Senior Bookkeeper - Chartered Accountancy Practice - -31,000 to -40,000 base salary

Location - Outskirts of Reading

Qualification - AAT studier ideally or 4 years Accountancy Practice experience

About the business

My client is an Accountancy Practice going through a high-growth phase looking to bring in an experienced Senior Bookkeeper to help bridge the gap between the Bookkeepers, Client Managers and External Clients.

This role requires someone with extensive end to end bookkeeping experience and technical knowledge as well as someone with high attention to detail as you will be reviewing junior bookkeeper''s work.

About the Role

Based in the office on outskirts of Reading 4/5 days a week this role will be hands on with full responsibility for end-to-end bookkeeping for 3x large clients. This role will also bridge the gap between the junior bookkeepers, client managers, and external clients through reviewing juniors work, providing training plans for the junior bookkeepers to upskill, identifying areas for process improvement across Bookkeeping and handle additional client communications where appropriate.

Reporting to the Practice Manager this role will have autonomy to help the business build better process and training to help with the future scale of the organisation.

Key Duties

• Reviewing bookkeeping completed by the bookkeeping team to ensure accuracy and consistency
• Identifying and resolving queries within the bookkeeping data
• Communicating with clients by phone and email to request missing information or clarify transactions
• Coordinating the progress of bookkeeping projects through our workflow system
• Sending work back to the bookkeeping team for correction where required
• Supporting the accounting team by ensuring bookkeeping records are accurate and complete
• Maintaining excellent client service and professional communication
• Helping improve bookkeeping quality and consistency across the firm

What we are looking for:

• 3-4 years Bookkeeping experience
• 2 years minimum accountancy practice experience
• Excellent understanding of Quickbooks and or Xero
• Good attention to detail, as you will be reviewing work and identifying errors
• Confident communicating with clients by phone and email

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