Bookkeeper

Clarity Recruiting Ltd; England; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company pension

Free parking

On-site parking

Job summary

Clarity Recruiting Ltd is assisting a Chartered Accountants firm in Rainham, Kent, to recruit a dedicated Bookkeeper for their bookkeeping team. The role involves delivering accurate monthly and quarterly bookkeeping for a portfolio of clients, with emphasis on efficiency and client service.

Key duties include bank reconciliations, VAT returns, CIS contractor returns, VAT/CIS registrations, and meeting filing deadlines.

Qualifications

• Experience in accountancy practice required.
• Bookkeeping experience: at least 2 years.
• Good verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide bookkeeping services monthly and quarterly for a portfolio of clients.
• Perform bank reconciliations and prepare VAT returns.
• Prepare CIS contractor returns.
• Handle VAT and CIS registrations/de-registrations.
• Collaborate with team to meet filing deadlines.

Skills

Bookkeeping

Communication skills

Tools

Sage50

Sage Business Cloud

Xero

QuickBooks

Excel

Job description

Job Description: Bookkeeper

NEED TO HAVE ACCOUNTANCY PRACTICE EXPERIENCE

My client are a firm of Chartered Accountants looking for a hardworking, motivated individual to join our bookkeeping team.

Key Responsibilities will involve:

• Providing bookkeeping services, both monthly and quarterly, support to our portfolio of clients
• Bank reconciliation and preparation of VAT returns
• Preparation of CIS contractor returns
• Dealing with VAT and CIS registrations and de-registrations
• Collaboration with team members to meet filing deadlines
• Knowledge of Sage50 would be preferable but on-the-job software specific training will be provided, where required. Experience with Sage Business Cloud accounting, Xero and QuickBooks would be useful, however not necessary. You should also be comfortably familiar with Excel and its possible uses for both administration and bookkeeping purposes.

Good verbal and written communication skills are required as you will be dealing with clients face-to-face, on the phone and via emails.

You will be working in our office in Rainham, Kent.

Our office hours are 9.00am to 5.00pm, Monday to Thursday and 9.00am to 4.30pm on Fridays, with 1 hours lunch. We are looking to recruit for 35 hours per week.

Experience:

• Bookkeeping: 2 year

Salary and benefits:

• Salary: £24,000 £28,000, depending on experience.
• Company pension
• Free parking
• On-site parking