Accounts Senior / Senior Accountant - Practice

Location
England, Kent, Canterbury
Salary
£30000 - £35000 per annum + Benefits
Posted
15 Jan 2019
Closes
21 Jan 2019
Ref
13980636/001
Contact
Tristan Finch
Job Title
Accountant
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time

This Accounts Senior position will be responsible for providing a comprehensive, client focused service for a range of accountancy activities and client needs, supporting the organisation to achieve the goals. They are a great multi sited firm on chartered accountants based in Canterbury.

Client Details

Our client are a leading regional firm of Chartered Accountants. They provide an excellent service to their Clients and treat their staff superbly.

Description

The responsibilities of this Accounts Senior, based in Canterbury are:

  • Ensuring that clients receive an appropriate level of service to meet their business needs by:
  • Preparing annual and management accounts for both corporate and unincorporated entities ensuring details are accurate with clear neat working papers to reflect the accounts produced and ensuring clear cross-referencing
  • Completing detailed schedules for each set of accounts to ensure the analysis is correct and logical as required
  • Maintaining productive relationships with all assigned clients to resolve any queries or issues as they arise during accounts preparation raising any issues with more senior staff as necessary
  • Completing basic tax computations for clients
  • Composing correspondence to clients, tax office, registrar of companies and others
  • Undertaking specific accounting projects for clients as required

Profile

For candidates to be successful when applying to this Accounts Senior position, based in Canterbury, they must have experience in:

  • Manages own time effectively providing high quality work and responses promptly
  • Inspires confidence in senior staff minimising their need to monitor and supervise work
  • Seeks feedback on performance and takes positive steps to improve through appropriate training and development
  • Shows perseverance in dealing with difficulties
  • Able to continue working under pressure
  • Demonstrates listening and questioning skills to gain full understanding
  • Presents technical information in a clear, concise and confident manner
  • Produces good clear first drafts of correspondence and reports
  • Forms sound professional relationships with clients and colleagues

Job Offer

Base Salary - Experience Depending - £30,000 - £35,000
Offer a very competitive package.
Flexible working hours when required and a very friendly and supportive working environment for colleagues to progress their careers.