Bookkeeper

Senior Bookkeeper | Aylesbury | £28,000 – £35,000 DOE | Full Time | Permanent  The opportunity This is a Senior Bookkeeper position for someone who wants more than routine processing. You’ll be the person who keeps standards high across a portfolio, ensures files are genuinely accounts-ready, and supports the wider team with quality control and structure. You’ll join a well-established, cloud-led accountancy practice with a professional, collaborative culture. The expectation is simple: accurate double entry, strong balance sheet control, confident VAT delivery, and clear client communication. In return, you’ll get real ownership, variety across clients, and a role that can grow into a bookkeeping lead position over time. You’ll take responsibility for a portfolio of clients and act as the go-to for bookkeeping quality and delivery. You’ll also review work completed by juniors and support their development, ensuring consistency across files and deadlines. Key responsibilities Owning bookkeeping for a portfolio of clients using cloud accounting software Ensuring accurate double entry, reconciliations, and clean ledgers to trial balance Preparing and reviewing VAT returns, including checks, corrections, and query resolution Maintaining strong balance sheet reconciliations and control accounts (VAT, debtors, creditors, payroll where applicable) Reviewing junior bookkeeping work, providing feedback, and ensuring files are accounts-ready Being a key point of contact for clients: records, queries, deadlines, and process improvements Liaising with HMRC where required and supporting registrations/compliance administration Identifying recurring issues and improving client bookkeeping processes to reduce errors and rework Supporting the accounts team with clean handovers and supporting schedulesWhat we’re looking for Strong practice-based or multi-client bookkeeping experience Confident producing accurate records through to trial balance and maintaining balance sheet integrity Solid VAT knowledge and the confidence to sense-check and correct Strong understanding of double entry and reconciliations Comfortable reviewing others’ work and raising standards Professional client communication skills and a calm, organised approach to deadlinesDesirable: Management accounts exposure Payroll journals/pensions experience Experience across multiple cloud platforms and process improvement