Job Description

In this varied role, you will:

• Take responsibility and ownership of your own work and deadline management. This feeds into the budgets on compliance work. Constant communication is essential.
• Take responsibility as “lead staff” for a small portfolio of clients, being their day-to-day point of contact and ensuring the work runs smoothly, being a key link between manager and client and identifying additional work that can be billed.
• Prepare and review accounts, VAT returns and tax computations from client records, for sole traders, partnerships and limited companies.
• Assist clients with their financial record keeping, which is increasingly moving to Cloud-based solutions.
• Prepare corporation tax returns, personal tax returns, capital gains tax computations, IHT and other specific actions where necessary (additional training will be provided if needed).
• Have involvement in networking and business generation under the guidance of more senior team members.
• Support managers and partners as part of a focused client service team, which will include responding to client queries in a professional and timely manner and assisting with ad-hoc advisory work.
• Train and mentor junior members of the team.

This has generated fantastic careers, from Trainee to Partner and everything in between. We also offer:

 

• Competitive salary
• Enhanced employer pension contribution
• 23 days’ holiday per annum plus Bank Holidays (Increases on completion of exams)
• Use of our benefits platform
• Unique branded company cashback card
• Life assurance
• Flexible working
• Structure Flex-e Vitality benefit
• Healthcare medical cash plan
• Comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)

Our people are our most important asset and we fully support their professional and personal development every step of the way. As a member of our team, you will be challenged to perform to the best of your ability, rewarded for your hard work and encouraged to pursue your goals.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

To join us as an Accounts Senior, you’ll need: Experience of preparing accounts and related business tax computations To be ACA / ACCA fully or part-qualified, or AAT qualified (or equivalent experience). Strong analytical and problem-solving skills. The willingness to learn and consider the bigger picture. Proven verbal and written communication skills.