Accounts Senior

Armstrong Knight Ltd; Crawley; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A reputable accounting firm in Crawley is seeking a recently qualified ACA/ACCA professional to develop their skills further. You will assist Client Directors with a diverse client base, managing accounts, taxation, and client relationships. The position requires strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and experience with various accounting systems. This role offers excellent career progression and study support.

Benefits

Career progression

Study support

Great working environment

Qualifications

• 3-4 years’ experience in a practice environment.
• Experience in personal and corporate taxation.
• Knowledge of statutory accounts.
• Ability to manage tight deadlines and a varied workload.

Responsibilities

• Preparing sets of accounts from source documents to final review.
• Preparation of corporation tax returns.
• Liaising with HMRC on behalf of clients.
• Managing a varied client portfolio.
• Developing relationships with clients.

Skills

Client focused attitude

Organised

Excellent Communication

Problem solving skills

Team building skills

Strong literacy and numeracy skills

Education

ACA or ACCA qualified

Tools

Microsoft Word

Excel

IRIS

Xero

SAGE

FreeAgent

Quickbooks

Job description

Our client is looking for a recently qualified ACA / ACCA looking to further develop their skills and qualification in a well established and ambitious practice. This role will be working closely with the Client Directors, assisting with their portfolio as part of the clients busy professional team delivering a range of services to their diverse client base.

Responsibilites include :

• Preparing sets of accounts, working from source documents / records to prepare supporting schedules and final accounts for review by the appropriate director
• Prepare and work on a wide range of accounts - Limited Company, Sole Trader, Partnership, Group etc.
• Preparation of corporation tax returns and self-assessment returns for individuals for review by director.
• Liaising with HMRC on behalf of clients
• Dealing with a varied client portfolio (T / O up to £5million) including OMBs, advertising, retail, construction, contractors etc.
• Input data onto Iris Accounts Suite.
• Capable of assisting clients and colleagues with bookkeeping queries as and when required (Xero / Sage etc).
• Developing relationships with clients with a view to becoming their primary point of contact for any initial accounts, tax or VAT queries.
• Attend client meetings
• Effectively manage time to ensure work is completed within agreed time and budget
• Team management, identifying any training needs and providing guidance to junior team members ensuring cohesion amongst the close knit team
• Dealing with general incoming client queries and escalating when required
• Work with a variety of systems including - FreeAgent, Xero, IRIS, SAGE and Quickbooks
• Opportunity to be involved in ad-hoc client projects

Required skills & experience :

• ACA or ACCA qualified with 3 / 4 years’ experience in a practice environment
• Experienced in personal and corporate taxation
• Strong literacy and numeracy skills
• Up to date statutory accounts knowledge and sound accounting, corporate / personal tax and VAT technical knowledge is required
• Client focused attitude and proven experience of building and maintaining relationships with clients
• Experience of working with a variety of clients. Acute sense of fine detail and the ability to analyse and solve more complex accounting queries.
• Excellent IT skills, including Microsoft Word and Excel, IRIS, Xero, SAGE, FreeAgent and Quickbooks
• Ability to work to and manage tight deadlines, and be flexible in approach
• Excellent Communication - oral and written, ability to deal with variety of people in different environments
• Problem solving skills
• Organised - ability to deal with a variety of tasks and managing a varied workload
• Commercially aware
• Team building skills, including mentoring junior team members where required

Our client is offering an excellent career opportunity with study support when required, progression and a great working environment.

01702 567 302