An award winning business based in the heart of Birmingham City Centre are looking to hire for a new position for their business as a Bookkeeper. This person in the long term will take full charge of financial operations.
The role will report directly into the Managing Director and this person will be critical in leading operations forward, maintaining the financial health of the business and aiding senior leadership with information and reports to make key decisions for the future. Day to day duties will be:
- Financial reporting
- Payroll
- Stock take
- Creditor & Debtor work
- Cash reconciliations
- Matching & batching
- Cost saving initiatives
- Process improvement
- System work on Xero
- Additional bookkeeping duties
DB Charles have spoken at length with the client on the various skill sets and backgrounds they seek in order to hire, including a number of the below:
- Solid background & experience as a bookkeeper
- Ideally qualified with Level 3 Bookkeeping but will consider other qualifications such as AAT / ACCA / CIMA etc.
- System experience with Xero & Sage.
- Must be comfortable using Excel up to an intermediate level and IT literate across all other MS packages.
- Experience within the retail industry would be a benefit however not necessary
- Someone comfortable with committing to an office based role for 5 days per week. Remote & hybrid working are NOT available for this position
- Experience handling payroll and working with external accountants and payroll providers would be ideal
- Excellent financial reporting skills
- Able to implement and stick to deadlines
- Excellent communications skills
- Decisive
The role will be working Monday to Friday, 9:00am to 5:30pm and dependent on experience, the business are looking to offer a salary of £26,000 to £32,000 per annum.
Please note due to being based in the centre of Birmingham, parking is limited and not provided for by the business. Again, please note, this role is fully office based.
Get in touch ASAP if interested, we would love to hear from you.