Bookkeeper/Accountant - West Oxon - AAT/ACA/QBE to 28,000
- Location:
-
Carterton jobs
,
Oxfordshire jobs
- Salary:
- £22,000 - £28,000
- Company:
- Accountancy Selection
- Job type:
- Permanent jobs
- Date posted:
- 04/11/2009 13:11
- Job id:
- 45843372
- Contact:
- Jessica Cudd
- Ref:
- Totaljobs/60390
Bookkeeper/Accountant West Oxfordshire AAT/ACA/QBE to £28,000 p.a.
Accountant required for a small, professional office in Carterton who provide surveys on residential properties. Responsibilities will include providing a full range of accountancy services in respect of Management Companies together with a wider range of accounting /administrative duties associated with this and other business activities. As Accountant, you will have excellent numeracy skills including complex calculations. You will enjoy working with colleagues to provide a high quality and efficient service in a ‘customer led environment’.
The working hours are 9 – 5 but are flexible to individuals. There is free public parking a short walk from the office and the company also offers 38 days holiday including bank hols.
This position is open to both Full and Part Time candidates offering a salary of £24,000-£28,000.
Responsibilities include:
- Book keeping, individual owners’ ledgers, bank reconciliation of all property accounts and those of the business, in readiness for the independent Chartered Accountant to prepare Annual Accounts, Tax Returns.
- Liaising with the Chartered Accountants during the course of the preparation of the Annual Accounts, and the checking of them prior to issuing to the Directors for approval.
- Running of the Client Bank Account and the Company’s Bank Accounts, writing of cheques, online payments and transfers, and checking that there are sufficient funds in the account for cheques to clear.
- The allocation and management of reserve funds.
- Invoicing and arrears procedure (particularly of service charges).
- Banking of monies received in Client Bank Account, and the business’ own accounts, and online banking.
- Preparing service charge budgets and liaising with the property management staff over amounts that the post holder cannot determine themselves.
- Providing financial information to the administration and management functions of the business. For example budget / actual summaries of service charge expenditure, and service charge apportionments between various categories of owners who contribute to different areas of maintenance on a square footage basis.
- Running the Employer’s own accounts, including the Director’s own investment property, and carrying out the VAT return.
Good telephone and interpersonal skills, as well as letter writing. Computer skills including emailing and internet, and the use of other office equipment.
The ideal candidate will be AAT qualified or part qualified ACA/QBE or equivalent, have excellent communication skills, integrity and will not mind helping out in the office with answering the telephone etc.
