At a Glance
- Tasks: Prepare year-end accounts and support working papers for review.
- Company: Friendly and growing accountancy practice in Yorkshire.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, flexible hours, holiday entitlement, and a supportive environment.
- Other info: Opportunities for career development as the practice grows.
- Why this job: Join a team where your attention to detail makes a real difference.
- Qualifications: Experience in UK accountancy practice and strong reconciliation skills required.
Location: Yorkshire Accountancy, 123 Hallgate, Cottingham, HU16 4DA
Working arrangement: Office based / Fully Remote
Hours: Full-time or part-time
- Full-time: 37.5 hours per week
- Part-time: Approximately 15–22.5 hours per week – flexible working patterns and school hours considered
Salary: £27,000–£31,000 FTE, depending on experience (pro-rata for part-time)
Contract: Permanent
Join a friendly and growing accountancy practice. We are looking for an experienced Practice Accountant to join our team in Cottingham. This is primarily a year-end accounts preparation role. You’ll spend most of your time preparing accounts and supporting working papers for review, rather than managing a large portfolio of clients. We are open to both full-time and part-time applicants. For part-time applicants, we can consider different working patterns, including school hours. If you are good at preparing accounts, enjoy getting the detail right and want a role where you can focus on doing good-quality accounts work, we’d like to hear from you.
What you’ll be doing
- Preparing draft year-end accounts for limited companies and sole traders.
- Preparing clear and well-organised supporting working papers.
- Reconciling balance sheet accounts and control accounts.
- Reviewing bookkeeping records and identifying discrepancies, unusual items or missing information.
- Preparing or assisting with corporation tax computations and CT600s.
- Liaising with clients to obtain missing records and resolve routine accounts queries.
- Assisting with monthly or quarterly management accounts where required.
- Keeping jobs and internal workflows up to date as work progresses.
The role is focused on accounts production. It is not primarily a bookkeeping, payroll or client-management position.
What we’re looking for
- Previous UK accountancy practice experience is essential.
- Ideally, you’ll be comfortable taking a job from the underlying bookkeeping records through to a well-organised draft set of accounts for review.
- You’ll be able to spot when something doesn’t look right, identify missing information and work through routine issues rather than simply passing them on.
- You may be AAT qualified (Level 4); part-qualified ACCA or ACA; or qualified by experience with solid UK practice experience.
- We’re more interested in your practical ability and experience than the letters after your name.
- Good experience preparing year-end accounts for UK businesses.
- Strong reconciliation skills and attention to detail.
- The ability to produce clear, tidy and logical working papers.
- Confidence using accounting and bookkeeping software.
- A reliable and organised approach to managing your workload.
- A practical, common-sense approach to resolving problems.
- Good communication skills when dealing with colleagues and clients.
- Experience using TaxCalc, Xero and QuickBooks would be particularly useful.
What we offer
- Salary of £27,000–£31,000 FTE, depending on experience.
- Full-time or part-time opportunities.
- Flexible working patterns for part-time employees, including school hours where practical.
- Holiday entitlement plus bank holidays.
- Company pension.
- Perkbox subscription.
- Basic healthcare package.
- A supportive and friendly working environment.
- Sensible working hours and a role with a clear focus.
- Opportunities to develop as the practice continues to grow.
Who this role would suit
You might currently be working as a Practice Accountant; Accounts Semi-Senior; Accounts Senior; or experienced Accounts Assistant ready for the next step. You might be looking for your next full-time role. Alternatively, you may have several years of practice experience and now want a part-time position that fits better around family or other commitments. Either is fine with us. What matters is that you understand how year-end accounts should come together, take pride in producing accurate work and can become a dependable member of our team.
Interested? Please apply with your CV and a short note telling us about your accountancy practice experience and whether you are looking for full-time or part-time hours. We look forward to hearing from you.
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