Role and responsibilities
- Establish and maintain an effective working relationship with clients and colleagues.
- Process all Sage / Xero data and relevant paperwork in respect of the Month End Checklist QF9013 and Year-End Checklist: QF9018 adhering to BookCheck Procedures.
- Reconcile all bank accounts and VAT accounts adhering to BookCheck Procedures. Provide figures for client VAT Return.
- Post all relevant journals for the month i.e. depreciation, accruals & prepayments, payroll adhering to BookCheck Procedures.
- Send month-end and year-end to BookCheck accountant, copying supervisor by the agreed deadline, ensuring that accountant and supervisor are made aware at the earliest opportunity if the deadline is going to be missed.
- Provide client with Aged Creditors and Debtors report and any other agreed Sage / Xero reports.
- Respond promptly to any client queries.
- Ensure the client BookCheck team is kept up-to-date of any client changes and or problems that need resolving.
- Where appropriate ensure regular and accurate backups are kept at all times (not required for BookCheck Online clients)
- Identify possible new business opportunities within existing accounts and encourage current clients to take advantage of further BookCheck services and expertise.
Required skills and experience
- 3 years of (UK) Bookkeeping experience
- High-level Xero skills – at least 1 year of considerable use. Recent Xero use is an advantage.
- Good IT knowledge of MS Office, particularly Excel
- Excellent written and spoken English
- Able to do most, if not all of these tasks:
- Bank – Input and reconcile.
- VAT – Input and reconcile.
- Sales & Purchase Ledger – Input and reconcile.
- Accruals & Prepayment Journals
- Payroll Journals
- Depreciation Journals
- Print run of Profit & Loss & Balance Sheet
- Petty Cash – Input and reconcile.
- Credit Card – Input and reconcile.
- Manage Nominal Ledger & Chart of Accounts
- Understanding the basic principles of Accounting.
Desired Skills and experience
- Knowledge of Sage is desirable but not essential as we now major in Xero
- Some knowledge of Xero apps e.g. Receiptbank, Hubdoc – desirable but not essential
- Xero accreditation