Senior Bookkeeper - St Albans
About the role
We’re looking for a Senior Bookkeeper to provide hands-on financial support to our valued clients in St Albans and surrounding areas. As a Senior Bookkeeper for The Part-Time Finance People, you’ll provide SME clients with tailored financial support, completing day-to-day bookkeeping tasks and helping to overcome accounting challenges while preparing and explaining financial information that improves cash flow and supports better decision-making.
About You:
You are an experienced Bookkeeper/Finance Manager with practical exposure to growing SMEs. Ideally, you are self-employed and have at least 2 days per week available to provide flexible, high-quality support.
Your Expertise Should Include:
* Customer invoicing and sales ledger management
* Credit control and debtor reporting
* Supplier invoices and purchase ledger management
* Drafting payment runs for approval
* Supplier reconciliations
* Bank postings and reconciliations
* Expense and credit card management and reconciliation
* VAT returns
* Month-end journals including depreciation, accruals, and prepayments
* Experience with Xero accounting software (Sage 50 / QuickBooks a plus)
* Payroll (if necessary)
Role Details:
* Location: St Albans & surrounding areas (on-site)
* Hours: Part-time, 2–3 days per week
* Rate: £22.50 per hour
* Type: Part-time, self-employed
This is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys supporting small businesses, values flexibility, and wants to make a meaningful impact on clients’ financial management.
Additional Information:
* We cannot offer sponsorship for overseas workers.
* Candidates must have a minimum of 3 years’ UK-based experience in bookkeeping or finance.