Part-time Bookkeeper (3 days per week or flexible hours) - Consumer - 12 month contract - Chessington (hybrid) - £50,000 p.r)
Posted 4 days ago by NicolLane
£50,000 Per year
Undetermined
Hybrid
Kingston Upon Thames, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The role is for a part-time bookkeeper in a consumer business located in Chessington, requiring ownership of month-end and transactional finance tasks. The position involves credit control, accounts payable, and month-end journal postings, reporting directly to the Finance Director. The ideal candidate should have experience as an Accounts Assistant or Assistant Accountant and possess strong interpersonal skills. Flexibility in working hours is offered, with a contract duration of 12 months.
Key Responsibilities:
- Credit control - contacting clients via phone, email and letter to chase overdue payments using a relationship-led approach
- Monitoring and managing the sales ledger to ensure customer accounts are accurate and up to date
- Preparing and issuing monthly statements
- Resolving invoice queries and disputes promptly and professionally
- Accounts Payable - ensuring supplier invoices are accurately logged, raising any issues with department managers for correct coding and approvals
- Supplier statement reconciliations
- Preparing payments for approval
- Month-end journal postings including accruals & prepayments
- Updating the fixed asset register
Key Skills:
- Experience as an Accounts Assistant or Assistant Accountant
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Teamwork ethic
- Decent level of Excel proficiency
- Ability to work on short notice
Salary (Rate): £50,000 yearly
City: Kingston Upon Thames
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
We're working with a consumer business based in the Chessington area looking to recruit an part-time bookkeeper on a 12 month contract basis. Reporting into the Finance Director, this will be a rounded role taking ownership of many aspects of month-end and transactional finance, and key areas of focus will include:-
- Credit control - contacting clients via phone, email and letter to chase overdue payments using a relationship-led approach
- Monitoring and managing the sales ledger to ensure customer accounts are accurate and up to date
- Preparing and issuing monthly statements
- Resolving invoice queries and disputes promptly and professionally
- Accounts Payable - ensuring supplier invoices are accurately logged, raising any issues with department managers for correct coding and approvals
- Supplier statement reconciliations
- Preparing payments for approval
- Month-end journal postings including accruals & prepayments
- Updating the fixed asset register
They're looking for an experienced Accounts Assistant / Assistant Accountant, available on short notice, with strong interpersonal skills, team work-ethic, and a decent level of Excel.