MEMBERS OF FSB, CPAA
Jane Briggs – Managing Director
Jane started Oakwood Tax Consultants back in October 2000, after more than twenty years in the Inland Revenue specialising in Employer Compliance and Accounts Investigations.
The business grew rapidly and became Oakwood Cranleigh Limited trading as Oakwood Business Consultants in 2004. With one employee in 2001, the company now has six employees, some part time, to run a very close family office, a wonderful team of administrators, bookkeepers, payroll operators, tax consultants, VAT specialists, Xero partners and Accountants.
A Fellow of the Certified Public Accountants Association, Jane has been a member for 23+ years.
Jane’s role is primarily overseeing tax return preparation and having lots of direct contact with clients. Providing support to new clients also, with the exciting prospect of advising start ups with sound financial advice, getting them on the road to a successful and fruitful business venture, with Oakwood as professional advisers.
Jane’s work also includes taking on executor-ships and applications for probate, sometimes assisting the families of existing clients through a difficult time, to ease the financial, practical, form filling side and the pitfalls of IHT and probate legalities. Jane also prepare simple wills and is willing to act as attorney in LPOA considerations.
Jane believes in motivating and supporting staff, aiming to provide clients with world class customer service and accurate, comprehensive, efficient and timely advice, tax returns and accounts.
Jane is keen to ensure the team are well trained and have a good work/life balance, continuing to support two members of staff through AAT qualifications and one through ACCA.
Victoria Briggs – Accounts Supervisor & Office Manager
Victoria joined us fresh from college back in June 2007 having completed her Private Secretary’s certificate in office administration. She then went on to complete the Pitman bookkeeping course in record time and has since added a Platinum Xero partnership qualification and she has achieved, for the practice, a silver champion partnership with Xero.
Victoria and her partner Jamie have two boys who keep them very busy, but Victoria is still in the office four days a week, specialising in Xero, Sage and QuickBooks accounting software. She does bookkeeping, VAT returns, Accounts and tax returns, enjoying training our clients on Xero.
Camilla Hills – Payroll and Accounts Manager
Camilla came to us in April 2012 after completing a Level 3 BTEC Extended Diploma in Business at College, achieving a Triple Distinction*. She started with us as an Apprentice and completed an NVQ Level 2 and Level 3 in Business Administration. She then moved onto AAT and has since completed Level 2 and 3, and is due to complete Level 4 this year.
Camilla is our Payroll Manager and the one we all go to if we have an employment query. She has over 10 years’ experience in payroll processing and has a vast knowledge when it comes to payroll regulations and workplace pension schemes.
Camilla runs around 30 monthly payrolls, together with a portfolio of bookkeeping, VAT and accounts clients. She also prepares personal tax returns, CIS returns and acts as an Independent Examiner for charities.
A Xero certified advisor, Camilla also has a working relationship with ClearBooks, QuickBooks and Sage as well as various payroll software packages, including BrightPay and Xero.
Outside of work, Camilla enjoys walking with her dog.
Jozef Cole MAAT – Accountant and Tax Advisor
Jozef joined Oakwood in August 2018 as a bookkeeping apprentice, moving through AAT levels 2-4, before qualifying and becoming a Member of the Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT) in 2023.
Jozef looks after a range of clients through all aspects of our engagement. From payroll and bookkeeping to accounts preparation, personal/corporate tax advisory and Charity IE. A Xero certified advisor, with a working knowledge of Sage, QuickBooks and Freeagent, Jozef is always happy to help clients with queries and training.
Now studying with ACCA towards the chartered qualification, Jozef also assists clients with some of the more niche aspects of tax, like UK Property CGT.
Aside from work, Jozef is a keen reader, runner and football fan.
Gemma Briggs – Tax Return and Office Administrator
Gemma joined us in 2019 as an office administrator and has since trained in tax return preparation.
Looking after a number of self-assessment clients through their annual returns, Gemma also maintains our Health and Safety, Frist Aid and equality and diversity policies and procedures.
You’ll find Gemma in the office Tuesday through Friday, with her two dogs Lola and Louis.
Nicole Andraka – Office Administrator
Nicole joined Oakwood in 2024 as an office administrator. She looks after Companies House filing requirements, the onboarding of new clients and Anti Money Laundering compliance. Alongside other office administration duties, Nicole is more often than not, the friendly voice at the end of the phone.
David Rangeley – Business Partner
David Rangeley qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1972 and had his own tax practice for 26 years before merging it with Oakwood on 1st April 2019.
David specialises in personal tax matters and has developed an expertise in tax compliance, inquiries, contentious appeals and settlements with HMRC. He has extensive experience in helping people who invested in failed tax schemes or who have suffered HMRC incompetence or unjustified treatment.