Bookkeeper & accounts assistant - united kingdom, camberley, surrey
we are an independent chartered accountants, we help start–ups, small businesses, established businesses, sole traders and individuals with every aspect of their business, accounting and taxation requirements. we now have an exciting opportunity for an experienced bookkeeper and accounts assistant to join our existing team, you will be responsible for the day to day bookkeeping for a portfolio of clients, we are seeking an experienced bookkeeper with a good knowledge of the vat rules and you will ideally have previous experience of working in an 'outsourced' finance function where regular contact is needed with both the client and their suppliers and customers managing all aspects of the day to day bookkeeping including managing the accounts in box, purchase and sales ledgers, credit control and bank reconciliations. in return we can offer a starting salary of up to gbp30k with regular salary reviews plus discretionary bonus., 20 days holiday increasing by 1 day for each full calendar year worked to a maximum of 25 days, life assurance, parking and auto enrolment pension. the hours of work are monday to friday 9am – 5.30pm and we can also cosndier candidates seeking part time hours.
the main duties and responsibilities of the bookkeeper will include:
day to day bookkeeping for a portfolio of clientsmanaging the accounts inbox, dealing with queries, processing of purchase invoices, bank reconciliations, receipting of sales invoices, processing expense claims, processing the payroll journalprocessing vat returns understanding vat requirements, concepts and calculationssetting up new clients on the bookkeeping system and registering vat schemes with hmrcensure the year end files are complete with back up schedules to support balance sheet figuresto handle bookkeeping and payroll enquiries on a day to day basis and know when to escalate the problem to your line manager to ensure they are kept fully up to date
preparation of statutory and annual accounts.
prepare draft business tax computations
to be successful as our bookkeeper you should have the following skills and qualifications:
aat, use of xero, receipt bank, iris payroll, sage l50, excel based cash booksmanaging a portfolio of bookkeeping clientsexperienced bookkeeper with a good knowledge of the vat rules on what can and cannot be claimedprevious experience of working in an 'outsourced' finance function where regular contact is needed with both the client and their suppliers and customers managing all aspects of the day to day bookkeeping including managing the accounts in box, purchase and sales ledgers, credit control and bank reconciliationsbe capable of working in a busy office environment and handling various telephone queries on a daily basiswork independentlystrong attention to detail and reliableto demonstrate utmost integrity and confidentiality, self–motivation and tactable to gain the trust of clients and colleaguescapable of managing several tasks and priorities at oncein return we can offer the opportunity to join a successful independent organisation with annual salary of up to gbp30k plus bonus, 20 days holiday increasing by 1 day for each full calendar year worked to a maximum of 25 days, life assurance, parking and auto enrolment pension.
please submit your cv for immediate consideration.
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