Bookkeeper / Trainee Accountant - Music Clients - BV Recruitment Ltd : Job Details

Are you a Bookkeeper / Trainee Accountant with at least 12 - 18 months experience (or more) of general bookkeeping experience in a good quality accountancy practice firm? Are you looking to continue your AAT / ACCA studies with an entrepreneurial central London based accountancy firm that specialises in working with very high profile music related clients (such as musicians, bands, DJ’s, music producers, record labels, festivals, shows and events)? Are you looking to gain exposure to musicians and bands that are on tour both in the UK and internationally, and work on many household names, plus smaller up and coming music artists? Are you looking to work for a firm where you can gain exposure to larger clients and better quality work, but also have a good work life balance and work in a fun and informal office environment? Are you looking for a firm which offers flexible working, including working 3 days in the office and 2 days from home? Are you also looking to be trained by experienced staff, and receive good in house training so you will be comfortable working with high profile musicians, bands and A list celebrities? If so, this growing accountancy practice firm with 50 staff based in a prime location in Zone 1 Central London is looking to recruit a new member of staff due to impressive growth over the last few years. Based in the busy Business Management department, your role will be hands on, and will include managing your own portfolio of clients, bookkeeping assignments using Quickbooks and Xero, processing client payment runs, sales and purchase ledger, bank reconciliations, expenses and invoices, preparing VAT returns as well as being trained in the future so that you can produce tour accounts for music bands and artists that are on tour. Training will be provided as required and study support for the AAT and / or ACCA offered. Your client base will be varied and include an impressive array well known music artists and bands as well as up and coming artists and general entertainment and media businesses.

To be considered for this new role (August 2024) it is likely you will be either at Junior / Trainee or semi senior level with between 1 and 4 years experience working for a good quality accountancy practice firm, carrying out general bookkeeping and VAT duties. You must now be looking to upgrade to an accountancy firm based in Central London where you will work with music and entertainment clients, particularly music bands and artists that are on tour in the UK and abroad. You will be looking to upgrade to a busy and rapidly growing firm and continue to learn new accountancy and bookkeeping skills. Experience of Quickbooks and Xero would be an advantage.

This growing and high profile accountancy firm has a great reputation for being a friendly and supportive place to work and providing their staff with challenging and varied roles. You will work in a friendly and growing team, and you can expect to work on an interesting array of music and entertainment based clients. Overall this is a unique opportunity for a good quality Bookkeeper / Trainee Accountant from a practice background to continue their career a leading accountancy firm which specialises in the Live Music sectors and carry out a high profile role with genuine career development, training and progression on offer.