Bookkeeper

Book Keeper
c£22 000
Blackburn

An award-winning manufacturing firm based in Blackburn is looking to add to their growing team with the addition of an experienced and well-organised Book Keeper. Responsible for providing administrative support throughout the office, you will have experience working within an accounts based role.

You will be extremely comfortable on a variety of computer packages and will have used Sage Payroll in a previous role. Ideally you will be able to communicate with colleagues at all levels in a business and will have experience in a manufacturing/industrial environment.

Key Responsibilities:
• Management of petty cash
• Managing spreadsheets including bank cash flow
• Bank reconciliation
• Prompt and accurate administration tasks as and when required
• Send and receiving of invoices
• To perform book-keeping duties
• Invoicing
• Bank reconciliations
• Quarterly reporting
• Have excellent working knowledge of Sage and Quickbooks
• Register and process all supplier/order/invoice and payment information correctly
• Manage all cash transactions accurately
• Understand the implications of all controllable costs in the administration area and how this impacts on Service Charge
• Manage the auditing and reconciliation of the service charge budget
• Oversee prompt and accurate administration regarding the financial aspects of the business and promotional space
• Ensure prompt and accurate provision of all monthly reporting

Key Skills:
• AAT Qualified or qualified by experience
• Any accounting qualifications achieved or working towards qualifications will be beneficial
• Previous experience in a similar bookkeeping/accounts clerk role
• Proficient on a range of computing packages including Sage, Microsoft Office

This is the perfect opportunity for an experienced and talented Book Keeper to gain experience in a successful accounting practice. Dealing with colleagues at a variety of levels you will gain exposure to the running of a busy organisation, which will be extremely valuable for your finance career progression.

Ginger Recruitment is an independent North West recruitment consultancy, based in Ribchester. Servicing the East Lancashire and Ribble valley areas, we aim to build long-term relationships with clients and candidates to help find the right person for the vacancy. So if it’s the next step on the career ladder or a complete career change, Ginger Recruitment can help. If you are looking for an Accounts/Bookkeeper job in Accrington, Blackburn, Burnley, Preston, Rossendale or anywhere in the Ribble Valley area of Lancashire, then give us a call for an informal chat. One of our experienced and REC qualified recruitment team can advise you on our current vacancies as well as any other recruitment enquiries you may have.

Unfortunately, due to the high volume of applications we receive per vacancy, we are unable to respond to every candidate personally and so if you have not heard back from us within 7 days, please consider your application unsuccessful.