Our team is growing and we are looking for someone with experience of working in a fastpaced accountancy firm to join our team. If you are a team player fuelled by ambition, then this role might just be for you. As an Accountant in our Accounts Team, you’ll be working with a wide range of SMEs across a variety of sectors. You will be overseeing and assisting in the preparation of year-end accounts and associated submissions for Manager review. This will include:
* Accounts preparation and submission FRS105 and FRS102(1A).
* Tax computations (personal and corporate).
* Bookkeeping on a variety of software packages, predominantly Xero.
* Managing a portfolio of clients.
* Holdings meetings with new and existing clients.
* Plus other ad hoc duties.
What else does your role involve?
* Co-ordinating with other departments of the firm, such as payroll and audit.
* Proactively communicating and coordinating with the client.
* Planning your own workload, managing deadlines and effectively prioritising work.
* Ensuring that processes and services undertaken are conducted with a risk-managed approach and to high standards.
* Ensuring integrity and completeness of supporting information on the accounting records and on our internal document storage system, to provide a full audit trail and transparency.
Required qualifications
* 4 -5 years’ experience of working in practice (part-qualified or AAT)
Plus, we'd love for you to have experience of
* Xero cloud software and related apps, accounts production software and tax software.
* Microsoft Excel (including use of pivot tables, Vlookups and SUMIFS).
* Delivering a high level of customer service. building strong client relationships.
* Mentoring and coaching junior colleagues.
Key skills
* Tech savvy and tech focussed.
* Self-starter with a positive, can-do attitude.
* Excellent communication skills and high level of attention to detail.
* Customer focussed - understanding of customer needs and concerns.
* Able to develop relationships with other departments in the firm.
* Risk based approach with clear weighting to areas of significant financial and operational risk.
* Organised with good time management skills and ability to take responsibility for own actions.
* Willing to undertake the mundane as well as the exciting parts of the job – we are a small organisation and everyone has to be willing to get stuck in!
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