Xero Specialist

Sharp Consultancy; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

A renowned regional accountancy firm in Sheffield is seeking a Xero Specialist to support experienced managers in onboarding clients onto Xero. This new role blends bookkeeping and account preparation, requiring strong Xero knowledge and practice experience. The firm promotes a positive working environment, offering flexibility and excellent benefits including 25 days of annual leave and a competitive salary range of £32,000 to £36,000. Ideal candidates should be AAT qualified or qualified by experience, with prior accountancy practice exposure.

Benefits

Salary between £32,000 - £36,000

5% Employer pension contribution

Flexible start and finish times

25 days annual leave + 8 bank holidays

Qualifications

• Practice trained or transitioned into industry with further accounts exposure.
• Must have strong working knowledge of Xero.

Responsibilities

• Assist with upskilling legacy clients onto Xero software.
• Process client invoices and perform bank reconciliations.
• Reconciliation of foreign currency accounts.
• Completion of client bookkeeping activities.
• Assist with the preparation of financial statements and drafts of year-end accounts.
• Assist managers with client budget preparation.
• Assist with the preparation of quarterly client VAT returns.
• Communicate with clients via email and telephone as needed.

Skills

Strong working knowledge of Xero

Experience of bookkeeping

Experience of working in accountancy practice

Education

AAT Qualified or Qualified by Experience

Job description

Our client is a well‑known regional accountancy practice based in Sheffield looking to appoint a Xero Specialist in a newly created role, supporting two experienced managers. This firm are specialists within the entertainment industry and have excitingly acquired a new portfolio of clients leading to the creation of this brand‑new position!

This is a firm that we know very well and have placed with consistently over recent years – they provide an excellent modern environment and a fantastic social culture coupled with an excellent local business reputation. The position offers a perfect blend of bookkeeping duties and delving into further accounts preparation activity, including the prep of financial statements and drafting year‑end accounts. You’ll work closely with two excellent managers who are leading the onboarding of this new client portfolio onto Xero, upskilling them in the process.

The ideal candidate for this role will be practice trained (and may still be in practice) or will have since transitioned into industry to gain further accounts exposure and have a strong working knowledge of Xero. I would highly recommend any bookkeeping specialists with Xero experience to consider this as their next move!

Benefits to include

• Salary between £32,000 - £36,000
• 5% Employer pension contribution
• Flexible start and finish times
• 25 days AL + 8 BH

Duties to include

• Assist with upskilling legacy clients onto Xero software
• Process client invoices and perform bank reconciliations
• Reconciliation of foreign currency accounts
• Completion of client bookkeeping activities
• Assist with the preparation of financial statements and draft year‑end accounts
• Assist managers with client budget preparation
• Assist with the preparation of quarterly client VAT returns
• Communicating with clients via email and telephone as and when required

Essential criteria for role

• AAT Qualified or Qualified by Experience
• Experience of working in accountancy practice
• Experience of bookkeeping
• Strong working knowledge of Xero

For further information or a private and confidential conversation either for this specific opportunity or your personal job search please contact Emma Berry or Charlie Marper on 0114 261 1700.

Sharp Consultancy is a finance and accountancy recruitment specialist assisting accounting and finance divisions of businesses in the Yorkshire and Derbyshire area. With over 30 years' experience we pride ourselves on sourcing excellent finance professionals across all divisions of an accounts function.

Candidates must be eligible to work in the UK full time without restriction. To apply please send your CV to the e‑mail address stated, quoting our reference and specifying which website you saw this position advertised on. Due to the high volume of applications, we receive it is not always possible to respond to unsuccessful applicants. Therefore, if we have not responded to your application within seven days, please note that on this occasion your application has not been successful.