Job Description
We are looking for a Bookkeeper with accounting experience to join our expanding organisation. You will be self-motivated, able to work to tight deadlines, have excellent interpersonal and supervisory skills together with an ability and interest in understanding our clients’ business.
Key Responsibilities
* Undertake bookkeeping, inputting data, for a variety of clients as allocated by the line manager.
* Bookkeeping to final trial balance. This will involve understanding the year-end process, entering opening and closing balances for adjusted trial balance.
* Calculate and post accruals and prepayments, depreciation and other year-end journals.
* Prepare management accounts.
* Maintain a full and accurate audit trail by filing and referencing documents in a timely manner.
* Adhere to accounting standards.
* Meet deadlines and time budgets.
* Advise line manager of any outstanding issues.
* Complete VAT returns for allocated clients.
* Set up clients on Xero and deal with conversion balances.
* Develop and maintain good client relations.
* Liaise with clients directly or through the relevant manager to resolve queries or obtain further information.
* Ensure a high level of service to meet clients’ expectations.
* Ensure that all hours worked on assignments are correctly recorded.
Requirements
* Able to prepare VAT summaries and returns; VAT registration, de-registration etc.
* Understand the concept of PAYE for bookkeeping purposes.
* Assist the manager/partner to collect information required in reply to HMRC enquiries.
* AAT qualified or ACCA part-qualified.
* Excellent knowledge of Xero and QuickBooks.
* Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
* Organised and methodical; client focused.
* Strong IT skills including Word, Outlook and Excel, to an intermediate level, for the production of letters and spreadsheets.
* Ability to carry out tasks with a high degree of efficiency and accuracy.
* Proficient time management and organisation skills.
* Ability to operate strict deadlines and handle conflicting priorities.
* Work under own initiative; keep calm under pressure.
* Experience working within teams.
Benefits
* Company pension scheme.
* 25 days of annual leave + bank holidays.
* Additional annual leave days from certain levels of seniority.
* Ability to buy up to 5 days of annual leave to reach a maximum of 30 days per annum.
* Business closure over Christmas.
* Life assurance equal to four times annual salary.
* Enhanced family leave policies.
* Enhanced company sick pay.
* Employee assistance programme – 24/7 support, free and confidential.
* Corporate discounts platform.
* Flexible benefits platform with ability to opt‑in to various insurances: critical illness cover, cash plan, cycle to work, eye care, dental. Level of seniority dependent & self‑funded at corporate rates.
*subject to exceptions and business needs
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