About this role
Contract Length: Initially 3 weeks, with potential for extension
Hours
- 4 days per week (days to be agreed)
- 4-5 hours per day
- Additional days and hours may become available
The Role
The successful candidate will take ownership of the day-to-day finance function and be able to work independently from the outset. As well as transactional bookkeeping duties, you will be responsible for identifying and highlighting data discrepancies arising from a recent migration from Sage to Xero.
Key responsibilities include
- Processing purchase ledger invoices, coding and posting transactions
- Managing supplier payments and payment runs
- Raising sales invoices and allocating customer receipts
- Performing bank reconciliations and control account reconciliations
- Processing payroll, including PAYE and pension submissions
- Managing CIS deductions and preparing CIS returns
- Handling VAT returns, including Domestic Reverse Charge transactions
- Preparing month-end financial information for the external accountant
- Reviewing and documenting outstanding reconciliation issues following a Sage-to-Xero migration
- Investigating accounting discrepancies and escalating issues where required
Essential Requirements
- Strong and current experience using Xero
- Proven bookkeeping experience within a UK business environment
- Payroll processing experience, including PAYE and RTI submissions
- Experience within the construction, maintenance, contracting, or engineering sectors
- Working knowledge of CIS, retentions, and construction accounting processes
- Understanding of UK VAT, including the Domestic Reverse Charge
- Ability to work autonomously and add value from day one
- Available to start immediately
Desirable Skills
- Previous experience using Sage
- Experience supporting system migrations or investigating legacy accounting data issues
- Strong problem-solving and reconciliation skills