Senior Bookkeeper

eps.recruitment; Waltham Cross; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 38,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Study support

Pension

Hybrid working

Friendly team

Job summary

eps.recruitment is recruiting for a Senior Bookkeeper at an independent Hertfordshire practice. You will own a portfolio of owner-managed clients, manage bookkeeping and VAT, and liaise daily with clients as the primary point of contact.

You will transition clients to cloud bookkeeping and support junior staff, while ensuring compliance with MTD VAT and payroll requirements. The role offers stability and a long-term growth path within a growing practice.

Qualifications

• At least four years' bookkeeping experience, ideally in practice.
• Solid MTD VAT experience and confident use of Sage and Xero
• Good Excel
• Helpful but not essential: AAT Level 3/4 or ICB, Dext or AutoEntry, CIS and payroll exposure (full training on MTD for Income Tax, CIS and payroll is provided)

Responsibilities

• Bank and control account reconciliations, trial balances and review-ready figures for your own clients
• Preparing and submitting MTD VAT returns
• Handling client queries day to day and keeping them on track
• Moving clients onto cloud bookkeeping software and supporting the transition
• CIS, quarterly updates under MTD for Income Tax, and payroll support (RTI, auto-enrolment)
• Helping juniors develop and checking their work

Skills

Bookkeeping

Client liaison

Attention to detail

Team support

Education

AAT Level 3/4 or ICB

Tools

Sage

Xero

Excel

Job description

An independent practice on the Lee Valley side of Hertfordshire is looking for a Senior Bookkeeper to take ownership of its small business client work. The practice is under new leadership and investing in its systems and its culture. It is a close-knit team with direct access to the directors, and the seat suits someone who wants real responsibility rather than a seat on a production line.

You will run the bookkeeping and VAT for your own portfolio of owner-managed clients, taking records from source documents through to review-ready figures. You will be the day-to-day voice for those clients, help move them onto cloud software, and support the more junior members of the team.

What you'll be doing

• Bank and control account reconciliations, trial balances and review-ready figures for your own clients
• Preparing and submitting MTD VAT returns
• Handling client queries day to day and keeping them on track
• Moving clients onto cloud bookkeeping software and supporting the transition
• CIS, quarterly updates under MTD for Income Tax, and payroll support (RTI, auto-enrolment)
• Helping juniors develop and checking their work

What you'll bring

• At least four years' bookkeeping experience, ideally in practice
• Solid MTD VAT experience and confident use of Sage and Xero
• Good Excel
• Helpful but not essential: AAT Level 3/4 or ICB, Dext or AutoEntry, CIS and payroll exposure (full training on MTD for Income Tax, CIS and payroll is provided)

What's on offer

• £30,000 – £38,000 depending on experience
• Permanent, full-time, Monday to Friday, mostly office-based with hybrid negotiable
• Study support, holiday that rises with service, and a pension
• A friendly team and a practice that is investing for the long term