Client bookkeeper

Pro Talent; Ashurst; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 35,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Job summary

Pro Talent is recruiting a Client Bookkeeper in West Sussex to manage a portfolio of owner-managed businesses. You will handle bookkeeping, VAT returns, and month-end routines with exposure to Xero, QuickBooks and Sage.

Hybrid working is offered after settling in, with study support and a friendly, locally minded team backing a national firm.

Qualifications

• Solid bookkeeping experience, ideally gained in practice or a bureau.
• Confident with cloud software and comfortable picking up new systems.
• AAT qualified, part-qualified, or qualified by experience. All three work here.
• Enjoys client contact rather than hiding behind a screen.

Responsibilities

• Running the bookkeeping for your own portfolio of clients.
• Preparing and submitting VAT returns.
• Bank reconciliations, purchase and sales ledger, month-end routines.
• Working in Xero, QuickBooks and Sage, and helping clients get more out of them.
• Being the first person clients call when they have a question.

Skills

Bookkeeping

VAT returns

Client contact

Cloud software

Education

AAT qualified

Part-qualified

Experience by FU

Tools

Xero

QuickBooks

Sage

Job description

Client Bookkeeper | West Sussex | £28,000 – £35,000

If you like bookkeeping but want more than data entry, this one is worth a look.

A highly successful, multi-sited accountancy firm is looking for a Client Bookkeeper to join its outsourcing team in West Sussex. The firm has grown steadily over the years and now has offices across the UK, but this particular team has kept the feel of the local practice it started out as. Partners who live locally, clients they have known for years, and a team that actually knows each other\'s names.

You would look after your own portfolio of owner-managed businesses across Sussex and the wider South East.

What you\'ll be doing:

• Running the bookkeeping for your own portfolio of clients
• Preparing and submitting VAT returns
• Bank reconciliations, purchase and sales ledger, month-end routines
• Working in Xero, QuickBooks and Sage, and helping clients get more out of them
• Being the first person clients call when they have a question

What they\'re looking for:

• Solid bookkeeping experience, ideally gained in practice or a bureau
• Confident with cloud software and comfortable picking up new systems
• AAT qualified, part-qualified, or qualified by experience. All three work here
• Someone who enjoys client contact rather than hiding behind a screen

What\'s on offer:

• £28,000 to £35,000 depending on experience
• Hybrid working once you are settled
• The backing of a national firm, with the day to day feel of a local team
• Study support if you want to keep going with AAT or move towards accounts work
• Free parking, and a genuinely nice spot to work

Bookkeeping roles in this part of West Sussex do not come up often, particularly with a firm of this size. If you are within reach and want the detail, get in touch.