Job Title: Bookkeeper
Location: Basingstoke
Salary: £24,000 – £27,000
Hours: 40 Hours per week Monday to Friday (8:30 – 17:00, lunch ½ hour)
The company are a specialist provider of Employer Services. They provide outsourced Employer Solutions to clients in the areas of HR, Payroll, Bookkeeping and Health & Safety. They are part of a larger group who provide global HR and Payroll solutions to a wide and prestigious client base, with the head office in Hong Kong. They are a small but growing team with two operational offices in the UK (Basingstoke, Hants and Ashford, Surrey) as well as a sales & marketing office in Hereford.
Key Duties:
- Accurately and timely processing of all Xero data and relevant paperwork in respect of Month End client companies
- Maintain and reconcile Purchase and Nominal ledgers
- Reconcile all bank accounts including EUR & USD accounts
- Reconcile all VAT accounts and provide figures for client VAT return
- Input and reconcile petty cash
- Weekly payment reporting
- Process Expenses and review company expenses policies
- Maintain and view Purchase Order Tracker
- Maintain Fixed Asset register
- Input and reconcile credit cards including multi-currency transactions
- Post all journals for month (i.e. depreciation, accruals and prepayments, payroll etc.)
- Forward month-end to client by due deadline
- Respond promptly to all client queries
- Advise client on best practice, clerical support, housekeeping, authorisation etc.
Skills & Qualifications
- AAT qualified or equivalent
- 10 years’ relevant experience
- First rate working knowledge of Xero
- Multi-Currency experience
- Excellent IT skills and used to multiple system usage (Expensify & bill.com experience would be useful)
- Excellent Excel ability
- Ability to work to tight deadlines
- Self-motivated and able to work alone effectively, but also a good team player
- Excellent communication skills (written and spoken)
- Good literacy and numeracy
- Customer Service skills
- Be driven and show initiative
- Extremely organised
- Proactive, professional attitude to all tasks, customers and colleagues
- Smart, presentable appearance
- Full driving licence and access to own car
Benefits
- 21 days annual leave rising to 25 with service
- Salary Sacrifice Pension scheme (after 3 months’ continuous service)
- Private Medical Cover (after 6 months’ probation)
- Life Cover x3 base salary
- Free parking on site at all of the company’s offices
To apply for this role, please click APPLY to submit your CV and a Cover Letter.
Candidates with the experience or relevant job titles of; ACCA, CIMA, AAT, Bookkeeper, Purchase Ledger, Assistant Accountant, Financial Assistant, Accounts Admin, Accounts Administrator, Accounts Clerk, Finance Administrator, Financial Administrator, Assistant Accountant, Junior Accountant, Xero may also be considered for this role.
