Bookkeeper Permanent

• Position: Bookkeeper
• Salary: £28,000 – £30,000 per annum plus good company benefits
• Location: Uckfield, East Sussex
• Hours: Monday –  Friday,office hours, hybrid office / home working available

We are very pleased to be working alongside our busy, established and highly reputable accountancy based client as they seek to recruit a Bookkeeper to join their team in Uckfield, East Sussex as they continue to expand and grow the business at all levels.

Previous management accounts experience is essential

The role / duties:

• Input and review data
• Review and maintain sales, purchase and general ledgers
• Post and review month end journals
• Adhere to proper accounting standards
• Meet deadlines and time budgets
• Advise managers of any outstanding issues
• Complete and review VAT returns
• Maintain a full and accurate audit trail by filing and referencing documents
• Travel to and work from client sites if required
• Prepare and review management accounts from information and documentation received from clients, ensuring that all relevant deadlines are met
• Complete each assignment before passing to the manager for review
• Develop and maintain good client relations
• Liaise with clients directly or through relevant manager to resolve queries or obtain further information
• Ensure a high level of service to meet client’s expectations
• Ensure that all hours worked on assignments are correctly recorded
• Training and supporting more junior members of staff and clients

Skills and experience required:

• Excellent verbal and written communication
• Ability to work as part of a team and independently
• Previous proven book-keeping experience in an office environment
• Numerate and analytical with excellent written and verbal communications skills
• Evidence of being a proactive, self-starter who can manage changing priorities in a demanding environment
• Intermediate/advanced Excel, Xero, Sage 50

This is a great opportunity to join a first class employer who offer an excellent environment in which to work

First Recruitment Services is acting as an employment agency on behalf of this vacancy