We are a multi-award winning bookkeeping practice based in the beautiful Chiltern Hills of Buckinghamshire, in Stokenchurch, near High Wycombe. Established in 2006 by Carol Webb, we are a small team of friendly, qualified bookkeepers and admin staff.

The ideal candidate will have Institute of Certified Bookkeepers qualification(s) or be prepared to transfer your qualifications to the ICB through their conversion pathway (see more https://www.bookkeepers.org.uk/Membership/Exemption-Route.)

This role has been created to work with one of our bigger clients, this will take up to half of the week and the remaining time we have a wide variety of other clients and services you can work on depending on your preference and capacity.

This role will be varied and there is an opportunity to study further to support us with payroll and tax returns should you wish. The role is home based with regular visits to the clients premises near Aylesbury and occasional office visits needed. Training will be mostly office based for the first month, this is in Stokenchurch therefore the ideal candidate must be local.

We are seeking to employ a bookkeeper, not outsource. From previous experience, the ideal candidate won't have their own practice.

We offer the following benefits after a qualifying period:

• Private medical cover

• Life insurance

• Death in service insurance

• Day off on your birthday without using your annual entitlement (not applicable if your birthday falls on the weekend)

• Support and time off where possible and work allows to help your studies.

• Should you wish to visit accounting and bookkeeping exhibitions, we cover the travel and entry for this

• Payment of governing body membership

Responsibilities

• Bookkeeping tasks such as: reconciling financial transactions, processing purchase invoices, reconcile bank statements with financial records to identify discrepancies and resolve any errors or problems

• Assist with the preparation of financial statements, reports, and budget

• Prepare & submit VAT returns to HMRC

• Process expenses

• Collaborating with team members and external accountants for the preparation of financial accounts and other reporting

• Ability to multi-task

• Strong attention to detail and accuracy

Qualifications

Required: The Institute of Certified Bookkeeper qualification or willingness to convert current qualifications over

Nice To Have:

• Advanced Excel

• Understanding of importing and exporting and the VAT handling

• Microsoft Office experience

Sorry, we are not in a position to sponsor overseas workers and the ideal candidate MUST be local to Stokenchurch AND Aylesbury.