Accountancy Practice Bookkeeper

Confidential; Folkestone; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Parking

Pension

Holiday

Flexible benefits

Job summary

Confidential in Folkestone is seeking a Bookkeeper to join their successful team. You will handle bookkeeping, prepare management accounts, VAT returns and related services for a mixed client base across Kent and the South East. You will build relationships, contribute to a growing firm and work in a supportive environment.

The role involves hands-on bookkeeping for varied clients, using Xero, QuickBooks, Sage or Kashflow (training available). AAT study or qualified experience is welcomed.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of bookkeeping experience in a client-facing role.
• AAT studying or qualified by experience.
• Experience with Xero, QuickBooks, Sage or Kashflow preferred.

Responsibilities

• Manage own portfolio of clients and meet all bookkeeping needs.
• Process payments, invoices, income and receipts and enter data into accounting software.
• Prepare financial statements showing income and expenditure.
• Pay vendor invoices and monitor bank balances.
• Complete VAT returns.
• Develop monthly statements including cash flow, profit and loss and balance sheets.
• Utilise cloud accounting platforms (Xero, QuickBooks, Sage) with training available.

Skills

Bookkeeping

Client-facing

Financial reporting

Education

AAT (or qualified by experience)

Tools

Xero

QuickBooks

Sage

Kashflow

Job description

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 accounting using 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.

Benefits

• £26,000- £36,000 plus Parking, Pension, Holiday + excellent flexible benefits!

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