Senior Bookkeeper / Accountant
- Recruiter
- 199 RECRUITMENT LTD
- Location
- Enfield
- Salary
- £25000 per annum
- Posted
- 29 Sep 2014
- Closes
- 27 Oct 2014
- Ref
- SBAJV8372
- Contact
- Tim Chase
- Sectors
- Accountancy
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Senior Bookkeeper / Accountant
Our client are an independent construction accounts and office management company in Enfield. They now require a professional Senior Bookkeeper / Accountant that is looking to further their career within in this rapidly growing business.
The successful candidate for the role of Senior Bookkeeper / Accountant MUST have experience of working in the construction industry and an understanding of construction based projects.
As a full-time Senior Bookkeeper / Accountant, the successful candidate will be expected to be able to complete CIS & VAT Returns with minimal supervision. Other duties and responsibilities for the role of Senior Bookkeeper / Account will be as follows:
To be successful for the role of Senior Bookkeeper / Accountant, the ideal candidate will have the following skills, experience and attributes:
The starting salary for the role of Senior Bookkeeper / Accountant will be £25,000 DOE.
To apply for the role of Senior Bookkeeper / Accountant, please press ‘Apply Now’
Our client are an independent construction accounts and office management company in Enfield. They now require a professional Senior Bookkeeper / Accountant that is looking to further their career within in this rapidly growing business.
The successful candidate for the role of Senior Bookkeeper / Accountant MUST have experience of working in the construction industry and an understanding of construction based projects.
As a full-time Senior Bookkeeper / Accountant, the successful candidate will be expected to be able to complete CIS & VAT Returns with minimal supervision. Other duties and responsibilities for the role of Senior Bookkeeper / Account will be as follows:
- Daily bookkeeping duties including managing the ledgers, bank reconciliations, preparing accounts to trial balance
- Post sales and purchase invoices
- Post journals for wages & complete PAYE monthly slips
- Sales and Purchases ledger reconciliations
- CIS – Preparation of CIS return, reconciliations and returns completed online
- VAT - Preparation of VAT returns, reconciliations and returns completed online
- Company Credit Cards - post invoices, payments and reconcile
- Petty Cash - post invoices, payments and reconcile
- Bank - post receipts and payments (in GBP, USD, EUROS and some other minor currencies) and allocate them with pending invoices, post nominal ledger receipts and payments and reconciliations
- Filing - sales and purchase invoices unpaid and paid
- Year End - Prepare reports and provide copy invoices for final accounts for company accountants. Post year end journals and proceed with year end
- Provide details classification of expenses
- Assisting Accountants with the preparation of year end accounts
To be successful for the role of Senior Bookkeeper / Accountant, the ideal candidate will have the following skills, experience and attributes:
- Have a minimum of 3-5 years working within construction based companies and 'client facing’ experience is also advantageous
- Must also be a confident individual who can work well under pressure and well within a team
- Carry a professional approach at all times, work proactively and work to tight deadlines
- Ideally holding the AAT, CAT or IAB Qualification (this is preferred and very advantageous), possibility support training to gain qualification
- Good communication and interpersonal skills (through email and over telephone)
- Must pay attention to detail with a high level of accuracy
- Must be highly organised and able to meet strict deadlines
- A warm, energetic, enthusiastic individual with a positive attitude
- Knowledge of Quickbooks, Sage or other accounting software
- Experience in IRIS Payroll Software is also advantageous
- Strong experience in Microsoft Office Suites (advanced Excel is extremely advantageous)
The starting salary for the role of Senior Bookkeeper / Accountant will be £25,000 DOE.
To apply for the role of Senior Bookkeeper / Accountant, please press ‘Apply Now’