Managment Accountant/ Bookkeeper

Armstrong Knight; Greater London; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Armstrong Knight is seeking a bookkeeping professional in South Woodford to liaise with business owners and management, review systems, and provide actionable recommendations. You will analyse results, develop KPIs, forecast cash flow, and prepare management reports from client software and trial balances.

The role requires experience in an Accountancy Practice, strong IT literacy, and familiarity with Xero, Sage, QuickBooks and Excel. A competitive pay rate and progression path are offered.

Qualifications

• Experience in a similar role within an Accountancy Practice environment.
• Willingness to learn and develop in a dynamic setting.
• Strong IT literacy with knowledge of Xero, Sage, QuickBooks and Excel.

Responsibilities

• Liaise directly with business owners and management.
• Review systems and controls and provide recommendations.
• Analyse results and develop KPIs.
• Forecast cash flow using software or Excel.
• Prepare management reports from client software and trial balance.
• Manage VAT returns, Intrastat and EC sales lists.

Skills

Client liaison

Bookkeeping

VAT returns

Excel

Tools

Xero

Sage

QuickBooks

Excel

Job description

• Job Type: Permanent
• Location: South Woodford

Your responsibilitieswill include but will not be limited to:

• Liaise directly with business owners and management;
• Reviewing and understanding systems and controls and making appropriate recommendations;
• Analysing and commenting on the results including developing KPI's;
• Making business recommendations to the client;
• Forecasting and cash flow forecasting using appropriate software and/or Excel;
• Preparing management reporting pack from client's software/trial balance.
• Communicate directly with clients;
• Bookkeeping and associated work including VAT returns, Intrastat and EC sales lists.
• Support managers and team members with administrative tasks.

To be concidered for this role you will need to:

• Have previous experience of working in a similar role within an Accountancy Practice environment
• Have a flexible attitude with a willingness to learn and develop
• Be IT Literate, ideally with experience of Xero, Sage, QuickBooks and Excel
• Extremely competitive rate of pay
• Clear path of progression
• Top 100 Accountancy experience