Senior Bookkeeper | Richmond, South West London | Group of Companies | £35-45,000
This well established business which operates a number of recognisable brands, is looking to recruit a Senior Bookkeeper to join its busy team and look after the Bookkeeping and Accounts in the business. The role reports to the Managing Director and you will be overseeing an Accounts Assistant. Key duties include:
- Entry and reconciliation of bank accounts, cash book, and the HSBC business banking system.
- Purchase Ledger - Raising purchase orders and sending to suppliers. Ensuring all POs are acknowledged.
- Sales Ledger - Supervising issuing of sales invoices on receipt of PODs.
- Allocation of cash received against invoices and sending monthly statements. Administer credit control to ensure credit terms are met.
- Payroll - Processing of monthly payroll using Sage including associated tasks of National Insurance and PAYE monthly payments. Year-end reconciliation final submission to HMRC.
- Manage existing Workplace Pensions.
- Manage expense claims.
- Company Credit Cards - obtaining and processing paperwork.
- Preparation and entry of journals into the nominal ledger.
- Balance Nominal Ledger & Control Accounts.
- Stock system - Maintenance of supplier pricing.
- Preparation of monthly Stock Valuation.
- Preparation of monthly Management Accounts.
- Preparation, submission and payment of quarterly VAT return.
- Annual reconciliation of accounts /prepare file of accounts documents for Auditors and liaison with Auditors. Costings and various ad-hoc projects, e.g., HMRC statistics surveys.
The role will suit an experienced local Bookkeeper / Accounts person who is used to doing all round accounts for a small to medium size business. Communication skills are key as there will be lots of liaison with Directors and external stakeholders. This is an interesting varied role in an extremely friendly working environment.