Accountant (Practice)

Your new company


A leading UK accountancy group providing audit, tax, consulting, and advisory services to businesses and individuals, as well as wealth management. They have a team of experienced professionals who offer relevant and practical advice and solutions to their clients.


Your new role

• Prepare financial statements in accordance with relevant financial reporting standards from books and records.
• Prepare accounting schedules to support the balances and transactions included in the financial statements.
• Check the work completed, produce review points for junior staff, monitor clearance of queries to ensure it is presentational and technically correct.
• Calculate more complex areas for sets of accounts completed by junior members of staff.
• Prepare accounts from records and produce set of financial statements.
• Produce a short summary on key client issues and the contents of the accounts before passing to the Partner/Director/Senior Manager/Manager.
• Adhere to proper accounting standards.
• Meet deadlines and time budgets.
• To assist clients to process financial information.
• Provide advice and recommendations to clients in relation to financial reporting matters.
• Complete each assignment as far as possible before passing to the manager for review.
• Develop and maintain good client relations.
• Liaise with clients directly or through relevant manager to resolve queries or obtain further information.
• Ensure a high level of service to meet client's expectations.
• Ensure that all hours worked on assignments are correctly recorded.
• Make timely and relevant recommendations in relation to accounting matters, financial reporting and accounting systems in use (including software).

What you'll need to succeed

• Two years + experience in an accounting practice.
• Experience with demonstrable knowledge of producing year-end financial statements, management accounts and completing VAT returns.
• Strong IT skills including Word, Outlook and Excel, to an intermediate level, for the production of letters and spreadsheets.
• Knowledge of cloud-based accounting systems such as Xero preferred but not essential.
• Excellent communication skills both verbal and written.
• Organised and methodical.
• Client focussed.
• Excellent communication skills both verbal and written.
• Carrying out tasks with a high degree of efficiency and accuracy.
• Time management skills.
• Ability to operate strict deadlines and handle conflicting priorities.

What you'll get in return

• Genuine work life balance.
• Accredited Investor in People.
• New and improved programme for Succession planning and supportive management structure to help you realise your potential.
• 33 days holiday including bank holidays, plus the opportunity to buy up to 5 days.
• Competitive salary.

What you need to do now


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