We are looking for an experienced Xero Bookkeeper / Outsourced Finance Manager who can manage multi-company bookkeeping, keep accounts clean month-to-month, and produce useful management reporting. This is not a VAT-only role - we want someone who runs a proper month-end process and stays ahead.
Work Hours:
⭐ Part-time
⭐ Initially 2 days per week
⭐ Flexible working hours
Rate:
⭐ 4-6 GBP per hour
POTENTIAL TASKS
- Manage bookkeeping across 4 companies + holding company
- Weekly bank and credit card reconciliations
- Maintain accurate coding of transactions and ensure documentation is attached
- Supplier invoice processing and expense categorisation
- Reconcile key balance sheet accounts (VAT, loans, intercompany, director loan accounts)
- Prepare and submit quarterly VAT returns
- Liaise with accountants to ensure clean year-end handover
- Set up and maintain strong Xero workflows (bank rules, automation, reporting structure)
Reporting Requirements
- Produce a monthly reporting pack (P&L, balance sheet snapshot, cash position)
- Implement and maintain profit & loss reporting per property (R2R model)
- Implement and maintain profit & loss reporting per property (Development & HMO model)
- Track and report director business expenditure for internal insight without impacting statutory/tax treatment
SKILLS/EXPERIENCES REQUIRED
- 3+ years hands-on experience with Xero
- Xero Projects or cost tracking, categories & per project reports
- Property business experience (R2R, investment, serviced accommodation, etc.)
- Strong UK bookkeeping and VAT knowledge
- Experience producing management accounts / monthly reporting
- Confident with reconciliations and balance sheet control
- Experience with director loan accounts
- Experience working across multiple companies (highly important)
Desirable (Bonus) Experience:
- Experience with intercompany transactions and holding companies
- Cashflow forecasting / budgeting
- Process documentation / SOP building
What We’re Looking For:
- Proactive and organised (doesn’t wait until deadlines)
- Detail-driven but commercially minded
- Confident enough to challenge or flag issues early
- Systems-focused (improves processes, not just posts transactions)
IMPORTANT REMINDERS
- Please apply only once. Take a moment to choose the position that best fits you before submitting your form. We’ll only review your first application, and any additional submissions while your initial one is still in process will be tagged as invalid.
- This is an opportunity to work with international clients as a self-employed, independent contractor (freelancer). You’ll be responsible for managing your own taxes and compliance under Philippine law.
- Our application will include submission of requirements and a few trial tasks. Please block off some time to prepare and complete these before starting the form. We recommend saving the URL to this page so you can come back when you’re ready.
- TIP: Read through the questions in the form first to know what you need to prepare before filling out the form. Please be on a PC or a laptop before proceeding with your application.
- To ensure smooth communication, please download WhatsApp. It’s the primary tool many of our clients use, and we’ll also use it alongside email to reach out to you for potential client opportunities if you successfully pass this application. (Here's a quick tutorial on how to do this!)
- Your minimum internet speed should be 10 mbps and your PC specs should be at least Intel Core i5 (or equivalent) and have 8GB RAM (at the minimum).
- DON’T HESITATE! No VA experience is required!
