Junior Accountant / Bookkeeper

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: TYPE OF WORK

Full Time

: SALARY

PHP 33000 - 40000 per month

: HOURS PER WEEK

40

: DATE UPDATED

Oct 23, 2026

JOB OVERVIEW

THE ROLE

We are looking for a 'can do', hard working individual with good attention to detail to join our Team for a full time role.

Sakura Business Solutions is a London and Dublin based accountancy practice with a variety of clients in construction, interior design, financial and professional services, property and the creative sector.

We are focused on introducing as much automation and the use of business apps alongside the core cloud accounting software (Xero and QUickbooks) for our clients, with the aim of taking advantage of opportunities to bring efficiencies to 'day to day' accounting work.

Therefore in addition to Quickbooks and Xero, we use apps including DEXT, ApprovalMax, Telleroo and Expensify.

THE CANDIDATE

The appropriate candidate will already have a minimum of 1 year’s experience working in an accounting environment, which includes significant experience working with Quickbooks and/or Xero on a day to day basis ! It is also a key requirement that the candidate is already a Certified Advisor in Xero and/or Quickbooks (or can get it very quickly).

Experience in the use of other apps such as DEXT, EXPENSIFY or TELLEROO would be desirable.

Ideally we are looking for a candidate with experience of a UK working environment, however similar experience in a jurisdiction such as Australia or Dubai would be helpful. Also it would be key that the candidate has experience, or can very quickly 'get up to speed' with, working across multiple clients daily and/or weekly.

We offer a suite of additional benefits after a period of 12 months including health insurance, local accountancy support and the introduction to our ACCA Accredited Training programme in order to support any ongoing studies.

There will be a supported 'Onboarding', training and induction/familiarisation period over a number of weeks with the existing Team members, but the candidate will be expected to be up to standard quickly afterwards !

THE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Responsible for building a close and trusted relationship with the Senior Assistant Accountant that you will be reporting into on a day to day basis
• Responsible for dealing with the routine ‘day to day’ bookkeeping requirements across a number of our clients to a high standard
• Responsible for working to the agreed daily / weekly / monthly deadlines to each client and following our internal checklists and detailed process guides (which support the expected high standards)
• Responsible for the review of sales activity where necessary
• Responsible for the review and processing of Supplier invoices accurately depending on the specific client requirements
• Responsible for monitoring bank feeds, confirming that all bank account feeds are in order on a daily basis
• Responsible for reviewing and allocating all bank transactions for each client on a daily basis
• Responsible for preparing lists of queries and comments on any transactions that are unclear or NOT clarified per our checklists and playbooks for a Client
• Responsible for completing any bank reconciliations for all bank accounts across all clients on a weekly and/or monthly basis
• Involved in the preparation of quarterly VAT returns for Client ready for review by the Sakura Team ahead of any submission deadlines
• Attendance at a daily Team meeting to set out work plans, issues and expectations will be required
• Maintaining up to date certification with both Quickbooks and Xero software will be key for the role

CANDIDATE REQUIREMENTS

Key – Professional and ‘can do’ attitude. Comfortable with working to High Standards with similarly High Expectations,

Key - Accuracy and good attention to detail is critical

Key – Excellent knowledge of Accounts software (Xero, QuickBooks) is key.

Key - Good communication skills a MUST, Ability to take instruction and learn from errors and mistakes will be key

HOW TO APPLY

For those who have an interest in this role - please include the link of your updated CV or Resume, and include in the SUBJECT line of your application the following [SAKURA - CHERRY BLOSSOM 2026]

Please also include your answers to the following questions:

1. How do you ensure that a bank is accurately reconciled in Xero or QuickBooks?
2. What are the possible reasons for a negative balance in the Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable report?
3. A client has not responded to your queries and request for missing invoices, and the month-end deadline is approaching. What would you do?
4. Do you do any self check or review of your own work each week or month ? YES / NO If YES, what do you do to ensure that you pick any simple errors ahead of anyone else picking them up ?
5. If you are dealing with something that you haven’t had explained to you before, or you cannot resolve yourself, what do you do ?

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Junior Accountant / Bookkeeper

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