Bookkeeper (Full-time)

We have a newly created bookkeeper position in our expanding Finance as a Service (FaaS) team.

Role and responsibilities

The successful candidate will support clients with bookkeeping, production of management accounts and KPIs, and production of final trial balance at client’s financial year end.

Specific responsibilities will include:

• Reconciling bank accounts, reviewing and maintaining sales, purchase and general ledgers.
• Calculating and processing monthly journals for prepayment / accruals / depreciation / payroll and other monthly adjustments.
• Key monthly or quarterly account reconciliations such as VAT/PAYE/accruals/deferred income.
• Meet client and team deadlines, and communication around these.
• Supporting the Payroll Manager with processing of payroll for our clients.
• Completion and filing of VAT returns.
• Prepare and review management accounts from information and documentation received from clients.
• Finalise the reconciliations and trial balance at the end of the financial year for the Annual Accounts team.

What we are looking for

The ideal candidate will have the following skills, experience, and personal attributes.

• Proven bookkeeping experience in a client-facing environment.
• Numerate and analytical.
• Ability to deliver to deadlines.
• Takes time to understand client requirements.
• Intermediate or advanced Excel and Xero skills.
• Ability to document work and communications with clients clearly and concisely.
• Highlights potential client opportunities and risks to line manager.
• Extensive knowledge of VAT and broad knowledge of PAYE.
• Ideally, AAT (or similar) qualification, experience with Brightpay payroll software and working knowledge of payroll and pension legislation.

Personal attributes that are important

• Responsive – an excellent communicator over video (particularly), phone and email.
• A self-starter – proactive and prepared to ask questions where unsure.
• Collaborative – enjoys working in a collegiate environment, supporting others, and seeking help where required.
• Desire to deliver a great service.

Candidates with the experience or relevant job titles of; ACCA, CIMA, AAT, Bookkeeper, Bookkeeping Clerk, Accountant, Time Served Accountant, Management Accountant will also be considered for this role.

If you would like to apply, please send your CV and Cover letter via the ‘apply now’ link above.

About Rouse

With a history spanning over a century, we’re an independent, well-established firm of over 90 team members with a proven track record of delivering high quality financial solutions for our clients and proudly featuring in the top 100 UK accountancy firms.

We recognise that our strength lies in our people, therefore, our focus is to invest in our greatest asset, our staff, creating an impressive team across all sectors of accounting.

Whilst we are devoted to providing a first-class service to our clients, you will find we are not your everyday accountants, we have no formal dress code; we’re creative, forward-thinkers, who love to explore advances in technology and new ways to help clients.

Our clients are based across the UK, and as members of Praxity, the largest alliance of accounting firms in the world, it’s quite likely that you will also be working with international clients – perhaps giving your career a steppingstone into new directions.

We are proud to offer best-in-class learning and development programmes, career progression opportunities, job recognition, wellness initiatives and flexible working to suit your work/life balance.