Our well-established and respected client provides Chartered Accountancy services to a wide variety of businesses requiring all aspects of financial support. They are seeking an experienced and capable Bookkeeper to join their team on a permanent basis. The role is full time, 8.30am to 5pm, or 8am to 4.30pm, Monday to Friday and is office based. This role is ideal for someone who has worked in a UK accountancy practice. Some construction industry background would be helpful but not essential. Requirements: * Daily updating of Purchase Order Ledger in line with approval limits and sharing approved POs with management * Receiving supplier invoices through email, checking against purchase order ledger, posting to Xero. * Liaising with customer and suppliers sort queries on invoices and payments. * Processing supplier invoices to two weekly and ad hoc payment runs. Sharing information with management, vigorous checking, loading to bank, checking bank details. * Checking bank accounts daily to review transactions, managing cash flow and draw down of funds. * Reconcile bank account weekly on Xero. * Updating excel petty cash register daily to log cash expenditure and deposits. * Reconciling multiple Credit Card statements. Posting transactions to Xero, tying up expenditure with purchase orders. * Supporting internal auditors. * Raising ad hoc cross charges of invoices to customers. * Raise sales invoices twice a year. * Maintaining good relationship with prestige customer and multiple supplier contacts. * Quarterly VAT return processing. * Ad hoc support on tasks. Required Skills and Experience * Proficiency in general accounting principles and double-entry bookkeeping * Strong attention to detail and accuracy * Comfortable with cloud-based accounting systems * Excellent written and verbal communication skills * Capable of managing own workload and meeting deadlines * Good telephone communication skills. * Work well within a team. The person for this role will need a positive, flexible can-do approach, turning their hand to whatever needs to be done in order to provide continued first-class customer services. Due to the large number of responses we receive it is not always possible to respond to every application straight away. Should your skills and experience be a match for this role, or any other vacancy we may have, we will normally contact you within 72 hours of receiving your application. If you wish to apply for further roles please do so