Job Description

• Maintain records for our clients using various accounting software packages including Xero, quickbooks and Sage 50
• Use cloud accounting tools to process transactions, prepare and post journals, update ledgers, perform bank reconciliation and cash book analysis as required to complete monthly reporting processes
• Prepare both management and statutory accounts for clients under the supervision of more senior members of the team
• Undertake financial close procedures eg reconciliation of inter-company balances, preparation of journals and schedules
• Produce statutory accounts under both UK GAAP and IFRS for review by managers including working on consolidations and cash flows
• Applies understanding of the client to ensure the transactions are recorded appropriately, and make commercial sense, and highlight unusual transactions to senior members of the team for consideration.
• Develop a basic knowledge of the rules and regulations of doing business in the UK included reporting requirements, tax requirements (employment, corporate and VAT), filing requirements from a company secretarial perspective and general commercial awareness
• Work as part of a team to provide ad-hoc accounting assistance and ensure clients receive excellent service
• Successfully study towards your professional qualification and, where relevant, corresponding apprenticeship

We offer highly competitive starting salaries and review remuneration packages regularly to ensure that our pay always positively reflects performance. As well as offering support with tuition and professional qualifications, we also provide the following core benefits:

• 25 days’ holiday;
• Access to a Group Personal Pension Plan, with matched employer contributions;
• Life Assurance cover;
• Income Protection insurance;
• Buy up to ten days’ extra holiday;
• Add on Private Medical, Personal Accident, Dental or Travel Insurance; Home Technology
• Enrol in our Bikes to Work scheme;
• Enjoy discounts at cinemas, dining out, shopping and gyms through our Employee Discounts arrangement;
• Receive an interest free season ticket loan or interest free graduate loan;
• Access additional services like our financial wellbeing platform, online GP service or our Employee Assistance Programme

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

We’re looking for someone with:

• Three A-levels or equivalent at A* to C excluding General Studies and Extended Projects (obtained or predicted)
• A 9–4 in Math and English at GCSE or equivalent (we will also consider qualifications from outside the UK)