Senior Accountant
£50,000 – £65,000
Banbury, Kettering or Stratford Upon Avon
Full Time, Permanent
Ref: Ban879407, Ket879408 or Str879401
On behalf of a well-established accountancy firm, we are recruiting for a Senior Accountant to work in the firm’s Agriculture & Property Department in what is essentially a management role. The role can be based in Banbury, Kettering or Stratford Upon Avon and will involve managing a portfolio of predominantly agricultural and rural businesses, delivering accounting and tax planning services.
This is a fantastic opportunity for an accounting professional with an in depth understanding of the agricultural sector and rural businesses and you will deliver tax and accounting services to a client portfolio whilst managing a committed team.
Along with a competitive salary you will receive a comprehensive benefits package including:
* Flexible working patterns
* Pension and healthcare plan
* 28 days holiday (managers) plus bank holidays
* Death in Service
* Enhanced maternity leave
* Additional voluntary benefits
As Senior Accountant your responsibilities will include:
* Providing bespoke, high-quality accounting and tax service and advice to clients, on a cost effective & timely basis
* Responding to client queries in a timely manner and liaising with others including HMRC
* Take more advanced work from partners and delegate more routine work to others, and promote training within the team
* Get to know clients and their businesses becoming the main point of contact
* Reviewing accounts and tax returns prepared by more junior staff, including corporate and unincorporated clients
* Assisting with the management of the Agriculture and Property Department
* Overseeing the work of junior team members and completing staff appraisals and providing feedback
* Ensuring work is planned and progressed in an efficient, timely and cost-effective manner
* Seeking to identify business and tax planning opportunities, VAT issues, NIC issues, business planning points, etc as part of the review process
* Assisting partners with specific assignments- e.g. business planning, advisory and tax matters and controlling WIP
We welcome applications for this Senior Accountant role from candidates with the following:
* ACA, ACCA or CTA qualification – exceptional qualified by experience applications will be considered
* At least 3 years accounts and tax experience within an accountancy practice environment
* Experience at manager level within a practice
* Experience with rural business or related services
* In depth knowledge of accounts preparation and able to complete accounts files quickly, accurately and efficiently
* Comprehensive and in-depth tax knowledge and able to complete returns quickly and accurately
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills
* Strong general IT skills and good knowledge of accounting software