Senior Bookkeeper at Green Marble Recruitment

• Our established client is seeking a highly experienced Senior Bookkeeper to join their close-knit, professional team.

Non-Negotiables:

• Relevant Accounting qualification
• 10–15 years' bookkeeping experience
• Full bookkeeping to trial balance 
• Proactive with strong problem-solving skills
• Investigative and analytical mindset

Minimum Requirements:

• Relevant Accounting qualification.
• 10-20 years of bookkeeping experience.
• Debtors and Creditors experience.
• Full bookkeeping to trial balance.
• Support month-end processes.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Manage the full bookkeeping function through to trial balance.
• Maintain accurate and complete accounting records.
• Perform bank, balance sheet and general ledger reconciliations.
• Prepare monthly journals, accruals and supporting schedules.
• Support month-end and year-end close processes and provide information required by auditors or external accountants.
• Manage customer accounts, invoicing, allocations, collections and account queries.
• Monitor debtor ageing and follow up overdue accounts consistently.
• Identify collection risks, recurring payment issues and disputed charges.
• Provide management with practical recommendations to improve collections and cash flow.
• Manage supplier accounts, invoice processing, allocations and payment schedules.
• Complete accurate supplier reconciliations and resolve discrepancies promptly.
• Monitor supplier terms, pricing changes and payment commitments.
• Identify duplicate charges, unusual cost movements and opportunities for savings.
• Prepare accurate monthly management reports and supporting schedules.
• Analyse revenue, gross profit, gross profit percentage, pricing, margins and operating costs.
• Compare current performance with budgets, targets and historical results.
• Identify trends, anomalies, margin leakage, pricing concerns and emerging business risks.
• Explain the reasons behind movements in financial results and provide clear, practical commentary.
• Recommend actions to improve pricing, profitability, cash flow, cost control and business processes.
• Present financial information clearly to managers who may not have a finance background.