Job Title: Bookkeeper

About the Role

Are you an experienced bookkeeper looking for a position where your skills and attention to detail are truly valued? Whether you’ve worked in practice or managed your own portfolio, we’d love to hear from you.

You’ll be joining a top 10 accountancy practice with a long-standing client base and a close-knit team that prides itself on delivering a personal, professional service. This is an opportunity to build genuine relationships and work in an environment that values its people as much as its clients.

Key Responsibilities

Managing bookkeeping for a variety of clients (sole traders, partnerships, limited companies)

Preparing VAT returns and ensuring compliance

Maintaining accurate financial records and reconciling accounts

Liaising with clients to resolve queries and provide guidance

Supporting the wider team with ad-hoc accounting duties

Required Skills & Experience

Prepare bank reconciliations of UK & foreign bank accounts

Prepare a standard accruals-based VAT reconciliation

Can reconcile turnover per VAT returns to turnover in accounts

Reconcile payroll control accounts and reflect adjustments in accounts

Ability to prepare a gross wages reconciliation to agree the balance in the accounts

Has knowledge of common VAT schemes such as cash accounting, flat rate and partial exemption

Is able to prepare a VAT return under flat rate accounting for review.

Can reconcile the balance owed per VAT return to the VAT ledger

Is able to explain to clients payment and submission dates for VAT

Identify and manage bank rules in Xero

Ability to communicate payment dates, amounts and reference numbers accurately

Demonstrate ability to confidently communicate with HMRC via telephone

Reconcile intercompany loan accounts

A relevant bookkeeping/accountancy qualification or qualified by experience (e.g. AAT).

If this sounds like the right fit for you, please send your CV to david.furlong@hays.com.