Practice Bookkeeper - Client-Focused Outsourced Accounting

Pro-Finance; High Wycombe; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Pro-Finance in High Wycombe is seeking an experienced Practice Bookkeeper to join its Outsourced Accounting Services team, with responsibility for a portfolio of external clients and direct client contact. You will look after bookkeeping, posting transactions, reconciling control accounts and contributing to management information, while working across Xero, Sage and QuickBooks.

The role requires current practice experience, strong client-facing skills and independence; the firm offers a loyal

Qualifications

• Current or recent accountancy practice bookkeeping experience
• Experience managing work across a portfolio of external clients
• Strong client-facing experience
• Confidence dealing directly with business owners and finance contacts
• Good working knowledge of Xero, Sage and/or QuickBooks
• Strong bookkeeping and reconciliation skills
• Ability to work independently without close supervision
• Good Excel, Word and general IT skills
• Practice experience essential

Responsibilities

• Bookkeeping for a portfolio of external clients
• Posting sales, purchases, bank transactions and journals
• Preparing and reconciling control accounts
• Producing information required for management accounts
• Maintaining and writing up client cashbooks
• Preparing analysis, summaries and basic working papers
• Reviewing bookkeeping completed by other team members
• Liaising directly with clients to answer queries and finalise work
• Working across cloud accounting platforms including Xero, Sage and QuickBooks
• Undertaking bookkeeping at client premises where required

Skills

Bookkeeping

Client-facing

Portfolio management

Independent work

Attention to detail

Time management

Communication

Tools

Xero

Sage

QuickBooks

Excel

Word

General IT skills

Job description

Pro-Finance in High Wycombe is seeking an experienced Practice Bookkeeper to join its Outsourced Accounting Services team, with responsibility for a portfolio of external clients and direct client contact. You will look after bookkeeping, posting transactions, reconciling control accounts and contributing to management information, while working across Xero, Sage and QuickBooks.

The role requires current practice experience, strong client-facing skills and independence; the firm offers a loyal