Accounts Senior - Accountancy Practice

s1jobs; Dunfermline; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career development

Pension plan

Life cover

Employee assistance programme

Discounts via Reward Gateway

Wellbeing resources

Referral bonuses

Regular one-to-one meetings

Healthy Working Lives/ESG groups

Job summary

S1jobs is recruiting an Accounts Senior to manage a portfolio of SME clients, delivering proactive accountancy services and timely, accurate financial statements.

You will prepare accounts for sole traders, partnerships and Limited Companies, draft tax computations, and support managers and partners with ad hoc tasks while keeping up with evolving accounting standards and tax rules.

Qualifications

• Qualified or soon-to-be-qualified accountant with at least 3 years in practice.
• Experience in preparing sole trader and FRS102 Ltd company accounts.
• Detail-oriented with high accuracy and able to meet deadlines.
• Excellent IT and software knowledge; strong written and spoken communication.
• Ability to manage own workload and work independently.

Responsibilities

• Manage a portfolio of SME clients, both existing and new.
• Maintain client contact to deliver a proactive service.
• Prepare Limited Company, partnership and sole trader accounts.
• Prepare management accounts.
• Draft Personal and Corporation Tax computations.
• Assist departmental manager and partner with ad hoc client tasks.
• Maintain up-to-date technical knowledge of accounting standards and tax.
• Oral and written communication with client and HMRC.
• Coordinate with colleagues to provide a coordinated service to the client.

Skills

Strong communication

Attention to detail

Time management

IT skills

Education

Newly or recently qualified accountant

Tools

Accounting software

Job description

About The Accounts Senior Role

• Management of a portfolio of SME businesses both existing and new
• Maintaining client contact to deliver a proactive service
• Preparation of Limited Company, partnership and sole trader accounts
• Preparation of management accounts
• Drafting of Personal and Corporation Tax computations
• Assisting departmental manager and partner with ad hoc client tasks
• Maintaining up to date technical knowledge of accounting standards, corporation and personal tax
• Oral and written communication with client and HMRC
• Liaising with colleagues to provide a co-ordinated service to the client

About You

• Ideally you will be a newly or recently qualified accountant with a minimum of 3 years’ experience working within an accounting practice.
• Competent in the preparation of sole trader and FRS102 Limited Company accounts
• Able to demonstrate and clear commitment to delivering first class service to clients and colleagues alike
• Good attention to detail and high degree of accuracy
• Ability to manage your own workload and work on own initiative to meet tight deadlines
• You will have excellent IT skills and have a proven ability to retain knowledge in relation to software
• Strong communication skills both oral and written

The Benefits

• We offer competitive, industry benchmarked salaries
• Career development for motivated individuals
• Workplace Pension and 3 x Life Cover
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme including GP24
• Access to our Reward Gateway offering 100s of high street discounts
• Access to wellbeing and fitness resources, videos, podcasts etc
• Client referral bonus
• Staff referral bonus
• Regular one to one meeting to assist personal development
• Opportunity to participate in our Healthy Working Lives or ESG Groups