Bookkeeper

Are you an experienced Bookkeeper and looking for the best of both worlds when it comes to remote working but still being able to meet up and work with an enthusiastic, energetic and professional team?

Do you love bookkeeping and enjoy working with a variety of clients?

Are you wanting to manage your own time and work flexible hours but have the responsibility of your own portfolio of clients?

If you are an experienced Xero Bookkeeper, want to work from home and enjoy having a huge amount of variety in your work, then this could be the opportunity for you.

Where you will work

Our client is a one-stop shop when it comes to Bookkeeping services. As part of a friendly team of 12, you will have a dynamic role across our clients bookkeeping practice where you will troubleshoot, dive into client work where particular additional support and time is needed, handle short term or ad-hoc work, work with brand new clients to help them get their bookkeeping up to date and in good shape and a specific role for co-ordination for year end processes.

Requirements

Requirements

• We are looking for someone with extensive bookkeeping experience using Xero.
  

• An accounting qualification is beneficial but not essential.
  

• Ability to visit clients if required
  

• Available to meet the team when required in Hitchin
  

Your Role:

• Carrying out bookkeeping processes effectively and accurately and in accordance with The Bookkeeping Department s processes and up to trial balance stage.
  

This includes;

• Processing sales invoices and other types of income
  

• Processing purchase invoices, receipts, expenses and other expenditure items
  

• Ensuring items are correctly coded to the appropriate nominal.
  

• Ensuring items are correctly coded to the appropriate VAT code as required.
  

• Bank reconciliation
  

• Journals
  

• Maintaining effective bookkeeping files and records
  

• Processing CIS transactions and submitting CIS returns as required
  

• VAT reconciliation and preparing and submitting VAT returns
  

• Month end checks
  

• Reviewing and providing monthly reporting
  

• Completing year end checks and liaison with accountant
  

• Setting up Xero to meet client needs
  

• Providing Xero support and training for clients doing their own bookkeeping
  

• Trouble shooting bookkeeping issues across the practice that need additional time and efforts to move forward
  

Benefits

• Competitive salary - 25-30K
  

• Working from home allowance
  

• Client referral bonus scheme
  

• Private healthcare
  

• Contributory pension scheme.