
Bookkeeper
OnlyExperts
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: Philippines
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About the role
- Perform weekly or monthly reconciliations for all accounts, including bank accounts, credit cards, Stripe, and GoCardless accounts.
- Provide clients with reconciliation reports, detailing uncleared receipts, payments, and any unidentified transactions or errors.
- Suggest actions for any old reconciling items and address discrepancies promptly.
- Ensure that invoices for all businesses are issued in a timely manner, hitting the billing deadlines consistently.
- Review all invoices to ensure they are correctly attached to the appropriate projects and that no discrepancies exist.
- Confirm that all accounts payable invoices have been properly approved before processing.
- Accurately record all daily financial transactions, including sales, invoices, receipts, and payments, into the accounting system.
- Prepare and deliver key financial statements, including income and payment statements, and profit and loss accounts, ensuring accuracy in all reporting.
- Run the Aged Debtors report after all banks have been fully reconciled to ensure visibility on outstanding client payments.
- Ensure that all accounts payable (AP) invoices are processed and approved in a timely manner, keeping track of vendor payments.
- Maintain accounts receivable records, ensuring client payments are recorded accurately and on time.
- Fill out relevant tax forms and liaise with accountants to ensure compliance with UK tax regulations.
- Update the accountant with any potential bad debt provisions as soon as they are identified.
- Complete month-end closing procedures by reconciling all accounts and ensuring that financial records are up to date.
- Maintain timely and professional communications with clients on financial matters, including clarifications on reconciliations, invoices, or other financial queries.
- Use accounting systems such as Xero, Dext, and ApprovalMax for processing transactions, managing invoices, and ensuring financial data is up to date.
- Handle all commercially sensitive and valuable financial information with the highest level of confidentiality and security.
Requirements
- Proven experience as a bookkeeper, preferably with experience managing finances for multiple businesses or clients.
- Familiarity with UK accounting practices and tax regulations is highly preferred.
- Strong proficiency in Xero and Dext accounting software.
- Excellent attention to detail, organizational skills, and the ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines.
- Strong communication skills, with the ability to work effectively with clients and internal teams remotely.
- Ability to work UK business hours (9:00 AM – 5:00 PM GMT).
- Ability to work independently while managing time efficiently.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
reconciliationfinancial reportingaccounts payableaccounts receivableinvoice processingtax compliancemonth-end closingfinancial transaction recordingprofit and loss accountingAged Debtors report
Soft Skills
attention to detailorganizational skillscommunication skillstime managementindependenceclient relationsproblem-solvingconfidentialitymultitaskingprofessionalism