Bookkeeper
Farringdon
Up to £30,000
Full-Time Permanent
35 hours per week
Benefits:
* Respect for your wellbeing and work-life balance.
* Free 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme for all staff and qualifying family members.
* A fair remuneration package with up to 33 days paid holiday per annum including a Christmas shutdown.
* Death in Service Cover.
* Company shares scheme.
* Salary sacrifice scheme.
* Free car parking.
* Subsidised gym membership.
* An annual eye test paid plus contributions towards glasses (within policy).
* Auto-enrolled workplace pension scheme.
* Study support.
* Bonuses for performance, referrals and recruitment.
* Preferential service from the in-house Financial Services team, including mortgages & protection products.
* Attendance at the clients 3-day annual conference event.
Join a friendly team as an experienced Bookkeeper. This role is responsible for effective support to the team. You will build good relationships with clients and internal departments. It is important there is accurate adherence to policies, procedures and regulatory responsibilities.
Key Responsibilities Bookkeeper:
* Double entry bookkeeping.
* Preparation of Self Assessment Tax Return’s.
* Processing sales invoices; - receipts and payments.
* Preparation of statements showing income and expenditure - completing VAT returns.
* Preparing wages and processing expenses claims.
* Helping prepare P&L accounts and balance sheets.
* Logging in records received by clients and checking the information is relevant and complete
* Communicate and liaise verbally and in writing between clients/visitors/enquirers and staff and interpret and respond clearly and effectively to spoken requests over the phone or in person, and to verbal or written instructions.
* Manage, organise and update relevant data using database applications.
* Establish and maintain effective working relationships with co-workers, supervisors and the general public.
* Maintain regular consistent and professional attendance, punctuality, personal appearance and adherence to relevant health and safety procedures.
* Adhere to procedures relating to the proper use and care of equipment and materials for which the role has responsibility.
* Plus other duties consistent with the grade as directed.
Key Requirements for the Bookkeeper:
* Minimum three years of bookkeeping experience.
* Able to produce up to trial balance from client receipts and records.
* Self-motivated and able to work to tight deadlines.
* Experience of Receipt Bank, QuickBooks, Xero or TaxCalc is preferential but not essential
* Good IT skills- to navigate a broad range of internal systems, including competent user of Outlook suite.
* Advanced organisation skills.
* Excellent interpersonal skills and advanced communication skills (written and verbal).
* Advanced problem-solving skills.
* flexibility to move between different tasks at short notice with ability to remain calm and to share information in a clear and logical manner.
* Have a confident manner and be able to ask for help in the first instance, to help with problem solving and to enable you to progress and grow within your role.
Disclaimer: Due to the high amount of interest that we receive for each of our roles, unfortunately we cannot respond to each application individually, therefore if you do not hear back from one of our consultants within 14 days then unfortunately you have not been shortlisted for this role.