Senior Bookkeeper

7 months ago

Buckhurst Hill, United Kingdom Blitz Gooday Ltd Full time

**Are you a bookkeeping superstar looking for a new challenge?**

**Benefits**
- Smart casual dress
- Modern office 5 mins from Buckhurst Hill tube station near Waitrose, shops and cafes
- Good coffee
- 24 days holiday (including 4 days over Christmas) plus all 8 bank holidays
- Health care
- Pension Scheme with Aviva
- Professional subscription paid
- Plenty of training

**The role**
- Senior bookkeeper managing own portfolio of approximately 30-40 clients
- Day to day bookkeeping using Xero, Dext, and Sage 50
- Monthly and quarterly reconciliations
- Prepare and review VAT returns
- Answering client queries in a timely manner
- Ensuring trial balances are complete and fully reconciled ready for accounts prep
- Training clients on the use of Xero and troubleshooting client data
- Running payrolls and dealing with pensions auto enrolment
- Bookkeeping and credit control for our own practice
- Ad hoc accounts tasks
- Practice management and administration

**You**
- Have at least 5 years of bookkeeping experience in an accountancy practice
- Enjoy working with different client businesses and personalities
- Have the ability to plan and prioritise your work and a keen eye for detail
- Are a self starter, equally comfortable working by yourself or as part of a team
- Have flawless written and verbal communications skills
- Are a great bookkeeper and know Xero inside out
- Have an expert working knowledge of VAT
- Prior experience of credit control, payroll, pensions auto enrolment, and the construction industry scheme would be an advantage but not essential

**We**
- Are a firm of Chartered Certified Accountants and Chartered Tax Advisers
- Are a small busy practice looking after around 200 clients from a variety of industries
- View ourselves as part of our clients’ team - helping with day-to-day matters as well as the more traditional services where we can
- Are specialists in tax
- Are seeking a bookkeeper who can hit the ground running and be a key part of the team
- Provide plenty of training to ensure our staff are equipped with the skills to perform at their best and provide a first class service to our clients

**Why choose us?**

You’ll be a key player delivering fantastic client service within a friendly small supportive team.

**Salary**: £30,000.00-£35,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Casual dress
- Company pension
- Private medical insurance
- Transport links

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

**Experience**:

- bookkeeping: 5 years (required)
- accountancy practice: 5 years (required)

Work authorisation:

- United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: In person

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