At a Glance
- Tasks: Manage accounts, reconcile transactions, and support month-end processes in a dynamic finance team.
- Company: Join a busy finance function with a focus on growth and development.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, 28 holidays, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Exciting career progression with varied responsibilities in a collaborative setting.
- Why this job: Take ownership of financial processes and make a real impact in a supportive environment.
- Qualifications: Experience in finance/accounts, strong attention to detail, and good Excel skills.
The predicted salary is between 31500 - 38500 £ per year.
Senior Bookkeeper/ Chief Accountant
Salary up to £40,000
Full office based
Full time: 8am - 4:30pm
28 holidays including bank holidays
The Role
My client is looking for an experienced and highly organised Senior Bookkeeper/Chief Accountant to join a busy finance function.
This is a varied, hands-on position with responsibility across transactional finance, reconciliations, fixed assets and month-end activities, alongside supporting the wider day-to-day running of the accounts function.
The role offers excellent scope for development, with the successful candidate gradually taking on additional responsibilities across management accounts, payroll, VAT, foreign currency payments, audit and other areas of finance.
Key Responsibilities
- Take ownership of the accounts payable process, including posting and payment of overhead invoices
- Reconcile all company bank accounts, including foreign currency accounts
- Complete credit card reconciliations and associated postings
- Maintain and reconcile the fixed asset register
- Oversee retail till transactions, investigating and resolving discrepancies
- Complete cash book reconciliations for website payment methods and resolve any issues
- Prepare and maintain monthly prepayment and accrual schedules
- Support accounts receivable, including ad hoc reconciliations
- Maintain bad debt provisions and oversee key customer accounts
- Process ad hoc payments as required
- Support month-end processes and ensure financial records remain accurate and up to date
- Additional / Developing Responsibilities
Over time, the successful candidate will take on a broader range of responsibilities, including:
- Production of monthly management accounts
- Monthly payroll processing and payments
- HR administration, including preparation of contracts and maintenance of the HR portal
- Management of foreign factory payments
- Liaising with FX providers and managing forward USD contracts
- Reconciling overseas factory invoices and payments
- VAT management across UK and European registrations, including NL VAT, IOSS and OSS returns
- EU sales reporting and Intrastat submissions
- Lease management, including utilities across company properties and present value calculations
- Insurance administration and collation of reports required by insurers
- Preparation of sales agent commission reports and retrospective discount calculations
- Production and collation of information for the annual audit
- Supporting the business with changes to accounting, VAT and relevant legal requirements
- The successful candidate will ideally have
- Previous experience within a varied finance/accounts position
- Strong accounts payable and reconciliation experience
- Good understanding of month-end processes, including accruals and prepayments
- Experience maintaining fixed asset registers
- Strong Excel skills, including Pivot Tables, INDEX/MATCH, filtering and sorting
- Knowledge of Open Accounts would be advantageous
- Experience using SAP reporting would be beneficial
- Previous exposure to management accounts, VAT and/or payroll would be advantageous but is not essential for someone looking to develop into these areas
- Strong attention to detail and the ability to investigate and resolve discrepancies
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