Bookkeeper Practice Accounts Assistant

Chartered Practice, Bookkeeping & Accounts Assistant, Winchester, £28,000

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SME Chartered Practice, Bookkeeping & Accounts Assistant reporting to Business Services Director

To provide bookkeeping, accounts preparation and VAT returns service to our clients
Top 20 firm of chartered accountants and business advisers providing a full range of accounting and business advisory services to a diverse range of businesses and individuals across the UK and overseas. We operate from 17 regional offices based across the South of England with a turnover of £50 million, 73 partners and over 600 members of staff.
You must have at least 18 months existing Chartered Practice experience
To assist the Business services team in providing support to clients requiring more than a compliance role for annual accounts. Working in a team of around 15 to produce and review VAT returns and management information on a timely basis to support client management teams and enable senior staff to fulfil their role to advise on accounts and tax matters throughout the year. Linking that work with year-end reporting and maintaining regular contact in a support role with key personnel within the client as guided by the Business Services managers.
Main duties:

• Undertake bookkeeping for clients using Xero, Quickbooks, Sage, excel for bookkeeping, and CCH for accounts preparation.
• Accounts preparation work and tax computations for simple cases including companies, partnerships and sole traders.
• Complete bookkeeping and VAT returns, and maintaining reconciled trial balances.
• Review bookkeeping and VAT returns prepared by a client
• Dealing with client queries.
• Prepare management accounts, for review by more senior staff and discussing results with the client.
• Used to working to budget and achieving targets for chargeable hours.

Person Specification

• Qualified, or qualified by experience bookkeeper
• Professional and approachable manner
• Enthusiastic team player
• Shows and takes the initiative
• Flexible in approach to work
• Works well under pressure
• Ability to work well with all levels of internal management and staff, as well as outside clients
• Preferable to have practice experience

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