Practice Senior Bookkeeper

Mar 14, 2025
Chichester
Full Time
TPF Recruitment
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Skills
Practice Management • Veterinary Experience • Enterprise Architecture • Office Manager Experience • Enterprise Software • Healthcare Management • IaaS • TOGAF • Medical office experience • Conflict Management • COBIT • Customer relationship management
The Role
Practice Management • Veterinary Experience • Enterprise Architecture • Office Manager Experience • Enterprise Software • Healthcare Management • IaaS • TOGAF • Medical office experience • Conflict Management • COBIT • Customer relationship management
TPF Recruitment are recruiting for a Senior Bookkeeper to join a prestigious, and well established accountancy practice based in Chichester, West Sussex. Our client is a highly reputable, and friendly firm of accountants who really look after their staff and promote an excellent work life balance. In this position, you will report into the Practice Manager, and oversee and support a small team of trainees, while supporting your client portfolio with management accounts, bookkeeping, VAT and cloud accounting services. There are excellent progression prospects on offer, within this fantastic accountancy practice and they are offering a great remuneration, and work life balance.

Key responsibilities include:
  • Processing clients bookkeeping for sole traders, partnerships and ltd companies using Xero & Sage
  • Preparing and submitting VAT returns
  • Processing period ends, posting journals and reconciling control accounts
  • Preparing management reports
  • Meeting with clients
  • Preparing year end records for submission to accountant
  • Registering and de-registering sole traders, partnerships, limited companies and VAT schemes
  • Assisting with onboarding new accounts clients
  • Liaising with HMRC, Companies House and clients accountants as required
  • Answering clients accounts questions and dealing with issues
  • Capturing all sales revenue for invoicing


Requirements

  • A minimum of 3 years experience in a practice bookkeeping capacity
  • AAT Qualified, or qualified by experience
  • Experience using Xero, Sage, QuickBooks and Receipt Bank would be an advantage
  • Experience using Microsoft Excel, Outlook, Word
  • Good interpersonal skills
  • Excellent organisational skills


Benefits

  • 28,000 - 35,000 dependent on experience and background, negotiable.
  • A highly competitive benefits package is also on offer.
  • Please apply for the vacancy or contact Tristan Finch via phone, our website or LinkedIn for a confidential conversation.
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A minimum of 3 years experience in a practice bookkeeping capacity AAT Qualified, or qualified by experience Experience using Xero, Sage, QuickBooks and Receipt Bank would be an advantage Experience using Microsoft Excel, Outlook, Word Good interpersonal skills Excellent organisational skills