Our client is seeking an experienced Bookkeeper.
Salary: up to £32,000 pa depending on relevant experience
Location: Gravesend, town center - no remote working
Benefits: excellent package including Health care, 22 days leave + BH rising to 25 days
with service, 5% company pension contribution
The idea Bookkeeper applicant will require previous bank reconciliation experience. The Bookkeepers role is to perform the different functions required to ensure the proper and accurate reconciliation of the Company's client account bank balance with cash amounts in the ledger.
Bookkeeper Main Duty - Bank Reconciliation:
- Provide documentation for the purpose of supporting all financial transactions.
- Prepare monthly bank reconciliation reports regarding all cash deposits to the bank(s)
- Assist auditors - internal and external - with documentation required for the auditors to do their job satisfactorily.
- Perform the reconciliation and verification of accounts regarding cash at hand and cash at bank.
- Reconcile and process transactions that are complex in nature.
- Maintain required files, reports, and data.
- Reconcile and rectify all ledger accounts belonging to clients.
- Reconcile accounts that fall into receivable records with the sales invoices.
- Maintain constant contacts with the company's clients.
- Follows up all transactions continuously and provide updates to the Head of Accounts
- Adhere to company standards and procedures in all reconciliation activities.
- Improve personal skill set regarding software proficiency, financial analysis and data processing.
- Track all inventories regularly and report to the management with the inventory records
- Reconcile discrepancies in different accounts.
- Answer customers or clients' questions regarding any financial issues
Bookkeeper Other Duties (as and when required) :
- Dealing with telephone calls and queries
- General filing
- Providing cover for team members (as required)
- General Correspondence (as required)
- To ensure all company standards are adhered to.
- Ensuring all records and files are kept up-to-date.
- Maintain a good working relationship with your colleagues.
Bookkeeper SKILLS REQUIRED
- High standard of written and spoken English, especially grammar and spelling
- High level of concentration, accuracy, and attention to detail
- Self-motivated with a methodical and organised approach
- Able to effectively prioritise and multi-task.
- Excellent people skills and the ability to effectively communicate both orally and in writing with peers, managers, clients, contractors.
- Dependable and flexible as well as possessing the ability to maintain a high level of confidentiality.
- Proactive, and able to take responsibility for own work.
- Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office packages