Job Description

About the General Practice Accountant role:

The role is to work within the existing professional but friendly and flexible staff team, covering most areas of client work.

To provide advice to clients on all aspects of the client business, as well as supporting the day to day operation of this busy office.

This role can be tailored to fit a person with some core skills, who is willing to further develop their skill set, within a general practice setting.

Essential Skills

• Minimum 5 years’ experience in General Practice
• Preparation of sole trader, partnership and limited company accounts.
• Payroll experience
• Use of current IT for all aspects of work, using current office, accountancy and payroll software, in particular cloud-based products.
• Experience of a number of the of core areas of general practice such as accounts preparation for companies, sole traders, partnerships and charities, payroll and VAT/MTD, with a willingness to learn and develop in those areas of less experience.

Desired skills

• Bookkeeping using a variety of computerised cloud and desktop based bookkeeping programmes.
• Completion and submission of VAT returns.
• Preparation and submission of personal tax returns using the Digita personal tax programme, or Corporation Tax returns using Sage Corporation Tax. Writing to clients to inform them of tax liabilities and due dates.
• Preparation and Independent Examination of Charity Accounts.
• Engaging with clients, in person, on the telephone and via email or letter.
• Meeting new clients, dealing with the client engagement process and obtaining authorisation with HMRC.
• Integrating within a small professional staff team and supporting the general operation of a busy office, and where capacity allows, other members of staff in the roles they fulfil.

Essential Personal Requirements

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Excellent attention to detail, and methodical approach.
• Ability to undertake and complete work to a deadline
• Personable and people focussed
• Maintain highest level of professionalism and reliability, confidentiality and integrity
• Well organised and hard working
• A team player

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities