I have a fantastic opportunity to join a lovely team in their head office in Colchester working as a Bookkeeper initially on a 6 month contract with potential to go permanent. You will be working closely with the other Bookkeeper in the team as well as an external accountant.

My client has an urgent need for this role so you must be available to start by 01/12/21.

Bookkeeper - Colchester - Circa £25 000 dependant on experience:

Responsibilities & duties:

• Responsible for manual payroll calculations for approx. 100 staff (involves multiple pay rates, pay patterns, contractual exceptions etc.)
• Purchase & Sales ledgers
• Supervision of bank accounts' reconciliations and petty cash
• Monitor expenses and propose cost reduction initiatives
• Ability to calculate costings for new placements
• Working on ad hoc finance projects
• Support the company's external accountant with preparation of Year End accounts

About you:

• Responsible, reliable, honest and trustworthy
• Naturally curious and willing to learn, you are always happy to invest time to deepen your experience and knowledge
• Proven ability to work with high degree of accuracy and flexibility in your approach
• Due to the location of this role you must have your own car

Experience & skills:

• Extensive experience in manual payroll processing
• Strong understanding of Sage 50 Accounts and Payroll packages
• Very good Microsoft Office knowledge (in particular Excel)

In return you will receive a very competitive salary, 25 days holiday + bank holidays, free parking at the office.

In January they are moving their manual payroll system to an automated system and you will be able to help with this exciting project.

This is a great opportunity to progress your career in a very nice working environment. If you think this is a great opportunity for you please apply below and if you have any questions please send me an email