Semi Senior Bookkeeper

BKL, Inc.; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

BKL is seeking a Semi Senior Bookkeeper to join the Business Management team in a hybrid London setting. You will support the Assistant Manager with day-to-day bookkeeping, VAT, and management accounts for touring and artist clients, balancing accuracy with efficiency.

The role offers hybrid working, a 37.5 hour week, and opportunities to grow within a long-standing, values-driven practice. You will engage with clients and internal teams to maintain excellent service.

Qualifications

• Approx. 3 years of bookkeeping, payments, VAT returns or management accounts experience.
• ACA/ACCA/AAT trainee or interest in beginning training is advantageous.
• Experience with entertainment/touring clients is beneficial but not essential.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of day-to-day operational, administrative, and accounting support to the Assistant Manager and Business Management team.
• Ensure timely delivery of client work and smooth internal workflow.
• Maintain high-quality financial administration across touring, artist, and entertainment clients.

Skills

Attention to detail

Double-entry bookkeeping

Time management

Client communication

Tour accounting knowledge

Team collaboration

Education

ACA/ACCA/AAT trainee

Tools

Excel

Accounting software

Document management systems

Job description

Job Title: Semi Senior Bookkeeper – Business Management
Location: Hybrid Working – London Baker Street (Minimum 2 days in office)
Working Hours: Monday to Friday, 37.5 hour week

Salary: £30,000 - £35,000

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About BKL

BKL is a Top 40 accountancy and advisory business supporting a diverse client base, from entrepreneurs and high-net-worth individuals to ambitious owner-managed businesses and multinational groups. With a legacy spanning over 130 years, we’ve evolved into a modern, purpose-driven business that balances profit with impact.

We are proud to be a certified B Corp, reflecting our commitment to sustainability, transparency, and responsible governance. As a member of DFK International, we support clients locally and internationally with cutting-edge expertise and a personal touch.

We believe all clients deserve the same level of care, innovation, and excellence.

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About the Team

You’ll be joining our Business Management team, a group of 10 individuals, part of a wider staff of 65 people at Dales Evans , who have now joined forces with BKL.

This team has a portfolio of music clients supporting them with day-to-day bookkeeping, tour accounting, business management and other financial matters.

We pride ourselves on being experienced in handling the financial management, accounting, taxation, VAT, royalties and tour accounting and offer a flexible hybrid working approach, study support and exposure to progression routes.

A Message from the Hiring Manager

I’m really excited to welcome someone new into our team. You’ll find a team that’s ambitious but down-to-earth, where people care about doing excellent work and about each other. Working in a collaborative and meritocratic environment. If you’re curious, proactive, and ready to grow, we’d love to hear from you.

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Your Opportunity

To take ownership of day to day operational, administrative, and accounting support to the Assistant Manager and wider Business Management team. The role ensures timely delivery of client work, smooth internal workflow, and high quality financial administration across a portfolio of touring, artist, and entertainment clients.

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How You’ll Make a Difference

Financial Administration & Processing

• Prepare and/or review payment runs, including preparing backup, verifying approvals and compiling support for touring and other clients.
• Process invoices, monitor approval chains, and maintain payment tracking logs.
• Take ownership of bookkeeping tasks including posting expenses, income, accruals and balance sheet reconciliations.
• Monitor cashflow and fund management.

Client Support & Communication

• Be the day-to-day contact for clients, draft and send client ready summaries, payment confirmations, chasing emails, and general correspondence.
• Liaise with clients, agents, promoters, suppliers, and external advisers to obtain information and resolve queries.
• Maintain excellent client service standards, ensuring timely responses and professional communication.

Management Accounts & Reporting

• Preparation of management accounts and VAT workings.
• Gather bank statements, ledgers and third party reports to support reporting deadlines.
• Preparation of commission reports and other ad hoc reports.
• Assist with royalty analysis.

Touring & Event-Specific Support

• Review and organise documentation for touring clients including FEUs, CWAs, show revenues, production costs, settlement packs, arranging relevant insurance, and work on other tax mitigating work.
• Track supplier invoices (e.g., rigging, lighting, backline) and raise them for approval promptly.
• Prepare end of tour / event-specific accounts.

Internal Workflow & Task Organisation

• Manage a portfolio of clients and prioritise workload to meet multiple competing deadlines.
• Work with the Assistant Manager and wider Business Management team in a fast-paced environment.

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You’ll Be Ideal for This Role If You Have:

Skills

• Strong attention to detail and ability to self review.
• Strong double-entry bookkeeping knowledge.
• Ability to manage multiple deadlines across a busy client portfolio.
• Confident and clear communicator with strong telephone and written skills for client facing work.
• Proactive approach, willing to “get stuck in” and learn touring, artist management and business management processes.
• Competency in Excel, accounting software, and document management systems.
• Positive, professional attitude with strong teamworking skills.

Experience & Qualifications (Ideal)

• Prior experience (approx. 3 years) in bookkeeping, payments, VAT returns or management accounts in a practice or entertainment sector environment.
• ACA/ACCA/AAT trainee or interest in beginning training is advantageous (aligned with the structure of the team).
• Familiarity with entertainment/touring clients beneficial but not essential.

The semi-senior bookkeeper will enable the team to:

• Focus on higher level management accounts and complex client work.
• Deliver faster turnaround on payment runs, cashflows and management reports.
• Maintain consistent client communication and improve workflow efficiency.
• Support the Business Management team in scaling workload across multiple high profile clients.

We know you have a lot to offer, which is why we give you the freedom to thrive, no matter who you are or what your background is.

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Our Values

At BKL, we live by five core values:

• Think Big – Be curious, brave, and open to new ideas.
• In It Together – Collaborate, care, and build an inclusive culture.
• Take Pride – Strive for excellence and believe in your impact.
• Do the Right Thing – Act with integrity, honesty, and fairness.
• Enjoy It – Bring your whole self to work and have fun doing it.

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Compliance & Equal Opportunities

In addition to the responsibilities listed above, you will be required to undertake GDPR training in order to fully understand the regulations and ensure all work is carried out in a compliant manner.

As part of any recruitment process, BKL collects and processes personal data relating to job applicants. BKL is committed to being transparent about how it collects and uses that data and to meeting its data protection obligations.

BKL is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified candidates eligible to work in the UK.

We know you have a lot to offer, which is why we want to give you the freedom to thrive no matter who you are or what your background is. You will have every opportunity to use your creativity in how you approach your work and the support to innovate.

Inclusion, diversity, and talent development are a fundamental aspect of who we are, and we welcome applications from candidates who share and champion these values. You will play an integral part in helping to make BKL a great place to work with a sense of belonging for everyone.

High challenge, high support
If you enjoy problem-solving and a fast-changing environment, you will thrive in this role.

As in all BKL roles, you will be able to take a flexible approach: balancing independent work with teamwork, and remote working with time in the office with colleagues.

You can get an insight into life at BKL here .

We’re proud to be one of the few Certified B Corporations in the accountancy sector. In joining us, you’ll become part of a business that’s committed to balancing profit and purpose.

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