Senior Bookkeeper

Are you an experienced bookkeeper looking for your next career move? Can you reconcile bank accounts and create monthly journals? Can you prepare VAT returns for checking and handle the purchase ledger? Then this might be a great role for you especially if you want to become an accountant in the future.

**About you**:

- You’ll be a methodical, accurate team player who approaches work in a calm, systematic manner.
- This role needs you to be qualified to at least AAT Level 3 (ideally AAT level 4) or the equivalent by experience.
- If you are currently working in an accounting practice then you will have at least a year in your bookkeeping role. If you’re looking to get into practice then that would mean at least 3 years bookkeeping experience.
- Extensive knowledge of Xero would be an advantage. You will naturally already know how to reconcile a bank account and post various types of journals.

**The Role Itself?**
- Preparation of monthly bookkeeping for clients including sales and purchase invoice processing
- Bank & credit card reconciliations
- Prepare monthly journals such as payroll, depreciation, accruals and prepayments and month end procedures and reports
- Prepare VAT calculations for different VAT schemes and submit VAT returns
- Work with clients from different industries

**Why you want to work here**:
We are a multi award-winning accountancy practice, holder of the prestigious Investors in People Gold Award and winner of the British Accounting Awards 2018 Best Independent Practice for this area and the 2020 Investors in People award at the Accounting Excellence awards.

We are highly organised, committed to the ongoing development of our team members as well as to delivering a great service to small businesses and individuals within Oxfordshire and Berkshire.

We have comprehensive training and personal development processes, procedures and checklists as well as a regular planning and review process to support employee and business growth. You can also benefit for support for AAT or ACCA studies.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Part-time, Permanent
Part-time hours: 21-35 per week

**Salary**: £21,500.00-£25,000.00 per year

Additional pay:

- Bonus scheme

**Benefits**:

- Casual dress
- Company events
- Company pension
- On-site parking
- Private medical insurance
- Sick pay

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday
- No weekends

COVID-19 considerations:
We have implemented a number of policies and procedures to maintain the safety of team members when they are working at the office. These include temperature checks, social distancing and regular cleaning.