Bookkeeper

ProTalent Limited; Ashford; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

ProTalent Limited is seeking a Client Bookkeeper for their Ashford, Kent office. You’ll manage your own portfolio of clients, handling bookkeeping end to end and serving as the main contact for queries and deadlines.

The role covers Sage and Xero bookkeeping, VAT and CIS returns, and supporting the accounts team at year end. Flexible hours with full-time or part-time arrangements are available, with onsite client work as needed.

Qualifications

• Bookkeeping experience across multiple client portfolios.
• Comfortable working to trial balance from incomplete records.
• Strong VAT knowledge; CIS experience is a bonus.
• Experience with Sage and Xero software.

Responsibilities

• Bookkeep a portfolio of clients end-to-end.
• Prepare VAT returns from start to finish.
• Prepare CIS returns and ensure CIS compliance.
• Convert incomplete records into a trial balance with accuracy.
• Support the accounts team at year-end.

Skills

Client communication

Trial balance

VAT knowledge

CIS knowledge

Bookkeeping experience

Education

AAT qualification

Tools

Sage

Xero

Job description

Client Bookkeeper

Ashford, Kent | Full-time or part-time

Role Client Bookkeeper

Location Ashford, Kent

Salary 28,000 - 32,000 FTE

Hours Full-time or part-time, both considered

Consultant Lydia Sinclair, ProTalent Limited

About the firm

A well established independent firm of Chartered Accountants in Ashford, with more than thirty years behind them and a strong reputation across Kent.

They are big enough to do proper work and small enough that you won t get lost in it. The client base is varied, covering owner-managed businesses, construction, farming, healthcare, property and charities, so the bookkeeping work has real variety in it rather than the same job on repeat.

The role

You d look after your own portfolio of clients, handling their bookkeeping end to end and being the person they speak to when they have a question.

• Bookkeeping for a portfolio of clients on Sage and Xero
• VAT returns, start to finish
• CIS returns and compliance
• Incomplete records through to trial balance
• Supporting the accounts team at year end
• Talking to clients directly about records, queries and deadlines
• Occasional onsite work with clients

Who this will suit

• An experienced bookkeeper, practice background ideal but not essential
• AAT qualified, part qualified, or qualified by experience
• Comfortable working to trial balance from incomplete records
• Good VAT knowledge, CIS a bonus
• Sage and Xero experience, or the ability to pick software up quickly
• Someone who likes client contact and would rather sort a query than email about it

What s on offer

• 28,000 to 32,000 full-time equivalent
• Full-time or part-time, they are genuinely open on hours
• A varied portfolio, not repetitive processing
• A stable independent firm rather than a group in the middle of a merger
• Support with study if you want to keep going