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Part-Time Bookkeeper (Real Estate)
Company: The James
Job Type: Part-time
Location: Sheffield, UK (with occasional trips to Liverpool, Manchester and Birmingham) Reports to: Chief Operating Officer (COO) and Head Office staff
Working Hours: 20 hours per week
The James is an award-winning and fast-growing portfolio of Build-to-Rent (BTR) properties, delivering premium, community-driven living experiences across the UKs key regional cities. With over 300 residents (and growing), their mission is to create vibrant, connected communities in beautiful, thoughtfully designed spaces.
Your Role
As the Part-time Bookkeeper, you will be responsible for a range of tasks related to managing their financial records. This role requires a keen eye for detail and the ability to maintain focus while handling complex information with accuracy.
You will have autonomy in your daily work, while collaborating closely with the general managers of their properties and reporting to both the COO and Head Office. In addition, you will work alongside their London-based accounting department, who will provide support and guidance to ensure consistency and accuracy across financial activities.
To succeed in this role, you must be highly organised, honest, trustworthy, discreet, and reliablewith a genuine interest in both personal and professional development.
What youll be doing
- Processing payments, invoices, income, and receipts, and entering data into their accounting software (Xero) or databases, and filing hard copies
- Preparing financial statements showing business incomes and expenditure
- Paying supplier invoices and tracking bank account balances
- Completing VAT returns
- Verifying the accuracy of business accounts and alerting the COO and the head office of errors
- Recording any inconsistencies to help the head office reconcile inaccuracies
- Developing monthly financial statements including cash flow, profit and loss, and balance sheets
- Preparing employee wages and running payroll
- Managing employee expense claims
- Helping the Head Office and COO with administrative duties and preparing yearly accounts
- Ensuring all property management systems have accurate financial information
- Providing timely, accurate, and complete reports to the COO and the head office
- Performing other reasonable job duties as required by the business
- Contributing to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed
- Promoting the company values and contributing to maintaining a strong work culture
Your background & required skills
- Two years experience as a bookkeeper in the UK Real Estate investment or management industries, preferably in Build-to-Rent (BTR) sector
- Positive, result-oriented, can-do attitude, sharing perspectives to achieve personal and organisational targets
- Ability to communicate clearly in any form
- An ability to work quickly and accurately
- An ability to work to deadlines
- Excellent analytical skills and ability to work with complex information
- Good computer skills (especially with databases and financial software)
- Bachelors degree in accounting, finance, or related field
