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SalaryJob Title: Bookkeeper
Location: Addlestone
Salary: Up to £30K.
Job purpose
To carry out the duties of Accounts Assistant / bookkeeper supporting the Managing Director and Accountant in the provision of accurate and timely processing of financial transactions for the firm by providing competent and effective bookkeeping duties, in accordance with the firm’s procedures. Knowledge of Xero is essential.
Skills Required
Candidate should have at least 2 years’ experience in an Accounts Assistant or bookkeeping or similar role.
Working with people: You will need to demonstrate the ability to work as part of a team and maintain professional relationships.
Communication skills: You will need to be able to express yourself both in person and in writing.
Eye for detail: As you will be working with money, you will need to demonstrate a high level of accuracy.
Problem solving: You will need to have sound judgement and demonstrate a logical decision-making process when dealing with problems.
Organisation: You should be an organised individual with the ability to manage your own workload and keep deadlines
IT skills: Most of your tasks will be carried out electronically, so you will need a good level of computer literacy, especially with spreadsheet software such as Microsoft Excel.
Main duties:
Daily banking functions including bank reconciliations and operation of online banking facilities.
Processing payment runs by BACS and cheque.
Accounts Payable and Sales ledger tasks including processing invoices and reconciling statements.
Investigating and resolving sales and purchase ledger queries
Credit control, monitoring aged debtors.
Managing all day-to-day transactions
Dealing with enquiries from staff members and external suppliers.
Preparation of reports.
To Undertake projects and assist Director and Accountant where needed.
Undertake appropriate training and development in relation to the role.
Undertaking duties of a reasonable nature which may be requested from time to time.
