Senior Bookkeeper Property Experienced

Senior Bookkeeper (Property experienced)
Fulham, West London
£32,000 to £37,000
Butler Rose, public practice is delighted to be supporting our client, a prestigious London based firm of accountants', established over 100 years ago, that are now eager to appoint a highly skilled and experienced Senior Bookkeeper with specific property experience.
This role would suit an enthusiastic, diligent and thorough individual who has been working within an accounting practice who wants to develop their managerial skills and want to progress to the next stage.
Primarily, you will carry out tasks such as bookkeeping, VAT, payroll and management accounts within your own portfolio as well as overseeing a team. Direct supervision would therefore be involved as well as reviewing work.
Role Requirements:
Able to keep client records up to date on a timely basis. This would include bank reconciliations (current accounts as well as any credit card statements, petty cash, etc...), input of sales and purchase invoices and monthly journals.
Able to analyse debtor and creditor reports. Request missing information from clients and advise them of any overpayments they have made, etc
Be able to process invoices and make payments on the client's behalf. Ensuring that invoices haven't been provided previously to reduce risk of overpayments. Limit the risk of paying the wrong beneficiary by checking any bank templates against invoices received.
Agree timelines with clients in respect of when to receive information to completed bookkeeping and VAT returns. To be able to meet expected deadline for deliverables and able to deliver the VAT return in advance of the deadline.
Similarly, produce management accounts to a very high standard. Ensure all control accounts in the balance sheet reconcile and be able to explain any abnormalities. In addition, be able to explain to clients any P&L items. Maintain schedules of prepayments,accruals, other debtors, etcand ensure this match back to the main balance sheet and profit and loss.
Produce VAT returns to a high standard. Checking transactions allocated to the relevant box numbers. In some cases, reporting to a manager or Partner for a final review.
Reviewing bookkeeping, VAT returns, management accounts and quarterly working papers from various team members and communicate constructive feedback on how they done and how they can improve next time.
Submission of P11Ds. Create workings for Partners to authorise and use our software to produce the reports. Informing clients of the liability to be paid ahead of the deadline.
Where not preparing directly, there will be a requirement to check team's P11D workings before going to a Partners and before client review and onward submission to HMRC.
Keep up to date with changing VAT and accounting knowledge. Liaise with the support team to book courses/webinars/etc
Liaise with other departments in the firm concerning accounts preparation, corporation tax and personal tax, frequent conversations with the departments involved are necessary.
Be able to communicate effectively with all parties, the team, managers, partners and clients.
Build strong relationships with colleagues and clients alike and achieve a high degree of autonomy and responsibility.
Assist the managers with overseeing the team and aid with training when necessary.
Person Requirements
- ACCA or ACA studying with at least 5+ years' experience as a Senior Bookkeeper within practice and specific exposure to property clients (essential).
Solid practical exposure to all aspects of bookkeeping including Management accounts and VAT
Experience of managing or supervising staff to include mentoring, training and reviewing work
Proficient in the use of various accounting software to include CCH Central, XERO and Sage 50 and ideally property specific software such as Voyager and Tramps reporting.
This position is advertised by Doug Greer, Butler Rose (AGY)

Butler Rose is committed to equality in the workplace and is an equal opportunity employer.
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