Job Opportunity: Accounts Assistant
TPF Recruitment is delighted to be supporting a well-established and forward-thinking accountancy practice in the Epsom area that is looking to recruit an Accounts Assistant to join its growing Business Services team.
This role offers excellent exposure to a varied client portfolio and will suit someone with practice experience who enjoys working closely with clients, reviewing work and supporting digital accounting processes. The firm has a strong focus on modern systems and cloud accounting, and the successful candidate will play an important role in supporting clients with their bookkeeping and management reporting needs.
The Role
As an Accounts Assistant within the Business Services team, you will manage a portfolio of clients and act as a key point of contact for bookkeeping and management accounts related matters.
Your responsibilities will include:
Managing a portfolio of Business Services clients
Acting as the first point of contact for client communication relating to bookkeeping and accounting matters
Monitoring WIP, supporting billing processes and agreeing fees with clients where appropriate
Reviewing outsourced bookkeeping work completed by the firm’s offshore team
Providing VAT review services for client prepared VAT returns
Organising and overseeing bookkeeping and VAT return preparation using the outsourced bookkeeping team, and completing final reviews
Preparing and reviewing management accounts for clients
Peer reviewing work completed by colleagues within the department
Overseeing Xero conversions and supporting clients with onboarding and training on the platform
Supporting the firm’s upcoming Making Tax Digital for Income Tax (MTD for ITSA) requirements from April 2026
Responding to ad-hoc client queries relating to MTD for ITSA where clients maintain their own Xero records
Managing the preparation and review of internally prepared MTD submissions