Senior Accountant – Bookkeeping, Controls & Month-End (UK Entities | QuickBooks)

Location: Rajkot (On-site)

Working Hours: 11:00 AM 8:00 PM IST (UK overlap required)

Reporting to: UK Finance Manager

We are looking for a detail-driven and process-oriented Senior Accountant to manage bookkeeping quality, month-end accuracy, and financial controls across a group of UK-based companies.

This role goes beyond transaction entry. The successful candidate will ensure accounts are complete, properly accrued, reconciled, and review-ready each month while acting as a second-level reviewer for bookkeeping activities.

You will work closely with an existing bookkeeper and the UK Finance Manager to strengthen accounting discipline, documentation standards, and reporting readiness.

• Maintain accurate records of sales, purchases, expenses, bank transactions, and journals in QuickBooks.
• Ensure correct ledger coding, VAT treatment, and cost centre usage.
• Maintain structured digital documentation with all supporting files linked to transactions.
• Support and guide existing bookkeeping work while ensuring consistency across entities.

• Ensure accounts are maintained on a true accrual basis, not cash basis.
• Prepare and post recurring monthly journals such as:
• Directors remuneration
• Software/CRM subscriptions
• Retainers and contracted services
• Other predictable operational costs
• Review trial balances to identify missing accruals or misstatements.
• Maintain a structured month-end timetable and closing process.

• Perform structured second-level review of bookkeeping for:
• Accuracy of coding
• Completeness of entries
• Consistency across companies
• Ensure timely completion of:
• Bank reconciliations
• Credit card reconciliations
• VAT reconciliation
• Payroll reconciliation
• Directors loan accounts
• Intercompany balances
• Maintain month-end checklists and provide confirmation of completion.

• Proactively follow up on missing invoices, statements, or documentation.
• Maintain accounting process notes, journal templates, and reconciliation schedules.
• Identify discrepancies, unusual transactions, or risks and escalate with recommendations.
• Help ensure accounting workflows are not dependent on any single individual.

• Assist in preparing monthly management accounts including:
• Profit & Loss
• Balance Sheet
• Supporting schedules
• Generate periodic reports such as:
• Aged receivables and payables
• Expense breakdowns
• Key overhead analysis

• Graduate in Accounting / Commerce / Finance.
• CA / CMA / CPA (or pursuing) preferred but not mandatory with strong experience.

• Minimum 35+ years in accounting/bookkeeping roles.
• Experience handling multi-entity accounts preferred.
• Prior exposure to UK clients or international accounting environments is highly desirable.
• Comfortable working in outsourced or remote finance teams.

• Strong understanding of:
• Double-entry accounting
• Accrual accounting principles
• Prepayments, provisions, and adjustments
• Hands-on experience with QuickBooks Online (multi-company preferred).
• Strong Excel skills for reconciliations and schedules.
• Familiarity with UK VAT and accounting practices is beneficial (training available).

• Extremely detail-oriented with a natural tendency to verify numbers.
• Structured and deadline-driven, especially during month-end.
• Able to communicate clearly when information is incomplete or inconsistent.
• Comfortable collaborating with UK-based stakeholders.
• Strong written and spoken English.

• All reconciliations completed within agreed month-end timelines.
• Standard accruals posted consistently across all entities.
• Supporting documentation properly attached in QuickBooks.
• Reduction in errors and manual corrections required at final reporting stage.
• Clear audit trail and month-end sign-off documentation maintained.