Accounts assistant / book keeper - united kingdom, dunblane, stirling

due to rapid expansion we are looking for a suitably qualified, whether in paper or experience form, individual who will be able to work on their own initiative while also contributing to the team effort when its required.

you will be based at our offices in dunblane. as we work with clients records we do not currently offer the option of working from home, however there is flexible working whereby you can work whatever hours you wish, within reason, in order to fulfil your contract. be it early starts, or late finishes, we are completely flexible.

primarily you will be in charge of key clients bookkeeping records taking them to trial balance stage on sage 50 and xero. we must stress working with sage 50 and xero and having good, recent experience with same is vital to the job. you will be expected to produce annual accounts for your clients as well.

duties will include, but not be limited to........

taking the base records of your client, inputting into sage via several methods and producing quarterly vat returns
balance sheet reconciliations
producing quarterly management accounts
liaising with your client on requesting information, producing accounts, sorting out queries
production of annual accounts
overseeing progress of our students

as this is a role that needs to hit a certain standard, please only apply if you hit the following criteria.....

you have experience with sage 50, recent experience, and are comfortable with data entry
it literate, ie you know your way around a computer
experience in this type of role is a requirement. you need to be able to demonstrate you can use sage 50 and also be comfortable on learning new accountancy packages
being a team player, although you have your own clients, you will be expected to help out to cover holidays if needed
being confident to work on your own, however also confident to challenge the norm. if you think something can be done better, speak up
eye for detail is important, remember your work is going in front of our clients so its not only got to be good, its got to be correct
again as we are a client facing role, you will be required to have good inter personal and communication skills
must be able to deal with a mid level role. this can be challenging however our students have a good base knowledge and have displayed good aptitude thus far

hours are initially 30 per week, made up as you require, again within reason. the office is manned between 7am normally to 5pm. on occasion there will be scope for remote working.

we are looking to recruit for this role within the next 2 weeks.

finally, we are an animal friendly office and sometimes have dogs in the office, so please take that into consideration when applying.

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