£68000 - £70000 Per year
Financial Accountant
Permanent,Full-time
Job Description
- Responsibility for organizing, planning, and monitoring the workload of the accountancy staff.
- Management and supervision of the accounts team.
- Collaborating and setting budgets
- Ensuring key performance indicators, including fee recovery rates, are met.
- Ensuring an elevated level of client service and client contact throughout the year by the team.
- Provide tax support to the accounts team.
- In this role you will also be reviewing and completing personal and corporate tax returns as required and managing the tax department, preparing, and reviewing accounts for sole traders, partnerships, and limited companies.
- Consulting with HMRC and clients as required
- Responsible for the management of the staff team, ensuring they are provided with good leadership
- Manage all aspects of the client portfolio including workflow from inception to completion and quality control
- Deal with the more technical queries from the diverse client portfolio
- Work with clients to identify their needs and explore solutions including cash flows and business plans where necessary.
- Advise, influence and coach clients in the delivery of the financial aspects of their business
- Provide accurate financial advice, guidance, and practical support to clients
- Ensure that work is delivered to a high standard and within agreed time frames and budget
- Assisting management on onboarding clients
- Implementing new procedures within the organization
- Creating and generating new revenue streams
- Maintaining own client portfolio up to date with tracked queries
- Managing client ledgers and reconciliations and delegating effectively
- Preparing financial documents such as invoices, bills, and accounts payable and receivable as required
- Completing financial reports on a regular basis and providing information to management or client
- Assisting/ acting as the client finance department and senior staff members with various tasks, including preparing budgets, records, Tax returns and statements
- Preparing annual budgets
- Completing the year-end analysis
- Reporting on debtors and creditors
- Management Accounting and dealing with client investors
- Managing monthly budgeting tasks
- Reviewing computer reports for accuracy and meticulously tracing errors back to their source
- Preparing Final accounts for Client signature and submission
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- ACA, ACCA, CIMA, ICB, AAT qualified or equivalent
- Minimum three years’ post-qualification experience of working in an accountancy practice.
- Experience of managing a finance department
- Taxation and accounts experience at a senior level.
- Considerable experience in private, corporate tax and accounts.
- Knowledge of various accounts packages including Xero, Sage, etc.
- Exceptional knowledge of Microsoft Office with intermediate Excel skills as a minimum.
- Ability to work unsupervised and work well under pressure.
- Knowledge of general VAT advice/CIS.
Reference no: 106094