Accountant / Bookkeeper - Bristol

Salary:
20k - 25k D.O.E The Company: Our client is a charity-specialist firm of accountants, auditors and consultants, providing the technical expertise of a large firm charity department, but with the personal, partner-led approach of a small firm. Providing audit, accountancy, tax and consultancy services to small and medium sized organizations. Having built a reputation as a leading provider of audit and accountancy services to the not-for-profit sector, we now work with over 130 charities in Bristol and nationally. The Role: In this varied role, you will work with a wide variety of clients, but primarily they will be small limited companies, sole traders and charities. Clients will typically have turnovers of £20k to £1m. Most of your work will be office-based, but you will also be required to carry out work from a client's premises. Role

Responsibilities:
Carrying out weekly, monthly or quarterly bookkeeping for a variety of clients. This will involve processing client paperwork/records, using Xero, QuickBooks, or Excel. You will be required to do all monthly ledger work, including: Processing bank, petty cash and credit card transactions; Reconciling all bank and cash accounts; Posting month end journals for accruals and prepayments; Posting cost allocation journals for departmental reporting; Posting payroll journals and reconciling control accounts; Posting fixed asset adjustments and maintaining asset registers; Preparing and submitting quarterly VAT returns; and Liaising with clients over queries. Preparing monthly or quarterly management accounts for clients, to include a P&L with variances to budget, a balance sheet and a cash flow forecast (if required). Written commentary to accompany management accounts may be required. Preparing annual statutory accounts and tax returns, under the supervision of a manager or partner. Occasional support for the payroll team, processing payroll for approximately 50 clients using Sage Payroll software. Skills, Qualifications and Experience: AAT qualified (level 3 or 4), or qualified by experience (minimum 3 years); Experience of working in a practice environment (essential); Proficient in accounting software, including, Xero, QuickBooks and Excel (essential); Experience of payroll software (desirable); Excellent attention to detail; Committed to providing first class service; Can-do attitude and a good work ethic Important Information: We endeavour to process your personal data in a fair and transparent manner. In applying for this role, Additional Resources will be acting in your best interest and may contact you in relation to the role, either by email, phone or text message. For more information see our Privacy Policy on our website. It is important you are aware of your individual rights and the provisions the company has put in place to protect your data. If you would like further information on the policy or GDPR please contact us. Additional Resources are an Employment Business and an Employment Agency as defined within The Conduct of Employment Agencies & Employment Businesses Regulations 2003