Senior Bookkeeper -

Working Hours: Monday to Friday 9 am 5 pm BST

Duties and Responsibilities

• Managing the processing of larger volume clients through to Trial Balance stage on a weekly monthly or quarterly;
• Preparing draft financial statements and management reports with support from our accountants;
• Reviewing implementing documenting and adapting new and existing financial systems and controls;
• Liaising directly with clients' suppliers to collect information;
• Preparing supplier pay runs for clients to meet specified deadlines from receipt of invoices through to finalizing and presenting the pay run;
• Managing client contacts including matching to Companies House and maintaining contact details and bank details in accounting software;
• Managing the preparation of smaller client accounts from the collection of paperwork (bank statements receipts invoices) through to the preparation of the final trial balance;
• Preparing schedules of questions outstanding items aged debtors and account transactions for review in a format to be shared with clients;
• Liaising directly with clients' suppliers to collect information.

Skills and Requirements

• Proven experience in bookkeeping and/or accounting roles;
• Basic accounts and VAT knowledge;
• Great attention to detail and a high level of accuracy;
• Good communication and interpersonal skills;
• Proactive processdriven approach with excellent organizational skills;
• Experience using Xero;
• Strong working knowledge of Google Docs and Sheets;
• Open to learning and adopting new software solutions.