The opportunity
You will support UK accounting firms with the day-to-day bookkeeping of their clients, taking responsibility for accurate records, reconciliations, VAT returns and regular financial information. This is not a transaction-only role. You will manage assignments independently, resolve routine issues and maintain control over deadlines. During induction, your work will be reviewed while you learn TCPS procedures. An experienced senior is expected to progress quickly to producing routine bookkeeping and VAT work that does not require regular technical review. Once established, you will review junior work, support development and take increasing responsibility for coordinating and leading a team.
Bookkeeping and portfolio delivery
- Manage day-to-day bookkeeping for an allocated portfolio
- Process and review invoices, expenses, receipts, payments and journals
- Maintain accurate and up-to-date accounting records
- Complete bank, customer, supplier and control-account reconciliations
- Reconcile payroll, VAT, loans, fixed assets and inventory where applicable
- Manage accounts payable and receivable processes, including agreed follow-up
- Investigate unreconciled items, duplicates, coding errors and incomplete records
- Raise clear queries and actively follow up information
- Complete month-end bookkeeping procedures
- Maintain complete and properly supported working papers
- Manage recurring deadlines across a varied portfolio
VAT compliance
- Prepare and review UK VAT returns and supporting reconciliations
- Apply VAT treatment accurately and consistently
- Review VAT control accounts and investigate differences
- Identify missing information, unusual transactions and potential VAT issues
- Prepare returns within applicable requirements and deadlines
- Escalate complex or uncertain VAT matters
- Maintain clear supporting records and audit trails
Management accounts and reporting
- Support month-end and quarter-end close where required
- Prepare monthly or quarterly management accounts
- Post and review accruals, prepayments, depreciation and reporting adjustments
- Prepare financial statements and supporting schedules
- Review information for accuracy and unusual movements
- Produce agreed management reports and explanations
- Ensure reports are supported by accurate, fully reconciled bookkeeping records
Quality, review and leadership
- Review your own work thoroughly before completion
- Progress beyond routine review of your own work
- Review bookkeeping, reconciliations and VAT work prepared by junior colleagues
- Provide clear and constructive review points
- Support the induction, training and development of junior team members
- Monitor work allocated to junior colleagues and maintain delivery
- Identify training needs and recurring quality issues
- Take increasing responsibility for allocating and coordinating a small team
- Develop towards formal team leadership responsibility
Technology, AI and continuous improvement
TC Professional Services aims to lead the profession in the effective use of technology, AI and automation. As a senior member of the team, you will be expected to:
- Take an active interest in the practical application of AI, automation and emerging bookkeeping and accounting technologies
- Confidently adopt approved tools and use them responsibly
- Identify repetitive or inefficient activities that may benefit from process improvement or automation
- Help junior colleagues develop confidence using approved systems and tools
- Contribute practical ideas that improve workflows, controls and service delivery
- Ensure technology improves efficiency and consistency without compromising accuracy, confidentiality, professional judgement or quality
What we are looking for
Essential experience
- At least three years’ practical UK bookkeeping or accounting experience
- Experience managing recurring assignments for multiple UK businesses
- Strong knowledge of double-entry bookkeeping, ledgers, journals and reconciliations
- Practical experience preparing UK VAT returns and reconciling VAT control accounts
- Experience completing bank, customer, supplier and balance-sheet reconciliations
- Ability to investigate and resolve issues independently
- Good knowledge of month-end bookkeeping and reporting
- Hands-on experience with Xero, QuickBooks, Sage or similar software
- Strong Microsoft Excel skills
- Good written and verbal English communication
- Ability to manage recurring deadlines and take responsibility for quality
Desirable experience
- Preparation of monthly or quarterly management accounts
- Working with UK accounting firms or their clients
- Reviewing junior colleagues’ work
- Training, supervising or coordinating team members
- Inventory accounting, payroll reconciliations or complex VAT matters
- Improving bookkeeping processes or introducing new technology
- Progress towards ACCA, CA, CMA or another relevant qualification
What success will look like
- Bookkeeping records are accurate, complete and maintained on time
- Routine bookkeeping and VAT work does not require regular technical review, while appropriate quality-assurance and risk-based checks may continue
- Control accounts are fully reconciled and issues resolved independently
- Complex or higher-risk matters are identified and escalated
- VAT returns and management information are supported by complete records
- Outstanding information is actively followed up
- Junior work is reviewed accurately with constructive feedback
- Junior colleagues improve through your guidance
- You help coordinate workloads and maintain team quality
- You contribute practical ideas that improve accuracy, efficiency and consistency
What you will gain
- Ownership of a varied UK bookkeeping portfolio
- Broader experience across bookkeeping, VAT, month-end and reporting
- Opportunities to develop management-accounts experience
- Progression from delivery into technical review
- Responsibility for developing junior colleagues
- A structured route towards leading a Bookkeeping team
- Collaboration with professionals in India and the UK
- Progression towards Team Leader and Bookkeeping Manager-level responsibilities, based on capability, performance and business requirements
About TC Professional Services
TC Professional Services supports UK accounting firms by providing high-quality accounts production, bookkeeping, payroll and personal tax services. Our India team works closely with accounting professionals in the UK, combining technical expertise, structured processes and modern technology to deliver reliable support. We invest in training, technology and career development so talented people can build successful long-term careers with us.
Build the next stage of your UK bookkeeping career
If you have strong UK bookkeeping experience and are ready to take responsibility for portfolio delivery, technical quality and junior development, we would like to hear from you.
