Bookkeeper, Sona
£35-38k
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AI-powered people operating system for frontline teams
Job no longer available
AI-powered people operating system for frontline teams
101-200 employees
Job no longer available
£35-38k
+ Share options
101-200 employees
Company mission
To solve the unique challenges of frontline work with truly intelligent AI that empowers every employee.
Role
Who you are
- Proven experience in accounting or finance, preferably within a high-growth or SaaS business
- Strong understanding of bookkeeping principles, including accounts payable, invoicing, and VAT
- Proficiency with accounting software such as NetSuite, QuickBooks, or Xero
- Strong Excel and/or Google Sheets skills for financial analysis and reporting
- Highly organized and detail-oriented with the ability to manage multiple priorities
- Self-motivated and comfortable working independently in a remote-first environment
- Strong communication skills and a collaborative, can-do attitude
- AAT qualification is not required but would be a plus
What the job involves
- As we scale, we're looking for an enthusiastic, detail oriented Bookeeper to support our finance team in core operational areas like accounts payable, customer invoicing, VAT returns, and month end close, while also assisting with audits, equity events, and strategic expansion projects
- Accurately process and reconcile vendor invoices and employee expense reimbursements to the General Ledger
- Perform month-end close tasks, including preparing journals and ensuring costs are correctly allocated to departments, nominals, and cost centres
- Prepare and submit VAT returns in line with statutory deadlines
- Ensure compliance with international sales tax regulations and filing obligations
- Support customer KYC/AML (Know Your Customer / Anti-Money Laundering) procedures as needed
- Generate, review, and distribute customer invoices based on contracts, usage data, and sales activity
- Monitor accounts receivable and follow up on overdue payments to ensure timely cash collection
- Prepare supporting documentation for external audits and assist with audit queries
- Support internal financial reviews and ad hoc reporting requests
- Contribute to finance-related initiatives, including fundraising efforts, international expansion, and the improvement of systems and processes
Salary benchmarks
Our take
80% of people don’t work at desks, but the technology for deskless workers only attracts 1% of all enterprise software investment. Consequently, little software has been designed to benefit the frontline. Sona is a workforce technology startup setting out to help solve this issue, building an all-in-one platform specially designed to empower frontline workers and help their employers retain staff and operate more efficiently.
By using its app, users can view and claim shifts, communicate with their colleagues, and book holidays. Moreover, Sona has additional modules for HR, Payroll, and Engagement, so customers can manage all of their people operations in one place, or integrate with their existing tools.
Sona is an early-stage startup, yet already counts big names across Social Care, Hospitality, and the Charities sector who have combined to book millions of shifts on the Sona platform.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Employee endorsements
Autonomy
"Sona strikes a good balance between giving me the trust and autonomy to do my best work, while being on hand to support and unblock me where..."
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
May 2024
$27.5m
SERIES A
Mar 2022
$7m
SEED
Total funding: $36.7m
Company benefits
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- Remote first and flexible working
- 35 days annual leave (25 days standard plus 10 flexible public holiday days)
- Pension contributions matched up to 5%
- Enhanced parental leave & pay - 26 weeks full pay primary parent / 8 weeks full pay secondary parent
- Co-working space stipend (if you don't live in London)
- Quarterly all expenses paid team retreats
- The latest Macbook and equipment for your home office
- Professional development budget
- Unlimited free books
- Comprehensive health insurance via Bupa
Company HQ
Fitzrovia, London, UK
Articles
Leadership
Ben Dixon
(Co-Founder & CTO)Previously Associate - Consulting at PWC and Software Engineer at Thorlabs. Also, Co-Founder & CTO at Catapult Ventures Limited for 6 years.
Oli Johnson
(Co-Founder)Previously Associate at NEO Capital and Investment Manager at Baugur Group. Co-Founder at Catapult for 6 years.
Steffen Wulff Petersen
(Co-Founder)Previously Investment Banker at Goldman Sachs for 2 years. Since then has been Co-Founder & Managing Director at Lazada Group and Co-Founder at Catapult.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Sona
- Fully remote work and total control over your schedule means you can excel at Sona no matter where, when, or how you like to work. We also offer extended parental leave to everyone.
- We're partnered with the Women in Tech Forum, a membership platform dedicated to supporting and accelerating the careers of women. Optional memberships are available to all women and allies at Sona to access their wide range of events, masterclasses, articles, and more.
- Salary transparency across all of our job postings means your offer is based on your experience and interview performance, not your previous salary or your negotiating skills.
- We use structured interview processes and assessment criteria to remove as much bias from our process as possible
- We do all of our collaborative work in public channels, which means everyone gets a say and the recognition they deserve, and nobody's out of the loop.
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