Louise Wood, 40, an account manager at the firm in Bulwell, Nottinghamshire, stole the money in ВЈ500 chunks over a 16-month period.
She hid the scam by setting up a false bank account, but was found out by a colleague who covered for her when she went on holiday.
The family-owned Parker Severn went into administration in October, though this had little to do with Wood's theft.
The 25-year-old firm had a turnover of ВЈ2.5m at the time the administrators were called in.
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