£38000 - £45000 Per year
Accountant
Permanent,Full-time
Job Description
- Review and production of management accounts
- Set-up of accounting reporting packs for new clients
- Approving of supplier and employee payment runs
- Preparation and review of statutory accounts
- Preparing and filing VAT returns
- Production and advice on monthly cash flows
- Auditor liaison and audit support
- Answering client queries and advising on specific accounting matters
- Consultancy projects including forecasting and planning.
- Provide team assistance for the Manager when needed during Manager absence.
- Accounts receivable and payable invoicing and queries
- Involvement with overseas accounting compliance
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Advanced Excel skills
- Experience in the preparation of statutory accounts
- Experienced at reviewing accounts analytically
- Experience of working in a multi-company, or multi-client environment
- Experience in advising clients or having worked in a consulting environment would be preferable
- Experience in finance or accounting environment with strong attention to detail skills;
- Experience in a project environment, managing multiple tasks, requirements and stakeholders;
- Able to use own initiative, to be proactive and able to identify appropriate solutions to problems;
- Excellent organizational and interpersonal skills and quantitative aptitude;
- Confident, self-starter who can work on their own initiative
- Highly developed interpersonal and client liaison skills - formidable team player
- Flexible with the ability to adapt to changing priorities and work to tight deadlines
- Excellent accuracy and attention to detail
- Problem solver
- Communicate in non-technical language
- Build relationships with the clients adapting your approach to fit the audience
- Seamlessly become part of the clients' virtual in-house team
- Apply a practical stance to technical compliance points, supplying workable solutions to the client
- Demonstrable leadership skills
- Knowledge of leading teams and delegation
- Knowledge of xero, sage and excel is essential
- Essential: ACCA, CIMA, ACA qualified
Reference no: 110182