Senior Bookkeeper (London)

YRH Finance Team; Greater London; On-site; GBP 25,571 - 36,420; Part time

Job summary

The YRH Finance Team is seeking a Senior Bookkeeper to manage day-to-day bookkeeping for SME clients. This role is critical in ensuring compliance and improving financial processes while providing timely financial information.

The ideal candidate will have at least 2 years of UK experience as a Finance Manager, and must be self-employed with availability for 2-3 days per week, with a pay rate of £22.50 per hour.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 2 years of UK-based experience as a Finance Manager required.
• Experience with month-end journals including depreciation and accruals.
• Passion for supporting SMEs.

Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day bookkeeping requirements of SME clients.
• Ensure compliance and improve financial processes.
• Provide timely and reliable financial information.

Skills

Customer invoicing and sales ledger management

Credit control

Supplier invoices and purchase ledger management

Experience with Xero

Payroll management

Tools

Xero

QuickBooks

Sage50

Job description

About The Role

As a Senior Bookkeeper for The Part‑Time Finance People you will manage the day‑to‑day bookkeeping requirements of SME clients including bank reconciliations, sales and purchase ledger management, invoice processing, credit control, VAT return preparation and submission, and maintaining accurate accounting records. You will work closely with clients to ensure compliance, improve financial processes, and provide timely and reliable financial information.

About You

You should be an experienced Finance manager with a passion for supporting SMEs. Ideally, you are already self‑employed with at least two days of availability per week.

Your Expertise Should Include

• Customer invoicing and sales ledger management
• Credit control and debtor reporting to directors
• Supplier invoices and purchase ledger management
• Drafting payment runs for approval
• Supplier reconciliations
• Bank postings and reconciliations
• Expense and credit card management and reconciliation
• VAT returns
• Payroll (possibly) and pension administration
• Month‑end journals including depreciation, accruals, and prepayments
• Experience with Xero (ideally with QuickBooks and Sage50 as well)

Rate of Pay

£22.50 per hour

Hours

2/3 days per week

Location

London (onsite)

Company

The Part‑Time Finance People are passionate about helping business owners have more successful businesses and feel happier. As an accounting firm we want to provide a different, more commercial type of accounting support to SME businesses.

EEO

Our values promote a diverse, supportive, and inclusive work environment. We welcome different perspectives to drive innovation and build talented teams, encouraging everyone to reach their full potential.

Other

We cannot offer sponsorship to overseas workers. A minimum of 2 years of UK‑based experience as a Finance Manager is required to apply. Thank you.