Senior Accountant

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