Client Admin/Support and Internal Bookkeeping Role

THE ROLE

We are looking for a ‘can do’, hard working individual with good attention to detail to join our Team for a full time role.

It will be a key recruit to work alongside our Managing Director and our Head of Client Support and Training, with the main purpose being to take all of the current admin responsibility from them.

Sakura Business Solutions is a London based accountancy practice with a variety of clients in construction, interior design, property services and the creative sector.

We are focused on introducing as much automation and the use of business apps alongside the core cloud accounting software (Xero and QUickbooks) for our clients, with the aim of taking advantage of opportunities to bring efficiencies to ‘day to day’ accounting work and to re focus on advisory services.

Therefore in addition to Quickbooks and Xero, we use apps including DEXT, ApprovalMax, Telleroo and Expensify.

THE CANDIDATE

The appropriate candidate will be an admin ‘superstar’ with 2 to 3 year’s experience working in a professional or accounting environment, whether working on new client ‘onboarding’ or support, client proposals, credit control or other support activity.

Additionally ideally the candidate will also have bookkeeping experience using Xero accounting software i.e. Certified Advisor in Xero with some practical experience of using the software !

We encourage all of our employees to develop their skills and careers and study towards an accountancy qualification, if this is of interest (ideally ACCA). Therefore after a period of 12 months with Sakura, we will be happy to introduce you to our ACCA Accredited Training programme.

THE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Responsible for providing ongoing support to Nasima Bibi (Head of Client Support, Training and Projects)

• Supporting Nasima Bibi to ensure that the SAKURA ‘Onboarding’ process is delivered and improved as necessary (for NEW Clients)

• Supporting Nasima Bibi to ensure that the SAKURA ‘Disengagement’ process is delivered and improved as necessary (for NEW Clients)

• Supporting Nasima Bibi with ensuring that all Service & Fee Proposals are renewed 6 weeks ahead of the Client financial year ends. Also ensuring that Extra Work Proposals are raised and forwarded to Clients within 24 hours.

• Supporting Nasima Bibi to ensure that the GOCardless direct debits are setup for all signed Service & Fee Proposals and Extra Work Proposals

• Responsible for ensuring that the SAKURA ‘day to day’ internal bookkeeping is maintained up to date on a weekly basis e.g. purchase invoices, allocation of bank transactions etc.

• Responsible for ensuring that the SAKURA GOCardless activity is accurately allocated against Client invoices each week.

• Supporting Nasima Bibi to ensure that all SAKURA sales invoices are raised and forwarded to Clients during, and at the end of, each month

• Responsible for ensuring that monthly credit control processes are carried out routinely and any 60 days debts are brought to the attention of the Managing Director

• Supporting Nasima Bibi with developing Client Training plans and documentation for Quickbooks and Xero.

• Supporting Nasima Bibi with providing Xero and Quickbooks software support and ‘troubleshooting’ to our Clients

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