of fell in to; I’d never even heard of it until I got my first job where I learnt how to do it on the job, but it just fits perfectly for me. In school I’d always enjoyed, and been good at Maths and Business Management, especially finances so now I’m doing a mix of that every day and learning more and more.

‘Tutors would reply quickly so I was never stuck’

Once I started permanently at ‘Shed Accounts’ I was offered the chance to do the Level 2 certification of accounts and bookkeeping to become qualified and become an associate member of the ICB to help my understanding of the job. I did this through Training Link and it was really easy to get through with it being all online and just in my own time. The tutors were also a really great help as that’s something I had never really experienced before, and I found it super useful having someone I could always ask even the smallest of questions and they’d reply quickly so I was never stuck (which is something that might have put me off in the past).

Now it’s time to study payroll too!

Going forward, I’ve started studying to get my Payroll Diploma so I have more skills to offer. In the future I hope to become a full member of the ICB and to further my knowledge of the industry as a whole.

Fiona has a lot of experience so is a great mentor; we’re always signing up for courses or webinars to expand our knowledge and keep up to date with any changes – Continued Professional Development is really important at Shed Accounts!

Shed Accounts is a small practice in the Highlands of Scotland offering bookkeeping and payroll services. We enjoy working remotely but are happy to go to places of work initially for consultations and intermittently where required, as we like to help each individual client in the way that best suits them.