Accountant

An exciting and expanding Accountancy Practice based in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire is looking for an Accountant to join their team on a full-time 12-month fixed term contract starting in August. This job would suit a part qualified Accountant who will be responsible for promoting the vision, values and culture of the business. The job involves managing a portfolio of clients, making sure strong relationships are build and maintained as well as exceeding targets and gaining client feedback.

Your new employer

The Accountant will be joining a market leading firm who has won various accreditations for their work including the 'Investors in People' award. They have gone through substantial growth as a business and are continuing to excel in their market.

Responsibilities of your new role

As the new Client Accountant, you will:

• Promote your passion for the benefits of a quality-based management system
• Promote your passion to drive the team forward by embracing change
• Display a commitment to gaining customer feedback to drive change and continuous improvement
• Promote your passion to embrace technology to drive productivity
• Ensure all targets for client referrals are exceeded
• Apply the referral policy and ensure client meetings are carried out and feedback obtained
• Manage the compliance cycle for all allocated clients ensuring all statutory deadlines are met and internal SLA's exceeded
• Provide ongoing proactive advice on a regular basis
• Work with New Client Administrator and Credit Control to ensure that clients' fees are paid and that no client is added to the "Suspended work & invoicing list"
• Work with the New Client Administrator to manage the billing cycle of the client and follow procedure to have credits raised, invoices stopped if necessary
• Work with the team to continually measure, examine, develop, re-engineer and implement the continuous improvements of accountancy operations, systems, procedures, service levels and policies to improve productivity, effectiveness and profitability of the operation
• Ensure you maintain knowledge of relevant legislation to ensure that the services provided to clients meets the regulations including IR35, MSC, Personal and Company Taxation, HMRC Rules & Regulations, Company Law and Reporting and Money Laundering Regulations
• Ensure that all agreed performance measures are reviewed and measured monthly with defined action plans to achieve or exceed the targets
• Ensure your Performance Development plan is reviewed at least quarterly with Operations Director

Candidate requirements

To be considered for this Accountant opportunity you will need to demonstrate:

• Team playing abilities and excellent communication skills
• Previous experience working in a practice environment
• The ability to confidently offer tax advice
• Strong IT skills with the ability to adapt and learn new skills quickly

Salary

The successful Client Accountant will be offered £30,000 - £32,000 per annum, dependent on experience.

Apply now

Please apply today to be considered immediately for this Accountant opportunity in Aylesbury.