Snr Accountant
- Recruiter
- Halliday Marx
- Location
- England, London
- Salary
- £40000 - £50000 per annum + bonuses and benefits
- Posted
- 28 Apr 2017
- Closes
- 05 May 2017
- Ref
- LORH484
- Contact
- Halliday Marx
- Job Title
- Accountant
- Category
- Accountancy Practice
- Experience Levels
- Newly Qualified
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Growing Accounting Consultancy (servicing the recruitment industry) is looking for an experienced and qualified Financial Accountant to join its Finance team.
Reporting to the firm's Partners in a team of 14 duties will include:
- Being responsible for a large portfolio of clients
- Preparing annual accounts - under the FCSA regulations
- Preparing Corporation Tax computations
- Dealing with accounts queries
- Interpreting accounts to clients if figures need explanation
- Processing final accounts
- Submitting annual accounts & CT600s to HMRC via iXBRL
- Contacting HMRC if a problem arises whilst reconciling VAT, PAYE/NICs etc.
- Personal Tax computations and support to clients
- Preparing personal self-assessment tax returns
- Dealing with tax queries and providing tax advice
Requirements:
- Hold an accounting or tax qualification (e.g. ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CTA)
- Full membership to an accountancy or tax professional body
- Knowledge of FCSA desirable
- Excellent academic record with at least five GCSEs or equivalent, including A-B grades in Mathematics and English
- General computer and software skills and good use of Microsoft packages (in particular Excel) is essential
- Knowledge of cloud based accountancy and/or payroll software is essential
- Proven practice and industry experience essential
- Proven team leader and practice management experience highly preferable
- Accountancy, tax and payroll experience is essential
- Excellent level of literacy, numeracy, communication skills, analytical skills, telephone manner and commercial judgement
- Excellent attention to detail
- Friendly and outgoing personality with a positive 'can do' attitude
- Hard working, diligent, consciousness and responsible
- Able to multi-task and prioritise tasks to a high level of detail in a faced-paced environment