Accounts Senior

A renowned, well-established accountancy practice is recruiting for a qualified Accounts Senior to join the dynamic accounts team at the firm’s Wokingham office.

Along with a competitive salary and flexible benefits package, you will receive ongoing support, continued learning and development aided by the partners, career progression opportunities and agile, hybrid working patterns.

The key function of this role will be assisting the managers and associate partners in the management and delivery of accounts preparation services for an Owner Managed Business client portfolio.

As Accounts Senior your responsibilities will include:

• Preparing statutory year end account from records from planning to completion
• Preparing accounts and tax returns for partnerships and companies
• Managing deadlines and client expectations
• First review of statutory accounts and management accounts
• Dealing with queries from clients via email and phone
• Preparing and reviewing VAT returns
• Some management accounts preparation and reviews
• Providing on the job training for junior members of the team
• Preparing for and visiting clients
• Involvement in the billing process monthly

We welcome application from candidates with the following experience and attributes:

• ACA/ACCA qualified with a minimum of 18 months experience in accounts preparation within an accountancy practice environment
• Significant experience of delegating to, and reviewing work of trainees within a team
• Leadership qualities
• Experience of working towards budgets and time sheets
• Strong general IT skills with experience of Iris, CaseWare and Sage Line 50; a good understanding of cloud accounting packages would be beneficial
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Be driven to succeed, take initiative and want results

This is an excellent firm that has authenticity at its heart and is passionate about proving exemplary services to clients and nurturing its staff, creating a highly professional team.

Submit your CV for this Accounts Senior role

Unfortunately, we cannot accept applications for this role from candidates that do not have the right to work in the UK, or require visa sponsorship, either currently or in the future. This includes those currently on a graduate visa.

Additionally, candidates must have experience gained within UK accountancy practice. We stipulate these criteria due to the high volume of applications from outside of the UK.

Due to the high volume of applications we receive it is not always possible to respond to unsuccessful applicants. Therefore, if we have not responded to your application within five days please assume that on this occasion your application has not been successful.