Bookkeeper - Part Time

Xero Bookkeeper, Central Liverpool (hybrid working available)

Bartle Read, a firm of patent attorneys, seeks a part-time bookkeeper to join our Liverpool-based team.

Pay and Conditions

Hours will be a matter for discussion but expected to be two days per week on a pro rata salary from £20,000 to £25,000 dependent on experience. Hybrid home/office working arrangements will be offered after the first two months of employment. Our office is in central Liverpool.

The Firm

Bartle Read is a small but thriving firm, established in 2014, advising an international clientele on legal issues relating to intellectual property, but no initial knowledge or experience of this field of the law is required. We greatly value our team members, whose knowledge of our niche area of legal practice, acquired through experience, makes them valuable to us for the long term.

The Job

The role involves responsibility for all routine bookkeeping activities of the firm, using Xero and in consultation with our accountants, to include:

- ledger maintenance, involving recordal of transactions in multiple currencies;

- payments to creditors, again in multiple currencies;

- bank reconciliation;

- assisting in responses to client queries concerning billing and other accounts matters (although communications with clients will largely be handled by fee earners);

- preparation, using Xero, of certain monthly reports – outstanding client invoices, invoices due for payment and so on;

- preparation of monthly credit control emails for clients .

This list is not exhaustive. Invoicing clients is not expected to be part of the role.

Requirements

The successful candidate will:

- be qualified to AAT level 3 at least, or equivalent,

- have demonstrable experience with Xero and with standard Microsoft applications including Excel;

- be content working autonomously and have taken sole responsibility for bookkeeping for at least one firm already;

- have excellent attention to detail and accuracy in working with numbers;

- be capable of managing payroll.

Past experience of working for a professional services firm will be welcome, as will experience of working managing incoming and outgoing sums in multiple currencies.

Job Type: Part-time

Salary: £20,000.00-£25,000.00 per year

Expected hours: 14 per week

Benefits:

• Company pension
• Sick pay

Schedule:

• Day shift
• No weekends

Experience:

• bookkeeping: 5 years (preferred)

Ability to Commute:

• Liverpool L35TF (required)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Liverpool L35TF

Reference ID: RJB