Our Management Accounts team are looking for an ambitious individual to join as a trainee bookkeeper. The role will include delivering accurate, timely bookkeeping and reconciliations for a variety of clients, developing technical skills and providing a helpful and proactive client service.
What you can expect from us:
- Study support towards AAT or an equivalent bookkeeping/accounting qualification.
- Competitive starting salary with the ability to increase it with exam success and continuous demonstration of our values and behaviours
- The ability to develop your career further with a defined career pathway
- A Four Day Working Week and Flexible Working Hours – on successful completion of probation
- Paid time off to volunteer and help the community in a way you are passionate about
- 25 days holiday plus bank holidays. Additional holidays will accrue from your third year of being in our team
- Your birthday off each year to do something special
- Numerous health and wellbeing activities throughout the year.
What we expect from you:
- To have a growth mindset
- To have positive behavioural characteristics
- To be client focussed and always do the right thing for them
- Resilience to do what is right even when it may be difficult
- The ability to create real connections
- To seek greatness every day
- To help leave a positive impact in all your actions
- To be a team player.
Job overview:
Your main responsibilities will be:
- Process purchase and sales invoices, receipts, payments and other routine transactions accurately using Hubdoc, Xero and other approved systems.
- Complete bank reconciliations and assist with cashbook, supplier, customer and control account reconciliations; investigate straightforward differences and refer unresolved items.
- Maintain up-to-date bookkeeping records for allocated clients, following agreed work programmes and preparing files for senior review.
- Assist with gathering information and preparing VAT records and draft returns for checking and approval by an authorised colleague; do not submit independently.
- Communicate professionally with clients and colleagues to request missing records, clarify routine queries and provide timely progress updates.
- Organise assigned work to meet agreed deadlines, raise capacity or quality concerns promptly and maintain accurate timesheets and assignment records.
- Follow confidentiality, data protection, quality control and document management procedures, correcting review points and learning from feedback.
The job specific requirements we would expect you to demonstrate are:
- Basic understanding of double-entry bookkeeping and common financial transactions.
- Awareness of bank and control account reconciliations and the importance of supporting records.
- Introductory understanding of VAT and the need for appropriate review and authorisation.
- Basic familiarity with spreadsheets and cloud accounting tools; willingness to learn Xero, Hubdoc and any other relevant specific tools.
- Good standard of education including English and Maths (GCSE grade 4/C or equivalent desirable).
- Studying towards AAT or an equivalent bookkeeping/accounting qualification desirable.
- Willingness to undertake relevant bookkeeping, VAT and software training.
Location:
Newcastle upon Tyne
Hours of Work:
Permanent, full time – 36.5hrs
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