Accountant
Permanent,Full-time
Job Description
- You will be expected to prepare financial statements in accordance with relevant financial reporting standards from source documents/records to final accounts for review by the appropriate manager and/or Partner
- Prepare accounting schedules to support the balances and transactions included in the financial statements
- Adhere to accounting standards
- Work on a wide range of accounts
- Effectively manage time to ensure that jobs are finished within budget
- Meet deadlines
- Develop and maintain good client relations
- Liaise with clients directly or through the relevant manager to resolve queries or obtain further information
- Ensure a high level of service to meet client's expectations
- Make timely and relevant recommendations in relation to accounting matters, financial reporting, and accounting systems in use (including software)
- Assistance clients with bookkeeping and VAT return preparation
- Prepare control account reconciliations and other month-end procedures
- Prepare quarterly management accounts for onward submission to clients
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- AAT level 4, ACCA or ACA studier
- Minimum 4+ years’ experience in practice in a similar role
- Strong practical knowledge/experience of accounts preparation within a practice environment
- Cloud-based accounting systems knowledge including Sage, FreeAgent, QuickBooks and Kashflow
- Charity accounts experience would be an advantage
- Strong IT skills including Word, Outlook and Excel, to an intermediate level
- Excellent communication skills both verbal and written
- Good tax knowledge - awareness of how to do tax computations, PAYE, VAT
- Accuracy
- Organizational/time management skills
- Confident when dealing with clients and getting your views across
- Methodical and logical thinking
- Use initiative to identify problems and provide solutions
- Ability to operate strict deadlines and handle conflicting priorities
- Ability to work within a team and to assist one another as and when required
Reference no: 104860