Bookkeeper
- Salary: £30,000
- Contract: 11 Month FTC
- Job Type: Full-time
- Work Model: Hybrid (3 days in the office)
We are looking for a diligent and detail-oriented Bookkeeper to join a friendly finance team team on an 11-month fixed-term contract. This full-time role offers a hybrid work model, allowing for a balance between working from the office and your home. The ideal candidate will have experience in a similar role, with knowledge of Sage software and foreign currency transactions being advantageous.
Day to day of the role:
- Manage the purchase ledger by coding and processing invoices.
- Conduct monthly payment runs and handle ad hoc payments to suppliers through our online banking platform.
- Process, code, and pay head office staff expenses, including creating expenses for Board members from receipts submitted.
- Handle the sales ledger, predominantly inter-company, by raising recharge invoices for bank and intercompany loan interest, management charges, etc., and perform credit control for these accounts.
- Update sterling and foreign denominated cashbooks in Sage and Excel, including bank reconciliations.
- Coordinate with the Group Treasury department to ensure foreign exchange deals and bank loan transactions are processed and recorded correctly.
- Execute bank transfers for inter-group foreign exchange deals.
- Raise necessary journals for nominal ledger, sales ledger, and purchase ledger.
- Perform month-end reconciliations and close of purchase ledger, sales ledger, cash books, and nominal ledger.
- Prepare and submit quarterly VAT returns.
- Provide ad-hoc support with other reporting tasks, such as weekly sales.
- Carry out other ad-hoc administrative duties, including supporting the Executive Assistant to the Board and CEO.
Required Skills & Qualifications:
- Experience in using Sage 200/Sage 50 is advantageous.
- Proven experience in a similar bookkeeping role.
- Familiarity with foreign currency transactions.
- Part-qualified accountant or qualification by experience.
- Detail-oriented with strong organisational and time-management skills.
Benefits:
- Competitive salary of £30,000.
- Hybrid working model, allowing flexibility and work-life balance.
- Opportunity to work in a dynamic and supportive team environment.
- Exposure to a variety of financial operations and administrative responsibilities.
To apply for this Bookkeeper position, please submit your CV here.