Bookkeeper

Salary/Rate:£25k - 30k per year + 20 days annual leave plus bank holidays,1 day for birthday, 2 days over Christmas. On-site parking.
Job type:Permanent
Town/City:Hertfordshire
County:Hertfordshire
Sector:Practice
Job ref:T/Req/000051
Post Date:13.10.25
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About the Role

JOB TITLE: Bookkeeper

ROLE TYPE: Permanent, Full Time 

LOCATION: Hertfordshire

HOURS/DAYS (per week): 9am - 5pm, Monday to Friday, 1 hour lunch, (scope for hybrid working)

SALARY RANGE: £25,000 to £30,000 per annum (DOE)

NOTICE & PROBATION PERIODS: TBC

BENEFITS/BONUSES/HOLIDAYS: 20 days annual leave plus bank holidays, 1 day for birthday, 3 days guaranteed over Christmas, half day bonus day for each month targets are achieved. On-site parking. Tubby Tuesday (takeaway lunch on the first Tuesday of the month). Out of work social events.

COMPANY CULTURE & SUMMARY: A proactive small-to-medium size firm of Chartered Accountants, who're very client-orientated with a good work-life balance. Due to their structure and swift systems/processes in place, employees are not expected to work past 5pm most of the time. All their staff are long-serving employees, which is due to their loyalty but also the Practice's fantastic people-focused work culture and environment. They're looking for a Bookkeeper to join their supportive team.

JOB ROLES/RESPONSIBILITIES (include but not limited to):
- Complete the inputting of purchase invoices in Dext and processing into the client's software (Xero/ Sage etc.)
- Complete the inputting of sales invoices should the client not complete these via the software
- Completing the bank reconciliation from the client's bank feed
- Posting payroll journals
- Ensuring the VAT posted is correct and transactions are correctly classified
- Reconciling the balances of trade creditors, trade debtors and VAT with the client's trial balance, to ensure no duplicate entries have been made
- Submitting and reviewing clients VAT returns

ANY SPECIFIC TRAINING/QUALIFICATIONS/EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:
- Knowledge in Sage, Xero, and Excel is ideal
- Previous bookkeeping experience of 1-2 years
- Must have Full UK Right to Work (No Sponsorships will be provided)

INTERVIEW/START DATES: Interviews ASAP, start date will be when the candidate is available

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