Bookkeeper / Management Accountant

Position Status: Permanent, full-time

Start Date: as soon as possible

Pay: competitive / negotiable plus OTE

Location: West midlands

Role: The role of  Bookkeeper / Management accountant will encompass Sales and purchase ledgers, credit control, petty cash, expenses, banking, bank reconciliations and VAT returns. You must be fully competent in sage be able to prepare VAT returns, including all on line reporting to HMRC including auto-enrolment. 

You will also deal with accruals and prepayments, journals and nominal ledger as well as prepare accounts to trial balance stage and prepare monthly management accounts. 

 Accounts Payable – ensuring all invoices are loaded into sage on a daily basis

 Preparation of weekly pay runs based on invoices due.

 Accounts Receivable – ensuring all sales invoices are loaded into sage, matching cash received to invoices raised and chasing customers for payment.

 Sage Accounts Administration

 Assisting with the Infrastructure planning and implementation

 Processing invoices and payments

 Daily bank, Weekly Petty cash and monthly reconciliations in Sage

 Maintaining and reconciling financial records

 Processing all accounting transactions onto Sage software

 Cash control and management on a weekly basis

 Completing quarterly VAT returns

 Overseeing and producing reports

 Organising the final/yearly accounts and VAT/end of year returns

 Preparing for yearly audits

 Budget and Cash Flow Monitoring / Forecasting

 Expense Claims Monitoring

 Credit Control

 Liaising with clients & customers

Requirements:

 Excellent bookkeeping skills with a minimum 4 years experience.

 Strong Organisational Skills

 Excellent Communication Skills

 Ability to work under pressure and meet required deadlines

 Ability to be flexible and manage multiple priorities

 A business orientated mind-set

 Good knowledge of the Accounts Payable/Receivable processes

 Strong numeracy skills

 Accuracy and attention to detail

Skills:

 Knowledge of either Logistics, courier, transport and distribution would be beneficial

 Full understanding and experience of Sage Line 50 and Excel is essential.

 Knowledge of Microsoft Office, Word and PowerPoint is required

 Analytical / Data experience

 Entrepreneurial mind set

 Client building

Benefits:

 Salary: Competitive (depending on skills and experience), plus bonuses

 Holidays: 25 days holiday (plus Bank Holidays)

 Opportunities for development and training