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Accountant / Senior Bookkeeper
Pay: Competitive up to £40,000.00 per year

Job description:

If you would enjoy working in a fast-paced, interesting SME environment and thrive as part of a team that designs, manufactures and builds its own industry leading, state-of-the-art machinery, then we want to hear from you.

About the Role

We are looking for an Accountant/Senior Bookkeeper to provide day-to-day financial support to the business, whilst providing practical solutions for continuous improvement to maintain order and transparency for the companys finances.

Accountant / Senior Bookkeeper - Key responsibilities include:

Payroll processing: Collect and check manual timesheets, calculate hours worked and overtime, process holidays, sickness and other payroll adjustments, and prepare, run weekly and monthly payrolls.
Payroll compliance: Manage PAYE, National Insurance, pension contributions, statutory payments and payroll submissions.
VAT returns: Prepare, check and submit quarterly VAT returns, ensuring figures reconcile with the accounting records.
Purchase and sales ledger: Process supplier invoices, customer invoices, payments and receipts, and follow up outstanding balances where required.
Bank reconciliations: Reconcile bank accounts, credit cards and other financial transactions.
Month-end accounts: Prepare journals, accruals, prepayments and supporting information for the external accountant, as appropriate to their experience.
Financial records: Maintain accurate accounting records and ensure paperwork is properly organised and up to date.
General accounts support: Assist with cash flow information, expense claims, audit requests and other routine financial administration.
Lead on the internal accountancy system (Moving from QuickBooks to a leading replacement system)

Accountant / Senior Bookkeeper - About You:

Essential skills and experience

Qualified with a suitable relevant qualification (e.g. CIMA, ACA, ACCA)
Methodical with a high attention to detail and a passion for delivering complete, accurate and timely financial information
Management or team leadership experience
Must have Payroll experience
High levels of accuracy and the ability to instil the same in a team
Experience using QuickBooks & Brightpay
Experience playing a key role in an external audit
Advanced Microsoft Excel knowledge and the ability to use formulae to process large quantities of data
Self-motivated with a passion for delivering quality output
A proactive, solutions focused can-do attitude; willing to work with persistence and enthusiasm in suggesting and implementing solutions to business problems
Thrives on working in a fast-paced environment
An aptitude towards working with financial business systems and a willingness to be heavily involved with the ownership of systems

Accountant / Senior Bookkeeper - Desirable skills and experience

At least 5 years UK working experience
Experience working in the manufacturing industry

Accountant / Senior Bookkeeper - What we offer:

The opportunity to expand and grow your skills in a supportive environment
Flexibility - this role can be undertaken on either a full or part-time basis
28 days holiday pro rata, additional holiday awarded with service
Company pension scheme
Refer a Friend scheme
Free on-site parking
Competitive salary - £40k per year, depending on experience and whether you opt for full or part-time employment

Please apply with your CV accompanied by a covering letter that details why you feel youd be a great fit for the role and our company.

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Permanent
Part-time hours: 20 - 40 per week

No sponsorship offered.