Bookkeeper
Accura Accountants a North West London Accountancy Firm are looking for a bookkeeper who will be working on a range of client sectors including restaurants, IT, construction, solicitors, TV and entertainment in a team of three or four.
The ideal candidate will:
- Have previous bookkeeping experience gained within an accountancy practice and the ability to undertake both simple and more complex bookkeeping tasks
- Have the ability to prepare management accounts for companies and other entities and handle more complex accounting matters
- Have the ability to understand documents and data and write clear letters and emails
- Have excellent communication skills both verbal and written
- Be organised and methodical
- Be client focused
- Have the ability to work under own initiative
- Be experienced in excel
- Be experience in Sage Xero, Quickbooks and other accounting software
Job Purpose:
- Overseeing a portfolio of clients and businesses, responsible for organising client records and completing effective and accurate bookkeeping and management accounts.
- Undertake bookkeeping for a variety of clients; inputting data as required
- Maintain the sales, purchase and general ledgers for a variety of clients
- Posting month end journals
- Preparation of monthly or quarterly management accounts
- Meet deadlines and time budgets
- Advise managers of any outstanding issues
- Complete VAT returns for allocated clients
- Liaising with client and HMRC as required
- Ad hoc financial tasks i.e. cash flow forecast/budgeting
- Maintain a full and accurate audit trail by filing and referencing documents in a timely manner
- Liaise with other departments such as Payroll
- Travelling to and working from client site if required
To apply for this vacancy, please send a covering letter or email and a current CV to