Senior Bookkeeper

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Senior Bookkeeper

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Job Overview

• Set up: Fully remote working
• Type: Full time
• Schedule: TBD

About the Role

About Oppic

We are a modern UK accountancy practice helping ambitious business owners stay on top of their finances and make better business decisions.

We combine great people, technology and clear communication to deliver an exceptional client experience.

We’re a close-knit, collaborative team that enjoys improving the way we work.

We embrace technology, challenge the status quo and are always looking for better ways to support our clients.

The role

We’re looking for an experienced Senior Bookkeeper to play a key role in the delivery of our bookkeeping and VAT services.

This is more than a bookkeeping role.

You’ll be responsible for reviewing work completed by junior team members, ensuring client records are accurate and ready for year-end accounts preparation, supporting clients with day-to-day queries and helping us improve the way we work through better use of technology and systems.

You’ll work closely with the rest of the team to ensure clients receive a consistently high-quality service.

Key responsibilities

• Client work
• Review bookkeeping completed by junior team members.
• Review VAT returns before submission.
• Ensure bookkeeping records are complete, accurate and up to date.
• Prepare reconciliations and supporting schedules for balance sheet accounts.
• Prepare client records and ready for year-end accounts preparation.
• Investigate and resolve bookkeeping queries and discrepancies.
• Manage the day-to-day delivery of bookkeeping and VAT services for an allocated portfolio of clients.
• Respond to client queries in a timely, friendly and professional manner.
• Identify bookkeeping and VAT issues and elevate wider accounting or tax matters where appropriate.
• Quality and review
• Ensure all work meets Oppic’s quality standards.
• Review files before they progress to the accounts preparation stage.
• Provide clear and constructive feedback to junior team members.
• Help maintain consistency across client files and working papers.
• Support continuous improvement of our bookkeeping processes.
• Systems and process improvement
• Become Oppic’s expert bookkeeping quality and review tool, driving better use of the software, workflows and internal controls.
• Help maximise the use of technology, automation and AI across the practice.
• Develop and improve workflows, templates and internal processes.
• Identify opportunities to reduce manual work and improve efficiency.
• Help implement new systems and software improvements.
• Team
• Support and mentor junior team members.
• Share knowledge and best practice with the wider team.
• Contribute to team meetings and training sessions.
• Work collaboratively across the practice to deliver an excellent client experience.

About you

You’ll enjoy solving problems, improving processes and helping others produce great work.

You take ownership of your responsibilities, communicate well with clients and colleagues and enjoy working in a collaborative environment.

Essential skills and experience

• At least 4 years’ experience in bookkeeping or accounting.
• Experience working with UK clients.
• Excellent knowledge of Xero.
• Strong understanding of UK VAT.
• Experience reviewing bookkeeping completed by others.
• Experience preparing client records for year-end accounts.
• Excellent reconciliation skills and problem-solving skills
• Strong attention to detail.
• Excellent written and spoken English.
• Highly organised with good time management skills.
• A proactive approach to identifying and implementing process improvements.
• Confident using technology and keen to learn new software.

Desirable skills

• Experience in a UK accountancy practice or managing a portfolio of clients in a range of industries.
• Familiarity with Apron, Hubdoc, Dext or similar cloud document management software.
• UK payroll knowledge.
• Interest in AI and technology to improve efficiency.
• Exposure to workflow or practice management software.
• What success looks like
• Bookkeeping and VAT work is delivered accurately and on time.
• Client records are fully prepared ahead of year-end accounts preparation.
• Junior team members receive timely support and continue to develop.
• Practice workflows become more efficient through better use of technology.
• Clients receive an excellent, proactive service.

What we offer

• Fully remote working.
• Flexible and supportive team culture.
• Ongoing training and development.
• Opportunity to shape processes and improve the way we work.
• Exposure to modern cloud accounting software and AI tools.
• Long-term career progression within a growing UK accountancy practice.