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Senior Bookkeeper

Job Description

Thrive Group are recruiting for a Senior Bookkeeper on a permanent basis, located in the Swindon area.

This is a full-time position, paying up to £30,000 per annum, depending on experience.

The role purpose is to run a portfolio of bookkeeping, VAT and management accounting clients, ensuring deadlines and accounting standards are met.

Responsibilities of the role include but are not limited to the following:

  • Manage a portfolio of bookkeeping and VAT clients suitable in size and complexity for your role.
  • Manage and undertake bookkeeping and VAT for a variety of clients inputting data and processing payments as required.
  • Preparing management accounts monthly and quarterly ensuring details are accurate with clear and neat working papers to reflect the accounts produced and ensuring clear cross referencing.
  • Proactively managing clients to ensure information is provided, services are completed and handling communication with clients and managers alike.
  • Self-managing workload with limited involvement from managers, raising queries with managers where support is needed.
  • Monitoring work and liaising with clients to provide information as required.
  • Composing correspondence to clients and other relevant parties.
  • Visiting clients' sites as required to carry out bookkeeping and management accounts.

The successful candidate will

  • Be AAT L3 or QBE Qualified.
  • Have 2 years+ of bookkeeping experience.
  • Have experience preparing VAT returns.
  • Have experience using Excel for data manipulation.
  • Have knowledge of different VAT schemes.
  • Confident with Xero, QBO and other accounting packages.
  • Have effective communication skills - telephone, emails, letters, reports.
  • Have good customer care skills.
  • Have excellent prioritisation and time management skills.
  • Will be able to work in an organised manner to strict deadlines - planning, diary management, department systems set up and maintenance.
  • Will have interpersonal skills - able to build relationships both internally and with clients.

For more information please apply and a member of the team will be in touch.

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