Senior Bookkeeper

7 months ago

Colchester, United Kingdom Haines Watts Full time

Location
- **Colchester**
- Contract Type
- **Full Time**

**What's the Role?**

We are looking for a passionate and highly enthusiastic **Senior Bookkeeper** to join our team at **Colchester**. You will be responsible for providing day to day bookkeeping and VAT support to a variety of Haines Watts clients.

We are a well-established firm since the 1930's with an entrepreneurial and dynamic feel who are continuing to grow nationally as well as regionally. We are proudly known as an excellent place to work, with the prized one-star accreditation for employee engagement from Best Companies, an accreditation showing our 'very good' levels of workplace engagement.

Haines Watts is committed to develop its people and will provide extensive training where appropriate, offering a full study package including qualification funding, study leave, college-based tuition and a mentor/ buddy who will support you throughout to successfully complete your professional qualification.

**Duties include**:
Bookkeeping
- Excellent attention to detail to enter correct data into financial records and recognise/correct errors.
- Strong mathematical skills for accurate record-keeping.
- Communication skills, including the ability to explain complex financial matters in accessible terms.
- Processing payments, invoices, income, and receipts and entering data into accounting software or databases ensuring supporting documentation is retained.
- Preparing monthly/quarterly financial statements for clients to make informed business decisions.
- Preparing reconciliations across all control accounts to assist in the preparation of year-end financial statements.
- Producing and posting of opening balance adjustments following the completion and filing of year-end financial statements.

VAT
- Working as a part of a team to ensure all client VAT returns are completed and filed on time.
- Preparation of quarterly, monthly, and annual VAT reconciliations.
- Calculation of Flat Rate, Partial Exemption, Global Accounting Scheme and Group VAT returns.

**What you will need to be**:

- A positive person to work with and a strong communicator.
- Copes well with change and pressure.
- Takes ownership and manages own workload; is proactive if help or support is needed.
- Identifies areas for improvement and takes responsibility for tasks.
- Is self-aware of development areas.
- Adopts a calm and assured approach, makes time for people and shares knowledge.
- Has the ability to juggle several jobs, whilst demonstrating excellent time management skills to ensure all deadlines and expectations are met.
- Takes pride in all aspects of work.
- Presents themselves in a professional manner during client meetings and when taking client calls.

**Skills**:

- Computer literacy, especially familiarity with Microsoft Office and accounting software such as Xero, QuickBooks and Free Agent.
- Multi-tasking and organisational skills to manage different financial duties, including the ability to prioritise tasks to meet deadlines.
- Interpersonal and customer service skills for dealing with clients and other employees across various departments.
- General ad hoc duties as required.

**What you get back from us**:

- Training for a lifelong career with great prospects for you
- Excellent personal development programme and career growth opportunities
- Supported on the job practical training
- Flexible benefits reward package
- Working and learning directly from qualified and knowledgeable mentors
- Opportunity to progress all the way to the top

**Who We Are**

**It starts with you**

Some people think being an accountant is all about numbers. Here at Haines Watts we don’t We believe it’s all about our people and the relationships they forge as well as the specialist insight that they might build over time. We’ve been around for 90 years, so we must know a thing or two.

Our clients come from all walks of life. They have different backgrounds, experiences, talents, skills and goals. Just like our people.

**So, we have a question for you**: are you looking for a job that’s just about the numbers? Or do you want a career which leans into who you are as a person. You will build a common foundation with your colleagues whilst progressing from Trainee to Manager, but from there, with our in-house programmes to help you, we actively encourage you to discover who you are as a person.

Is your preference to become a foremost authority in an accountancy specialism or someone who is energised by relationships with clients and teams? We value either career path equally, but we know that you will value one more than the other and we will support you on that journey of discovery.

You can find out more about us and our story **here**.

**Our Benefits**

**Flexible Working**

**Training and Development**

**Health & Wellbeing**

**Pension**

**Private Healthcare**

**Employee & Client Referral Schemes**

**Enhanced Family Leave**

**Haines Watts Rewards Scheme**

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