Senior Bookkeeper

🔥 1 hour ago

🇿🇦 South Africa – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🧑‍🏫 Bookkeeping and Clerks

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Streets

501 - 1000 employees

Founded 1907

💼 Consulting

⚖️ Legal

💸 Finance

Consulting • Legal • Finance

Streets is a UK-based firm of Chartered Accountants (trading as Streets Chartered Accountants) that provides accounting, audit, tax, and advisory services to businesses, corporate clients, charities, and individuals. Founded in 1907 and ranked among the top 40 UK accountancy firms, Streets employs around 500 people and offers career development, funded training and professional qualifications, and a range of hybrid and remote roles across the UK and South Africa. The firm emphasizes client-focused financial insight, mentorship, and varied work across industries to support growth and success.

📋 Description

• Prepare and review monthly and quarterly management accounts • Prepare and review UK VAT returns and assist with HMRC queries • Analyse financial data for VAT and non-VAT clients using Sage/Xero • Review bookkeeping, reconciliations and year-end adjustments • Manage multiple client assignments and statutory deadlines • Identify accounting and tax issues and communicate solutions to team members • Process financial transactions and maintain accurate records • Support senior accountants with reconciliations and reporting

🎯 Requirements

• Previous experience working in a UK accountancy practice • Proven experience preparing UK year-end accounts for multiple external clients • Practical experience with UK corporation tax, VAT and HMRC • Experience preparing management accounts • Experience managing a varied client portfolio and competing deadlines • Strong communication skills • Ability to work independently and take ownership of client work • Previous experience within Bookkeeping, preferably in UK VAT • Experience with Xero, Sage and Dext • Ability to develop trusting relationships with colleagues, demonstrating professionalism, reliability, and genuine care • Forward-thinking approach, keen to challenge the norm and suggest improvements • Confidence in owning workstreams and responsibility for quality and accuracy • Collaborative mindset and willingness to share knowledge • Desire to develop technical expertise • Organised and proactive, able to manage multiple deadlines • Clear communicator, able to present financial information clearly • Resilient and adaptable when faced with challenges or deadlines

🏖️ Benefits

• Supportive and collaborative remote team environment • Ongoing training and development in Xero and UK accounting standards • Exposure to international clients and industries

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