Outsourced Accounting Services Assistant

JOB TITLE: Outsourced Accounting Services Assistant ROLE TYPE: Permanent, full time LOCATION: South Buckinghamshire HOURS/DAYS (per week): Monday to Friday, office-based. Flexi-time and core work hours (to be confirmed) SALARY RANGE: Competitive Salary NOTICE & PROBATION PERIODS: 1 month notice prior to 5 years\’ service, 2 months\’ notice after 5 years\’ service. Probation to be confirmed BENEFITS/BONUSES/HOLIDAYS: Competitive salary, flexi-time working hours, 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays and birthday. Pension plan, company social events, wellbeing afternoons, development/progression plans, and working from a dynamic and modern office environment and more! COMPANY CULTURE & SUMMARY: My client is a long-established firm of chartered accountants located in Southern Buckinghamshire. They focus heavily on their people and have a fantastic modern office – the perfect place for forward-thinking accountants to service their clients to the highest of standards. They\’re a very close-knit and professional team with around 50 staff in total. Along with working on a wide range of fantastic clients throughout various industries and sectors, this firm take huge pride in their staff ensuring they do plenty of \’out of hours\’ and work social events. This accounting practice stands out from the majority due to a their combination of professionalism, reputation, and dynamic set up. They\’re eager to continue developing their staff, allowing plenty of progression within the business. JOB ROLES/RESPONSIBILITIES (include but not limited to): My client are looking for an Outsourced Accounting Services Assistant to join their Outsourced Accounting Services Team. If you are someone who keeps client service in the heart of what you do, and you\’re confident with the below duties, then you may be the ideal candidate for this role! The main part of this role is to assist with external client work in the Outsourced Accounting Services team namely VAT returns, management accounts, payment runs and forecasting. Assist in the preparation of management accounts for clients from their records as delegated. Post sales, purchases, bank and journal entries, prepare and reconcile control accounts to produce required reports for management account purposes. Assist in the preparation of VAT returns and highlight any unusual items ready for review. Reviewing bookkeeping and VAT jobs carried out by other employees. Communicating with clients to answer queries and finalise jobs. Assist in training clients on accounting software. ANY SPECIFIC TRAINING/QUALIFICATIONS/EXPERIENCE REQUIRED: Has strong experience within the field – ideally within practice Is proficient with cloud-based book-keeping software such as Xero, Sage and QuickBooks Is familiar with HMRC MTD for VAT requirements Can work independently and without supervision. Must have Full UK Right to Work IT Literate (being able to work to a strong standard with Microsoft Packages) INTERVIEW & START DATES: ASAP