Accountancy Practice Bookkeeper

TPF Recruitment Ltd; Folkestone; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

TPF Recruitment Ltd is seeking a Bookkeeper for a reputable accountancy practice in Folkestone, delivering bookkeeping, management accounts, VAT returns and related services to a diverse Kent/South East client base.

You will handle client portfolios, ensuring accuracy and timely reporting, with exposure to cloud accounting tools and a supportive team environment.

Qualifications

• You may be AAT studying, qualified, or qualified by experience.
• 3–5 years+ experience within bookkeeping in a client facing capacity.
• Experience with Xero, QuickBooks, Sage, KashFlow or similar would be advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Manage a portfolio of client bookkeeping needs.
• Process payments, invoices, income and receipts; data entry into accounting software.
• Prepare financial statements showing income and expenditure.

Skills

Bookkeeping

VAT returns

Management accounts

Client facing

Education

AAT studying

Qualified by experience

Tools

Xero

QuickBooks

Sage

KashFlow

Job description

Folkestone, United Kingdom

A fantastic accountancy practice based in Folkestone is searching for a Bookkeeper to join their successful team, in a key role, bookkeeping, preparing management accounts, vat returns and other services to a mixed and varied client base across Kent and the South East. You will carve a key role here, adding value to clients and building relationships, within a growing team and firm.

This very successful firm of accountants, based in Folkestone, East Kent has developed a strong reputation for delivering quality services, along with building strong relationships with its varied client base. The firm offers a very supportive and team focused environment, reflected by a very low staff turnover and long serving staff.

Joining this firm of chartered accountants as a Bookkeeper based from their Folkestone offices, you will carve a key, hands on role, as you develop within this firm and environment. Acting for varied sole trader, partnership and limited company SME's and OMB's of varying size and industry sector, you will deliver bookkeeping, management accounts, VAT, and other services to mixed clients.

• You will be responsible for your own portfolio of clients ensuring that all of their bookkeeping needs are met such as:
• Processing payments, invoices, income and receipts and entering data into accounting software or databases
• Preparing financial statements showing business income and expenditure
• Paying vendor invoices and tracking bank account balances
• Completing VAT returns
• Verifying the accuracy of business accounts and alerting the accounts team of errors
• Developing monthly financial statements including cash flow, profit and loss and balance sheets
• Cloud accountingusing Xero, QuickBooks, Sage (Training can be provided)

Requirements

• You may be AAT studying, qualified, or qualified by experience.
• You will have anything from 3 - 5 years + experience within bookkeeping within a client facing capacity, either in practice, a bureau or self employed.
• Experience of software such as Xero, Quickbooks, Sage, Kashflow etc. would be advantageous.