Manager's Assistant

Public Practice currently seeks a Manager’s Assistant to join their team in High Barnet.

The Manager’s Assistant must be articulate, well presented, with at a minimum of 3 years’ experience working in a firm of chartered accountants.

The successful candidate will work alongside the existing Manager, assist them with a diverse portfolio of Clients. They will deal with all aspects of clients Bookkeeping, Wages, Accounting, Personal and Corporate Taxation; Statutory requirements, general administration and assist with Audits where necessary.

The position will involve a knowledge of a variety of different disciplines including Auditing, Accounting, Bookkeeping, Preparation of Wages and VAT Returns, RTI and Workplace Pension Submissions, P11D’s, PAYE Matters, preparation of year-end Accounts of Sole Traders, Partnerships and Limited Companies.

Preparation of Tax Returns and Computations, both individual and corporate and generally dealing with, meeting and advising a complete cross section of the Firm’s clients, including correspondence with clients, H M Revenue & Customs.

While ultimately reporting to the Principal, they will initially report to and be supervised by the specific Managers who are responsible for the day to day handling of the relevant clients’ affairs.

The Manager’s Assistant will be expected to learn “on the job” and assistance will be given by the Principal and Managers to help increase knowledge both academically and technically.

Candidate will be expected to familiarise themselves with the various software packages that we use, i.e. Sage 50/100/200, SAPA, Sage Payroll, TaxCalc and Sage Corporation Tax.