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Date Added: Thu 13/06/2024

Bookkeeper

Newport Pagnell, UK
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Company: REED

Job Type: Permanent, FullTime

Salary: £13.00 - £15.00 per hour, Inc benefits

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.

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