Senior Bookkeeper

Are you a bookkeeping superstar looking for a new challenge?

Salary 30k – 35k depending on experience

Based in Buckhurst Hill, Essex (on Central Line)

Senior bookkeeper managing own portfolio of approximately 30-40 clients

Day to day bookkeeping using Xero, Dext, and Sage 50

Monthly and quarterly reconciliations

Prepare and review VAT returns

Answering client queries in a timely manner

Ensuring trial balances are complete and fully reconciled ready for accounts prep

Training clients on the use of Xero and troubleshooting client data

Running payrolls and dealing with pensions auto enrolment

Bookkeeping and credit control for our own practice

Ad hoc accounts tasks

Practice management and administration

Modern office 5 mins from Buckhurst Hill tube station near Waitrose, shops and cafes

Good coffee!

24 days holiday (including 4 days over Christmas) plus all 8 bank holidays

Pension Scheme with Aviva

Professional subscription paid

Plenty of training

Have at least 5 years of bookkeeping experience in an accountancy practice

Enjoy working with different client businesses and personalities

Have the ability to plan and prioritise your work and a keen eye for detail

Are a self starter, equally comfortable working by yourself or as part of a team

Have flawless written and verbal communications skills

Are a great bookkeeper and know Xero inside out!

Have an expert working knowledge of VAT

Prior experience of credit control, payroll, pensions auto enrolment, and the construction industry scheme would be an advantage but not essential

Are a firm of Chartered Certified Accountants and Chartered Tax Advisers

Are a small busy practice looking after around 200 clients from a variety of industries

View ourselves as part of our clients’ team – helping with day-to-day matters as well as the more traditional services where we can

Are specialists in tax

You’ll be a key player delivering fantastic client service within a friendly small supportive team.

Registered as auditors in the United Kingdom by the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants

Registered Office: 62 Queens Road, Buckhurst Hill, Essex IG9 5BY
. Company Number 5527078. Registered in England and Wales.