Job Description

You’ll currently work, or have recently worked, for a small to medium size commercial operation in a broad ranging bookkeeping role or maybe your skills were gained from within an accounting practice. Either way, a new challenge beckons and this small, but reputable and very well established local firm feels they might well be able to offer you a new home, employment wise of course. Your responsibilities will include, where appropriate to your existing skill set, but not be limited to:

• Maintenance of accurate client accounts
• Client liaison
• Purchase ledger, sales ledger and client receipts / payments
• Bank reconciliations
• VAT return preparation and submission
• CIS deduction calculations
• Monthly client payrolls
• Assisting with year-end accounts preparation
• Ad-hoc administrational tasks and projects when required

In return, there’s a starting salary of circa £25,000 - £28,000 per annum available, though this is negotiable depending on the level of all round experience that you bring. You’d also get 26 days annual holiday entitlement, plus statutory bank holidays and a pension scheme. 35 hours working week as standard, though a little bit of flexibility may be offered.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

With good demonstrable bookkeeping skills, you’ll probably be part or even fully AAT qualified, but moreover be comfortable working in a busy team and undertaking a broad range of day to day accounts based activities as and when required.

A confident enough communicator (both written and verbally), prior experience of working with Sage and Xero accounting software would definitely be helpful, but perhaps not essential, certainly if you bring strong all-round bookkeeping experience, some payroll knowledge, excellent organizational skills and ‘hands-on’ flexible approach.