Accountant UK (Remote)

Sleek; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the back-office services sector is seeking an Accountant to join their remote Accounting Team in the UK. The successful candidate will be responsible for delivering high-quality services to SME clients, managing financial reports, and ensuring adherence to UK regulations. The role requires a recognised accounting qualification, proficient use of relevant software, and significant experience in UK accounting practices.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

Work from home policy

Generous paid time off

Employee share ownership plan

Training and development programs

Qualifications

• Recognised degree/diploma in Accountancy required.
• At least 3 years of UK Accounting experience expected.
• Proficient in Excel and accounting software such as Xero and Quickbooks.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high quality accounting services to SME clients.
• Prepare financial statements, VAT submissions, and provide payroll support.
• Adhere to UK financial regulations and liaise with stakeholders.

Skills

Accuracy

Attention to detail

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Education

Degree or diploma in Accountancy

Tools

Excel

Xero

Dext

Quickbooks

Job description

About Sleek

Through proprietary software and AI, along with a focus on customer delight, Sleek makes the back-office easy for micro SMEs.

We give Entrepreneurs time back to focus on what they love doing - growing their business and being with customers. With a surging number of Entrepreneurs globally, we are innovating in a highly lucrative space.

We operate 3 business segments:

1. Corporate Secretary: Automating the company incorporation, secretarial, filing, Nominee Director, mailroom and immigration processes via custom online robots and SleekSign. We are the market leaders in Singapore with ~5% market share of all new business incorporations
2. Accounting & Bookkeeping: Redefining what it means to do Accounting, Bookkeeping, Tax and Payroll thanks to our proprietary SleekBooks ledger, AI tools and exceptional customer service
3. FinTech payments: Overcoming a key challenge for Entrepreneurs by offering digital banking services to new businesses

Sleek launched in 2017 and now has around 15,000 customers across our offices in Singapore, Hong Kong, Australia and the UK. We have around 500 staff with an intact startup mindset.

We have recently raised Series B financing off the back of >70% compound annual growth in Revenue over the last 5 years. Sleek has been recognised by The Financial Times, The Straits Times, Forbes and LinkedIn as one of the fastest growing companies in Asia.

Backed by world-class investors, we are on track to be one of the few cash flow positive, tech-enabled unicorns based out of Singapore.

About the Role

We are now searching for an Accountant based in India to support our growing Accounting Team in the United Kingdom, remotely.

Mission: Deliver high quality accounting services to a portfolio of clients in the UK.

Outcomes:

• Support the Client Manager to deliver high quality accounting services to a portfolio of SME clients including bank reconciliations, fixed assets, register, raising journals and preparing financial reports
• Preparing Unaudited Financial Statements, VAT quarterly submissions, and payroll support for clients
• Understand and adhere to UK financial regulations and legislation
• Work with internal stakeholders and third-party consultants on specifications

• Recognised degree/diploma in Accountancy
• At least 3 years of UK Accounting experience
• Good understanding of IFRS and regulatory compliance
• Highly proficient in Excel, Xero, Dext and Quickbooks, additional software advantageous
• High level of accuracy and attention to detail, proactive and self driven, good interpersonal and communication skills
• Must be at least business proficient in English

About the interview process

The successful candidate will participate in the below interview stages.

It might seem like a lot - but fear not - we come prepared! We anticipate the process to last no more than 3 weeks from start to finish depending on your availability

Introductory call/ Career Deep Dive

• A ~30/45 minute video call with a member of our HR team to discuss your application and get a better understanding of your experience and expectations for the role.
• We’ll discuss your last couple of roles to understand your experience in more detail

Project or case study or Competency Based Interview

• Here we will assess your competencies, skills and experience

Behavioural fit assessment

• A ~60 minute chat, usually with a member of HR or the leadership team
• We’ll dive into some recent work situations to understand how you think and work

Reference interviews

• We’ll have 2-3 short phone or video calls with references that you provide to us
• So as to not delay your offer, we may ask your permission to have these calls earlier on in the interview process

Requirement for background screening

Please be aware that Sleek is a regulated entity and as such is required to perform different levels of background checks on staff depending on their role.

This may include using external vendors to verify the below:

• Your education
• Any criminal history
• Any political exposure
• Any bankruptcy or adverse credit history

We will ask for your consent before conducting these checks. Depending on your role at Sleek, an adverse result on one of these checks may prohibit you from passing probation.

Some other great things about working at Sleek…

Humility and kindness: Humility is a core attribute we hire for, which means we have a culture of not taking ourselves too seriously and being able to laugh. Kindness is also incredibly important. We are committed to creating and nurturing a diverse and inclusive environment.

Flexibility: You’ll be able to work from home. If you need to start early or start late to cater to your family or other needs, we don’t mind, so long as you get your work done and proactively communicate. You can also work fully remote from anywhere in the world for 1 month each year

Financial benefits: We pay competitive market salaries and provide staff with generous paid time off and holiday schedules. Certain staff at Sleek are also eligible for our employee share ownership plan and can share in the upside of our stellar growth trajectory as we work toward listing on a prominent stock exchange in the Asia Pacific region.

Personal growth: You’ll get a lot of responsibility and autonomy at Sleek - we move at a fast pace so you’ll be making decisions, making mistakes and learning. There’s also a range of internal and external facing training programmes we run. We’re also at the forefront of utilising AI in our space and are developing a regional centre of AI excellence. It is our intention that if you leave Sleek, you leave as a more well-rounded person and professional.

Sleek is also a proudly certified B Corp. Since we started our journey in 2017, we’ve been committed to building Sleek as a force for good. In just over 5 years, we’ve joined a community of industry leaders like Patagonia, Ben & Jerry's, and P&G who are building an inclusive, equitable, and a regenerative economy. We have planted over 29,271 trees to reforest our ecosystem and saved 7 tons of paper from landfills by processing over 1.4M pages through SleekSign. We aim to be Carbon Neutral by 2030.