Experienced Bookkeeper

_**Do you want to boost your career and join a firm that puts staff first?**_

When you join Sowerby you are not just joining a firm of chartered accountants, you are joining a team of business advisors that really cares about its client relationships. Sowerby’s key strength is in its personal relationships, whether this is with clients or staff. We are discerning with who we work with and our staff all enjoy building relationships with wonderful clients and fellow professional advisors.

When you work for Sowerby you will not be expected to sacrifice any elements of your personal life. We believe in a positive work-life balance; when people are well rested and engaged is when inspired and innovative work is done, your mental wellbeing is important to us.

As part of the Sowerby team you will receive regular training, and you’ll be given time to ensure that you are up to date with the latest developments in administration and communication skills. We run a yearly conference where the full team enjoy time away in a hotel, taking part in bespoke training courses and team building activities, our most recent conference saw the team take on the human table football

**What will Sowerby offer you?**
- People, not process
- Work smarter not harder
- Financial support for training across all specialisms
- Staff social committee
- Individualised benefit package
- Multi specialism roles
- Clear progression routes designed specifically for you
- Employee Listening platform

**What will be your key responsibilities?**
- Offering bookkeeping services to numerous external clients as part of the firms outsourcing department, monitoring and looking after your own portfolio
- Processing payments, invoices, income and receipts and entering data into accounting software or databases and scanning copies where relevant
- Completing bank reconciliations by cross referencing the accounting records to bank statements to confirm accuracy
- Completing VAT returns
- Reconciling control accounts
- Recording any inconsistencies to help the client reconcile inaccuracies
- Posting employee wages into the accounting software
- Providing training for a new trainee bookkeeper

**What do you need to offer Sowerby? You will**:

- Be confident with all Microsoft Office packages
- Have experience using Sage or other bookkeeping software
- Show good attention to detail to enter correct data into financial records and recognise errors
- Have a polite telephone manner
- Have excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Be extremely organised
- Be able to prioritise a changing to-do list
- Show excellent attention to detail
- Be able to use initiative
- Be comfortable working both individually and as part of a team
- Exercise judgement and take ownership of issues from start to finish.
- Be confident dealing with a wide variety of people in different circumstances

This is a permanent, full time role, based at our Beverley Head Office.

Salary is dependent on experience.

Reference ID: Experienced Bookkeeper 061223

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Free parking
- On-site parking

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Work Location: In person

Reference ID: Experienced Bookkeeper 061223