Bookkeeper

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🇬🇧 United Kingdom – Remote

⏳ Contract/Temporary

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

🧑‍🏫 Bookkeeping and Clerks

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RecruitMyMom

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11 - 50 employees

Founded 2012

💼 Consulting

📦 Logistics

📣 Marketing

Consulting • Logistics • Marketing

RecruitMyMom is a specialist talent agency in South Africa focused on empowering women by providing access to skilled job opportunities. With a commitment to diversity and flexibility, the agency connects professional mothers and independent contractors with employers seeking reliable talent for both full-time and part-time positions across various industries. They offer services including background checks, psychometric testing, and access to a wide range of professions, from virtual assistants to fractional executives.

📋 Description

• Perform an initial review and overhaul of the Xero system • Bring bank reconciliations, transactions, and historical data fully up to date • Maintain day-to-day bookkeeping for income and expenses • Maintain digital record-keeping aligned with UK Making Tax Digital requirements • Prepare month-end summaries, quarterly VAT information, and year-end documentation for external accounting review • Raise and send retainer-based and project-phase client invoices • Monitor project budgets and align invoiced amounts with actual worked hours and agreed project phases • Manage credit control and follow up on outstanding payments • Support freelancer onboarding through Google Forms, contract dispatches, and information gathering • Oversee and consolidate monthly creative freelancer timesheets into master tracking sheets • Reconcile freelancer invoices against budgeted project hours and flag overruns early • Maintain central Google Workspace tracking documents, master Google Sheets, and project logs • Support general project administration, workflow tracking, and client/freelancer communication as the role evolves

🎯 Requirements

• Proven, solid bookkeeping experience working with small businesses, agencies, or creative service providers • Hands-on, proficient working knowledge of Xero, specifically bank reconciliations and system cleanup/overhaul • Strong proficiency in Google Suite, including Google Sheets, Docs, and Forms • Strong proficiency in Excel • High degree of autonomy; able to take full ownership, work independently with minimal hand-holding, and solve problems proactively • Meticulous attention to detail and accuracy with numbers, spreadsheets, and project tracking • Strong written and verbal communication skills with professional stakeholder management • Fully equipped home office with a reliable high-speed internet connection • Availability to work remotely during UK business hours • Working knowledge of UK VAT requirements, Making Tax Digital (MTD), and UK business banking setups • Experience or familiarity with Toggl and Asana advantageous • Background in a creative, design, production, or agency environment advantageous • Formal bookkeeping qualification such as AAT, ICB, or SAIPA advantageous • Experience managing agency/freelancer timesheets, project budgets, and profit tracking advantageous • Openness to taking on wider client communications and project management support as the role grows advantageous

🏖️ Benefits

• Flexible, part-time hourly basis (approximately 7–8 hours / 1 day per week) • Opportunity for hours to grow as the business scales • Fully remote work arrangement • Independent contracting arrangement • Flexible start and schedule