Accountant/Bookkeeper

Accountant/Bookkeeper focuses on running the purchase and sales ledgers from end to end, including invoice processing, coding and posting.

What the role involves

• Running the purchase and sales ledgers from end to end, including invoice processing, coding and posting.
• Debtor and creditor controls: issuing statements, chasing overdue accounts and resolving queries promptly.
• Performing regular bank reconciliations across all farm accounts.
• Preparing P11D and P11D(b) forms and supporting other HMRC statutory returns.
• Managing payroll inputs and timesheets, and acting as the day-to-day point of contact for the external payroll manager.
• Providing administrative and financial support to the Farm Manager, including ad-hoc reporting and analysis.

Skills and requirements

• Relevant finance, accounts, payroll, Excel, bookkeeping, or accounting-system experience may be required.

Confirmed role details

• We are open to full-time or part-time arrangements for the right person.

Candidate fit

• technical finance knowledge, accuracy, reporting discipline, and careful judgement

Additional role context

• St Giles Estate sits at the southern end of the Cranborne Chase National Landscape, approximately 10 miles north of Wimborne.
• St Giles Farms Ltd is the Estate’s in-hand farming business, working around 3,000 acres of predominantly light chalk soils.
• Handle VAT, payroll and statutory returns.

Known job details

• Pay: £32,000 to £37,000 per annum