Accounts Senior

Accounts Senior

Full-time (35-hrs over 5-days), Flexitime working available £27k - £34k

Are you an experienced accounts senior with a general practice skill-set, looking for a long-term career in a fantastic regional practice? We are currently searching for an experienced, enthusiastic accounts senior who is either part-qualified or newly-qualified ACA / ACCA. If you have great client service and communication skills, love a varied role and want to work for a caring, friendly practice, please apply.

What’s in it for you?

• Inhouse and externally provided training, including professional exams study support where relevant

• Salary sacrifice pension

• Optional Medical benefit

• Tech scheme

• Cycle to work scheme

• Regular staff entertaining / team building events

• Standard hour working day is 9-5 but can flex to work 8-4 or 10-6

• Time off in lieu system for overtime, or paid overtime above certain discretionary thresholds

What will you be doing?

• Responsible for the day to day administration of client matters involving, but not limited to –

• Self-employed and partnership accounts

• Personal tax returns and partnership tax returns, including for some high-net-worth individuals

• Statutory accounts preparation (FRS105 and FRS 102(1a) mainly, some IFRS for UK subsidiaries of international groups)

• Corporate tax returns

• Quarter-end VAT reviews and in-year management accounts production

• Tax and business development planning around all of the above

• Responsible for overseeing more junior colleagues and assisting with their development.

• Interacting with the bookkeeping and payroll team members to ensure timely information transfer into summary accounts.

• Interacting with colleagues in our financial planning sister business to aid provision of cohesive wealth planning advice by that firm

• Develop and maintain relationships with internal and external contacts at all levels.

• Use your own initiative to resolve issues.

What we’re looking for:

• Minimum of two years practice experience, preferably three, ideally within a general practice environment.

• Iris / Sage 50 / Sage Online / QuickBooks Cloud / Xero / Dext / Excel knowledge is desirable, but training will be given.

• Demonstrates up-to-date knowledge of current tax legislation.

• Good IT skills

• Excellent communication skills (both written and oral).

• Ability to meet tight deadlines and work under pressure.

• Good numeracy skills.

• Demonstrates attention to detail and a high concern for accuracy.

• A good team player.

• Minimum GCSE’s of C plus in Maths and English, with strong further results at GCSE and A-level (degree level education is not mandatory)

• Driving licence

• Ability to work between two offices on a varied client base.