Bookkeeper

Role: Accounts Assistant / Bookkeeper
Location: Nottingham, NG2 (office-based, with hybrid flexibility in future)
Salary: £28,000 - £35,000 (depending on experience)

Looking for a role that's more than the same month-end tasks on repeat?
Here's your chance to step into a varied, fast-paced position where you'll work with multiple clients, build real relationships, and have a direct impact on helping owner-managed businesses thrive.

This is a great chance to join a growing SME supporting a specialist UK sector - offering everything from specialist operational systems to expert financial support. As demand grows, they're expanding their dedicated finance team, creating an opportunity for someone who loves getting stuck into accounts, takes pride in accuracy, and enjoys being part of a small, friendly team.

About the role

As an Accounts Assistant / Bookkeeper, you'll look after the day-to-day financial processes for a portfolio of independent businesses. From reconciling accounts and managing payment runs, to preparing VAT returns and supporting month-end, your work will keep their operations running smoothly and give them the financial clarity to make smart decisions.

You'll get to know your clients well, becoming a trusted point of contact for routine queries and helping them stay compliant and confident about their numbers.

What you'll be doing

• Handling purchase ledger, supplier statement and bank reconciliations.
• Preparing monthly payment runs across several client accounts.
• Posting payroll and wage journals.
• Supporting the preparation of monthly management accounts, including P&L and balance sheet.
• Preparing and submitting VAT returns.
• Assisting with tailored financial reporting where needed.

What we're looking for

• Around 3+ years' experience in accounts or bookkeeping, ideally with multi-client exposure (such as practice or outsourced finance).
• Confident across accounting systems and processes.
• Strong Excel skills - experience with Microsoft Dynamics is a bonus.
• Clear communicator who enjoys building relationships.
• Highly organised, accurate and able to manage multiple deadlines.
• Someone proactive who likes taking ownership of their workload.

Why you'll love it here

• Be part of a growing, ambitious company where your work truly matters.
• Friendly, relaxed office environment with a casual dress code.
• Regular team events and socials, plus free on-site parking.
• Monday to Friday - no weekends, ever.
• Primarily office-based to build strong connections with the team and clients, with hybrid working potential down the line.

Ready to step into a role with variety, purpose, and plenty of opportunity to grow?
Apply today with your most recent CV for a confidential chat about the role.

Please put your home postcode on your CV when applying. Our recruitment tech uses this to make sure your CV is reviewed by the relevant consultant, for the relevant job(s), in the relevant geography.

Macildowie are a recruitment business working on behalf of a client to recruit this role. Your personal data may be forwarded to that client company as part of the application process.

If you would like information on how we will process your data please go to our website (macildowie.com) and view our fair processing notices which are located at the bottom of the page under privacy policies. Within the fair processing notice for Candidates there is guidance on how to amend your contact preferences or exercise your rights relating to personal data. We can't provide direct links as email address and website urls within our job adverts are removed by some of the websites on which we advertise.

Macildowie is a specialist recruitment consultancy with a rich history of enhancing the careers of professionals across the Midlands and the Northern Home Counties. We have an unrivalled understanding of the local market place and recruit for the majority of the region's premier employers. To search for all of our live jobs please visit us at macildowie.com.