Junior Bookkeeper

Beauty Base Ltd.; City Of London; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading beauty company is seeking a detail-oriented individual for a full-time, office-based role in London. Responsibilities include recording financial transactions in SAGE 50, preparing invoices, and conducting reconciliations. The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 1 year of experience, excellent organisation and communication skills, and intermediate knowledge of Microsoft applications. This position offers a company pension and requires strong attention to detail and professionalism.

Benefits

Company pension

Qualifications

• Minimum 1 year experience in a similar role.
• Intermediate Microsoft skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Excellent communication skills and ability to train.

Responsibilities

• Record day to day financial transactions in SAGE 50.
• Prepare monthly/fortnightly invoices and handle discrepancies.
• Conduct monthly bank reconciliations.

Skills

Attention to detail

Organisation

Time management

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Communication skills

Tools

SAGE 50

Job description

Overview

The below is not an exhaustive list of duties and you will be expected to perform different tasks as necessitated by your changing role within the organisation and the overall business objectives of the organisation.

To effectively support the Senior Bookkeeper.

Key Responsibilities

• Record day to day financial transactions and complete the posting process in our Sage 50 system. Verify that transactions are recorded in the correct ledger accounts. Maintain ledger accounts. Bring the books to the trial balance stage when required. Produce accounts as and when required.
• Enter data, maintain records, reports and financial statements. Process accounts receivable/payable. Prepare invoices monthly or fortnightly for payments; request missing invoices; query price discrepancies from invoices.
• Reconciliation of cash and card payments (expected/received). Monthly Bank Reconciliation. Submit remittance advice to our suppliers.
• Running of and preparation of reports (Sage and Excel) as and when required. Handle invoice queries. Payroll administration support as required.
• Daily mail; maintaining the filing system; general data entry duties. Updating database (Infinity) item creation / maintain prices / product info / supplier codes. Creating POs. Fixing store errors. General office duties.
• Producing ad hoc reports for directors as and when required. Reporting to and assisting the Senior Bookkeeper as required. Covering other departments where necessary.

Personal Attributes

• Minimum 1 year experience in a similar role.
• Attention to detail, organisation and time management and the ability to work to tight deadlines essential.
• Ability to work under pressure and handle high requests.
• Intermediate Microsoft skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Experience using SAGE 50 is desirable.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to train historically.
• Professional and honest attitude. Professional attitude.
• This is a hands on role with lots of challenges. It requires confidentiality, initiative, sensitivity and exceptional organisational skills.

Location

The jobholder is required to be located in the UK. Head Office address is Unit13, Space Business Park, Abbey Road, Park Royal NW10 7SU. The role is office based.

Disclaimers

This job description indicates the general nature and level of work performed within this role. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required. You will also be expected to undertake duties which may not be listed on this job description as directed by your line manager which will be deemed as reasonable within the scope of the role.

Job Details

• Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Benefits

• Company pension

Schedule

• 8 hour shift

Work Location: In person

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