Bookkeeper

Trial Balance; Exmouth; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A highly respected professional services business in Exmouth is seeking an experienced Bookkeeper. This permanent role offers flexibility for full or part-time hours and involves daily bookkeeping for various clients, account maintenance, and financial reporting. Ideal candidates will be AAT qualified or QBE with strong IT skills, particularly in Xero, Sage, or QuickBooks, and possess excellent interpersonal abilities.

Qualifications

• Experience as a Bookkeeper or Assistant Accountant.
• Good all-round IT skills essential.
• Experience in industry or practice.

Responsibilities

• Daily bookkeeping for a variety of portfolio clients.
• Assist with accounts payable and receivable maintenance.
• Perform bank reconciliations and production of accounts to trial balance.
• VAT and CIS reporting.
• Assist in the production of management accounts.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Good IT experience

Exposure to Xero

Exposure to Sage

Exposure to QuickBooks

Education

AAT qualified or QBE

Job description

Trial Balance Consulting are delighted to have been reengaged by a highly respected professional services business who, due to continued growth, seek to recruit an experienced Bookkeeper to join their team. The role is offered as a permanent contract and can be operated on either a full of part time basis (minimum 30 hours per week), and will be based from our client’s HQ in a beautiful area of Exmouth.

Whilst the role serves multiple clients, it would be very well suited to an experienced Bookkeeper in industry who would benefit from a broad and varied role, working with multiple businesses (from sole trader to small incorporated businesses). Key focus of the role to include:

- Daily bookkeeping for a variety of portfolio clients

- Assist with both accounts payable and receivable maintenance

- Bank reconciliations

- Production of accounts to trial balance

- Journal entries and amendments

- VAT reporting

- CIS reporting (training provided if required)

- Assist in the production of management accounts

- Other ad hoc duties as required

For this role we seek an experienced Bookkeeper or an Assistant Accountant looking to take a step up. Applicants may have experience gained in either industry or practice. Candidates may be either part/fully AAT qualified or consider themselves to be QBE. Good all-round IT experience is essential, with some exposure to Xero, Sage or QuickBooks being highly desirable. The role works as part of a fun, energetic and friendly head office team where team-work forms an important element of each employees’ duties, so great inter-person skills a must!

This client is looking to interview and hire as soon as possible -so please apply to Jay Vilarrubi-Smith ASAP, using reference JVS10673.