Senior Accountant

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
• Taking more advanced work from partners and delegating more routine work to others, and promoting training within the team
• Getting 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

Submit your CV for this Senior Accountant 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 student or 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.