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Bookkeeper

Bookkeeper - Blackburn, Lancashire

Ref: 919Thursday 13 November 2025

£15.93-£17.01 per hour DOE

🌟 Bookkeeper (Part-Time, Hybrid)

📍 Location: Blackburn (Hybrid – occasional office attendance required)
🕓 Part-time | 24–28 hours per week (flexible)
💰 Salary: £15.93–£17.03 per hour (FTE £29,000–£31,000, dependent on experience)
🎓 Qualification: AAT Level 4 required

About the Role

Our client, a well-established and employee-owned organisation based in Blackburn, is seeking an experienced Bookkeeper to join their finance team.

This is an exciting opportunity for a detail-focused finance professional who enjoys taking ownership of end-to-end bookkeeping processes, producing accurate financial records, and supporting wider business decisions with high-quality reporting.

Working closely with the Head of People & Finance, you’ll be responsible for managing day-to-day accounting operations, ensuring financial accuracy, compliance, and smooth workflow across the finance function.

Key Responsibilities

  • Manage purchase and sales invoicing processes accurately and efficiently.

  • Maintain bank, credit card, and petty cash reconciliations.

  • Prepare monthly management accounts and assist with commentary and variance analysis.

  • Complete balance sheet reconciliations and maintain accurate ledgers.

  • Oversee aged debt management, chasing outstanding payments and maintaining cash flow.

  • Ensure VAT compliance and prepare timely submissions.

  • Support client reporting, rate card production, and annual audit processes.

  • Liaise with clients and suppliers to maintain strong, professional relationships.

About You

  • AAT Level 4 qualified (essential).

  • Excellent organisational and time management skills.

  • Confident managing a varied workload in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

  • Strong communication skills and the ability to build effective working relationships.

  • Commercially aware, solutions-focused, and detail-oriented.

Hours & Flexibility

  • 24–28 hours per week, depending on workload.

    • Typically 24 hours per week for 40 weeks per year, increasing to 28 hours for around 12 weeks per year (to support month-end).

  • Hybrid working available, with some office presence required — flexibility can be discussed.

Benefits

  • 20 days’ holiday + 8 bank holidays (increasing to 25 days + 8 with service).

  • Company pension scheme.

  • Life assurance (4x annual salary).

  • Employee Ownership Trust (EOT) structure.

  • Free on-site parking.

  • Casual dress code.

  • Hybrid working and flexible hours.

  • Access to ongoing training and development through a dedicated in-house academy.

  • Participation in social and charity events.