Job Details
Job Title: Bookkeeper (Part-Qualified) Part Time
Reports To: Directors
Location: 4Recruitment Services Ltd — hybrid (to be confirmed)
Hours: Part time —approx. 2/3 days a week- days/hours to be agreed with the successful candidate
Salary: Competitive, pro-rata, dependent on experience
Department: Finance
Company Overview
4Recruitment Services Ltd (4RS) is a specialist public sector recruitment agency with approximately 20 years' trading history, supplying staff across sectors including nuclear, housing, education, and social care. 4RS holds positions on a number of public sector frameworks and works with a wide range of clients and managed service providers (MSPs).
Role Purpose
We are seeking a part-qualified, part‑time Bookkeeper to support the Finance function with day‑to‑day bookkeeping, statutory returns, and management reporting. The role will play a key part in maintaining accurate financial records, supporting compliance with VAT and PAYE obligations, producing timely cash flow and MI reporting, and helping to identify and implement efficiencies across the accounting function — including oversight of the roll‑out of a new Time Sheet Portal.
Key Responsibilities
- Maintain accurate day‑to‑day bookkeeping records, including purchase and sales ledgers and general ledger postings.
- Perform regular bank reconciliations across all company accounts, promptly investigating and resolving discrepancies.
- Prepare and submit VAT returns in line with HMRC requirements and deadlines, ensuring correct treatment of transactions.
- Prepare and process PAYE returns, working with payroll data to ensure accurate and timely submissions to HMRC.
- Produce weekly and monthly Management Information (MI) reports for the finance team and senior management.
- Prepare weekly cash flow reports, monitoring inflows and outflows and flagging any funding or timing risks.
- Support the reconciliation of invoice finance / factoring facility balances and related reporting.
- Assist with month‑end and year‑end processes, including accruals, prepayments, and supporting schedules.
- Liaise with, and support the reconciliation of, transactions relating to large Managed Service Providers (MSPs), ensuring accurate matching of timesheets, invoices, and remittances.
- Identify and recommend opportunities to streamline and improve accounting processes and controls, including through greater use of automation.
- Oversee and support the set‑up, testing, and roll‑out of a new Time Sheet Portal, working with internal stakeholders and the software provider to ensure a smooth transition.
- Support responses to internal and external audit queries as required.
- Provide general administrative support to the Finance function as needed.
Part-Qualified Bookkeeper in Brentwood employer: 4Recruitment Services Ltd
4Recruitment Services Ltd is an exceptional employer that values educational leadership and innovation, offering a supportive work culture that fosters collaboration and professional growth. With a focus on school improvement in the vibrant Oxford area, employees benefit from hybrid working arrangements, competitive salaries, and opportunities for permanent placement, making it an ideal environment for those passionate about enhancing educational outcomes.
