At a Glance
- Tasks: Manage client accounts, prepare financial statements, and complete VAT returns.
- Company: Reputable accountancy practice in Folkestone with a supportive team culture.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, pension, flexible benefits, and generous holiday allowance.
- Other info: Training provided for accounting software; excellent career development opportunities.
- Why this job: Join a growing team and make a real impact on diverse client accounts.
- Qualifications: 3-5 years bookkeeping experience; AAT qualification preferred but not essential.
The predicted salary is between 29250 - 35750 £ per year.
A fantastic accountancy practice based in Folkestone is searching for a Bookkeeper to join their successful team, in a key role, bookkeeping, preparing management accounts, VAT returns and other services to a mixed and varied client base across Kent and the South East. You will carve a key role here, adding value to clients and building relationships, within a growing team and firm.
This very successful firm of accountants has developed a strong reputation for delivering quality services, along with building strong relationships with its varied client base. The firm offers a very supportive and team-focused environment, reflected by a very low staff turnover and long-serving staff.
As a Bookkeeper based from their Folkestone offices, you will have a hands-on role, developing within this firm and environment. Acting for varied sole trader, partnership and limited company SMEs and OMBs of varying size and industry sector, you will deliver bookkeeping, management accounts, VAT, and other services to mixed clients.
You will be responsible for your own portfolio of clients ensuring that all of their bookkeeping needs are met such as:
- Processing payments, invoices, income and receipts and entering data into accounting software or databases
- Preparing financial statements showing business income and expenditure
- Paying vendor invoices and tracking bank account balances
- Completing VAT returns
- Verifying the accuracy of business accounts and alerting the accounts team of errors
- Developing monthly financial statements including cash flow, profit and loss and balance sheets
Cloud accounting using Xero, QuickBooks, Sage (Training can be provided).
Requirements:
You may be AAT studying, qualified, or qualified by experience. You will have anything from 3 – 5 years + experience within bookkeeping within a client-facing capacity, either in practice, a bureau or self-employed. Experience of software such as Xero, QuickBooks, Sage, Kashflow etc. would be advantageous.
Benefits: £26,000- £36,000 plus Parking, Pension, Holiday + excellent flexible benefits!
Salary: £25,000 – £35,000/annum Market Rate
Job Type: Permanent
Location: Folkestone
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