Accountant

We have an exciting mid-shift, opportunity available for an Accountant. Work from home or the office – you choose!

When you join Yempo, you’ll receive the following fantastic benefits:

• Highly competitive salary – paid weekly!

• HMO enrollment on commencement

• Additional HMO dependents added each year of service

• 20 vacation days per year; 7 sick days

• Annual performance bonuses and incentives

• Annual salary reviews and increases

• Free cooked rice, snacks and hot drinks

• Company polo shirts provided

• Fantastic, bright and cheerful open-plan work environment

• Prestigious clients and highly professional and friendly co-workers

Our Client 
In this role, you will be assigned to our UK-based client, who are on a mission to be the go-to adviser for entrepreneurs and indies in the games space in the fields of finance, legal, and other business support areas. They work as a fractional in-house consultant offering cost-effective, pragmatic, and genuinely value-adding advice. They pride themselves on three pillars: Exceptional Quality, Highly Responsive, and Being Nice Humans.

What’s great about this role?

• Join a fast-growing finance team with genuine opportunities to develop as the department expands.

• Work with exciting independent games studios across the UK and internationally.

• Be part of a unique hybrid role combining the variety of practice with the involvement of an in-house finance team.

• Learn from experienced finance professionals with backgrounds leading some of the most successful businesses in the games industry.

• Help shape processes and influence how a rapidly growing department evolves.

• Work with modern cloud accounting technology and continually improve how finance is delivered.

• Fully remote with flexible working.

• Be trusted with real responsibility from day one.

Your Responsibilities

• Perform regular reconciliations of bank accounts, payment platforms, credit cards and employee expenses for multiple client companies.

• Maintain cloud-based accounting records using Xero and supporting finance applications such as Dext, Telleroo, Ramp, Campfire and ApprovalMax.

• Manage the end-to-end purchase ledger process, including invoice processing, supplier queries and preparing payment runs for review.

• Support the sales ledger process, including raising invoices, monitoring outstanding debtors and assisting with credit control.

• Take ownership of assigned month-end tasks, ensuring reconciliations and supporting schedules are completed accurately and on time.

• Assist in preparing monthly management accounts, including P&Ls, balance sheets and cash flow reports, together with variance analysis and supporting commentary.

• Support payroll processing and pension administration, ensuring information is complete, accurate and submitted within deadlines.

• Assist with VAT returns, statutory filings and compliance requirements across multiple clients.

• Help onboard new clients onto cloud accounting systems, ensuring accurate opening balances and efficient finance processes.

• Identify opportunities to improve processes, increase automation and enhance the efficiency of recurring finance tasks.

• Maintain high-quality working papers and documentation to support scalable client delivery.

• Communicate professionally with clients, responding to queries promptly and building trusted working relationships.

• Work collaboratively with the wider client team to provide a joined-up finance service.

• Comply with the Organization's Information Security Management System (ISMS), including all applicable information security policies, procedures, standards, and guidelines.

Your Background

We’re looking for someone who enjoys taking ownership, has excellent attention to detail, and genuinely cares about delivering high-quality service.

• 3+ years' experience in bookkeeping or accounting.

• Experience working with UK businesses (preferred).

• Experience using Xero and cloud-based finance systems.

• Strong understanding of bookkeeping fundamentals and month-end processes.

• Excellent reconciliation skills and attention to detail.

• Confidence managing recurring responsibilities independently.

• A proactive mindset with a desire to continually improve processes.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• Strong organizational and time management skills.

• Comfortable working remotely and managing their own workload.

• A collaborative approach and willingness to support colleagues.

• An interest in AI, automation and using technology to improve finance processes would be advantageous.

Disclaimer for salary ranges. Yempo provides an indicative range of salary that we deem relevant for the advertised role. This may be adjusted for the skills and experience of the selected candidate.