Job Description

We are looking for a candidate who has hands on experience dealing with clients on a daily basis from small sole traders, partnerships through to limited company clients with turnover up to £10 million. You will be a qualified accountant with a minimum of 3 years post qualified experience. You will deal with clients on a daily basis and assist in preparing accounts for sole traders, partnerships and limited companies as well as reviewing jobs.

You will be required to assist and advise clients on a regular basis with any and all questions from an accounting or tax point of view and be able to communicate such responses in a clear and concise and easily understandable manner. You will be expected to work 5 days a week (flexible) assisting the Director as and when required and working with the Management Team to service the clients as needed. At busy periods (including but not limited to December & January) you will be expected to work additional hours to ensure all work deadlines and targets are met within the company and for the clients and, on occassion, may be asked to work at one of our other offices should the need arise.

You will work along side the management team to ensure sufficient work is received on a timely basis, prepared and completed in line with the company objectives. You will be required to review accounts as prepared by the team and assist employees on a timely basis with guidance and advice on the jobs they are working on. You will be responsible for monitoring your time & fees and billing in accordance with the Director. You will be required to liaise with the Director on initially weekly management meetings to ensure the practice is running smoothly and to discuss any issues that arise as and when.

You will need to be easy going whilst professional at the same time, you will need to be able to address client queries in a clear and concise plain English manner whilst at the same time ensuring the facts are given to the client to understand. You will need to be able and be used to working to tight deadlines and ensuring the clients' work is done on time and correctly the first time.

This role has excellent prospects for career advancement for the right candidate. Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. Additional bonus/commissions available for the right candidate.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Experience in Sage, Quickbooks, Xero, Quickfile & Iris are preferred but not essential. You will be IT literate with good Microsoft Office skills. You will have the ability to think on your feet and to be able to adapt as and when to the needs of the clients...