Our client is an accountancy firm who are based near Stirling and looking for a Part Time Accountant to work at c2 days per week but with an expectation that the time commitment will go up.
Responsibilities of the Part Time Accountant:
Take a Limited company set of draft accounts on cloud bookkeeping software /Xero/Quickbooks) and:
Review and correct any mis postings re balance sheet accounts and P&L and highlight any significant variances or strange balances
Calculate and enter yearend adjustments into the bookkeeping software re depreciation/accruals/WIP/corporation tax provision etc
Draft e-mail to client with attachments
produce draft
Statutory accounts
Corporation tax computation and CT600
Prepare Directors personal tax returns
Prepare the Management accounts
Put in required journals (e.g. accruals, prepayments, depreciation, WIP)
Take reports from software into excel
Brief but meaningful commentary and additional schedules re significant variances
Produce presentable financial information
The Candidate
Qualified or qualified by experience
Worked in practice for 5+ years
Works fast but accurately (aware of need to make recovery on work)
Familiar with accounts and tax software (ideally Iris) and cloud bookkeeping software (Xero/Quickbooks
Good Excel skills (basic formulae such as vlookup and = re working papers)
Has a challenging mind - flag something if doesn’t look right
Good knowledge of UK tax re owner managed business
Happy to speak to client to clear basic queries
Please note this is a remote role but it would be beneficial for someone to be based in Scotland