Accounts Assistant (Practice)

I am working with an established accountancy firm who is continuing to grow. The firm has a great reputation for being a friendly and supportive place to work who provide staff with challenging and varied roles. You will be working with a friendly growing team, working directly with the directors, managing your own portfolio of clients.

From day one you can expect to work on an interesting array of clients from a wide range of industries. This will be a well-rounded role, providing the chance to get involved in a broad variety of tasks as well as helping to grow and the develop the practice. As you will be joining the firm at a key time in its growth and development, there is strong potential to demonstrate your potential and be awarded with additional responsibility and career progression.

You will be responsible for;

• Preparing statutory and management accounts for clients

• Assisting with business development activities to attract new clients

• Liaising with other colleagues to ensure all client work is completed accurately, within budget and on time

• Work closely with clients to continuously develop their internal systems

• Training clients in use of their accounting systems whilst implementing best practice bookkeeping systems

• Carry out bespoke system projects agreed with the client

• Preparation of VAT returns

• A very strong emphasis is put on the advisory side of accountancy and you will be expected to provide value added advice to your clients on a regular basis

Strong statutory accounts experience and sound accounting, corporate and personal tax and VAT technical knowledge

• Must have good time management, organisational skills, interpersonal skills to build and maintain relationships with clients therefore needing a client focused attitude

• Ability to work to tight deadlines and flexible in approach Experience in a range of software packages, in particular cloud accounting packages such as Xero, QuickBooks, Sage 50 Maintain high professional standards of conduct and practice

• Understand need for continuous learning and development

• Additional leave

• Company pension

• Free parking

• Life insurance

• On-site parking

• Private dental insurance

• Private medical insurance, Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: £20,000.00-£26,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Additional leave

• Company pension

• Free parking

• Life insurance

• On-site parking

• Private dental insurance

• Private medical insurance

• Sick pay

• Work from home

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

• Monday to Friday

• No weekends