Book keeper

The purpose of this role is to maintain records of financial transactions by establishing accounts, posting transactions and ensuring legal requirements compliance.

Main tasks of job:

• Maintains historical records by filing documents


• Complies with legal requirements by studying requirements; enforcing adherence to requirements; filing reports; advising management on needed actions.


• Processing payments, invoices, income and receipts and entering data into accounting software or databases then filing hard copies


• Preparing financial statements showing business income and expenditure


• Paying vendor invoices and tracking bank account balances


• Verifying the accuracy of business accounts and alerting the Accountant of any errors


• Recording any inconsistencies to help the Accountant reconcile inaccuracies


• Developing monthly financial statements including cash flow, profit and loss and balance sheets


• Preparing employee wages


• Managing employee expense claims


• Helping the accountant with administrative duties and preparing yearly accounts


• Data entry - recording financial transactions and balance the books


• Monthly reports - Summarising the business's financial position


• Payroll - calculating pay and deductions

The above is not an exhaustive list of duties and you will be expected to perform different tasks as necessitated by your changing role within the company and the overall business objectives of the organisation.